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Toyota wins 2nd corporate ekiden title

MAEBASHI, Japan - Tsubasa Hayakawa of Toyota Motor Corp. crosses the finish line of the annual corporate ekiden race in Gunma Prefecture on Jan. 1, 2015. Toyota completed the seven-leg, 100-kilometer road relay in 4 hours, 51 minutes, 41 seconds for its second crown in the competition.

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Japan's Fuchise finishes in women's race walk

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Masumi Fuchise finishes the women's 20-kilometer race walk at the 2012 London Olympics on The Mall on Aug. 11, 2012. Fuchise placed 11th with a time of 1 hour, 28 minutes, 41 seconds.

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Japan's Soejima wins NYC Marathon wheelchair div.

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Masazumi Soejima holds a Japanese national flag in New York on Nov. 6, 2011, after winning the men's wheelchair division of the New York City Marathon in a time of 1 hour, 31 minutes, 41 seconds. Children from areas in northeastern Japan devastated by the March disasters gave him the flag after writing encouraging messages on it.

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Japan wins Yokohama women's ekiden in meet record

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's final runner Reiko Tosa crosses the finish line to win the Yokohama International Women's Ekiden on Feb. 27. The Japanese six-woman team won the race in a meet record of 2 hours, 13 minutes, 40 seconds -- 41 seconds ahead of runner-up Russia.

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Takaoka wins Tokyo International Marathon

TOKYO, Japan - Toshinari Takaoka breaks the finishing tape at National Stadium in Tokyo on Feb. 13 to win the Tokyo International Marathon with 2 hours, 7 minutes and 41 seconds.

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Aurora at Japan's Mizuho base on Antarctic

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows an aurora seen over snow vehicles near Japan's Mizuho base on the Antarctic, which is located at latitude 70 degrees 41 minutes and 53 seconds south and longitude 44 degrees 19 minutes and 54 seconds east. Photo was taken by a reporter accompanying Japan's Antarctic observation team.

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(2)Abera wins Fukuoka marathon

FUKUOKA, Japan - Olympic and world champion Gezahegne Abera (R) of Ethiopia and Japan's Tsuyoshi Ogata run neck and neck at the 41-kilometer point in the Fukuoka International Marathon on Dec. 1. Abera, the gold medalist at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and the world championships in Edmonton, Canada, in August 2001, won the race in a time of 2 hours, 9 minutes, 13 seconds. Ogata finished second with a personal-best 2:09:15. (Pool photo)

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Olympic champ Takahashi sets record in Ome road race

TOKYO, Japan - Olympic marathon champion Naoko Takahashi breaks another record Feb. 18, when she set a new Japanese best in the women's 30-kilometer road race at the annual Ome ''marathon'' races in western Tokyo. Takahashi clocked 1 hour, 41 minutes, 57 seconds in her second official race since setting an Olympic record at the Sydney Games last September as she negotiated a field of some 15,000 ''fun'' runners. Takahashi shaved 1.29 minutes off the previous national 30-km mark, set by Eriko Asai in 1991.

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Takaoka wins Tokyo International Marathon

TOKYO, Japan - Toshinari Takaoka breaks the finishing tape at National Stadium in Tokyo on Feb. 13 to win the Tokyo International Marathon with 2 hours, 7 minutes and 41 seconds. (Kyodo)

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Japan wins Yokohama women's ekiden in meet record

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's final runner Reiko Tosa crosses the finish line to win the Yokohama International Women's Ekiden on Feb. 27. The Japanese six-woman team won the race in a meet record of 2 hours, 13 minutes, 40 seconds -- 41 seconds ahead of runner-up Russia. (Kyodo)

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Aurora at Japan's Mizuho base on Antarctic

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows an aurora seen over snow vehicles near Japan's Mizuho base on the Antarctic, which is located at latitude 70 degrees 41 minutes and 53 seconds south and longitude 44 degrees 19 minutes and 54 seconds east. Photo was taken by a reporter accompanying Japan's Antarctic observation team. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo Marathon

Japan's Yuta Shitara clocks a national record at the Tokyo Marathon on Feb. 25, 2018. He finished in 2 hours, 6 minutes and 11 seconds -- 41 seconds back of winner Dickson Chumba of Kenya. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Soejima wins NYC Marathon wheelchair div.

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Masazumi Soejima holds a Japanese national flag in New York on Nov. 6, 2011, after winning the men's wheelchair division of the New York City Marathon in a time of 1 hour, 31 minutes, 41 seconds. Children from areas in northeastern Japan devastated by the March disasters gave him the flag after writing encouraging messages on it. (Kyodo)

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Athletics: Berlin Marathon

Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia crosses the finish line at the Berlin Marathon on Sept. 29, 2019. Bekele finished in two hours, one minute and 41 seconds, the world's second-best time on record. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Marathon

Japan's Yuta Shitara poses after clocking a national record at the Tokyo Marathon on Feb. 25, 2018. He finished in 2 hours, 6 minutes and 11 seconds -- 41 seconds back of winner Dickson Chumba of Kenya. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Marathon

Japan's Yuta Shitara clocks a national record at the Tokyo Marathon on Feb. 25, 2018. He finished in 2 hours, 6 minutes and 11 seconds -- 41 seconds back of winner Dickson Chumba of Kenya. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Marathon

Japan's Yuta Shitara clocks a national record at the Tokyo Marathon on Feb. 25, 2018. He finished in 2 hours, 6 minutes and 11 seconds -- 41 seconds back of winner Dickson Chumba of Kenya. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Marathon

Japan's Yuta Shitara clocks a national record at the Tokyo Marathon on Feb. 25, 2018. He finished in 2 hours, 6 minutes and 11 seconds -- 41 seconds back of winner Dickson Chumba of Kenya. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(2)Abera wins Fukuoka marathon

FUKUOKA, Japan - Olympic and world champion Gezahegne Abera (R) of Ethiopia and Japan's Tsuyoshi Ogata run neck and neck at the 41-kilometer point in the Fukuoka International Marathon on Dec. 1. Abera, the gold medalist at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and the world championships in Edmonton, Canada, in August 2001, won the race in a time of 2 hours, 9 minutes, 13 seconds. Ogata finished second with a personal-best 2:09:15. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Olympic champ Takahashi sets record in Ome road race

TOKYO, Japan - Olympic marathon champion Naoko Takahashi breaks another record Feb. 18, when she set a new Japanese best in the women's 30-kilometer road race at the annual Ome ''marathon'' races in western Tokyo. Takahashi clocked 1 hour, 41 minutes, 57 seconds in her second official race since setting an Olympic record at the Sydney Games last September as she negotiated a field of some 15,000 ''fun'' runners. Takahashi shaved 1.29 minutes off the previous national 30-km mark, set by Eriko Asai in 1991.