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Part three in a series of republished feature interviews. Born Nov. 27, 1972 in Kisii, Kenya,  Stephen Mayaka came to Japan in 1990 to run for Yamanashi Gakuin University Prep High School as the first Kenyan high school runner in Japanese history. He went on to Yamanashi Gakuin University, then the Daiei corporate team following graduation. In 1998 he changed to the Hitachi Cable team where he remained until his retirement. In 1999 he married 1995 World Championships marathoner Sachiyo Seiyama and in 2001 the couple's first child, a daughter, was born. They later had a son. Mayaka received Japanese citizenship in 2005 and became a coach with Sozo Gakuen University's track and field team in 2006. In 2009 he became the team's head coach, then moved to his current position as head coach at Obirin University. In addition to coaching, he serves as mentor for many of the top Kenyan athletes in Japan. In part one of JRN's interview with Mayaka, he talks about being di...

If @Tokyo2020 is held outside peak summer months of July/Aug next year, do you want to see marathon and race walks stay in Sapporo or move back to original courses in Tokyo? もし東京五輪が来年7月・8月以外で開催されるとしたら、マラソンと競歩は札幌、元の東京、どちらがいい？ @joc — Japan Running News (@JRNHeadlines) March 25, 2020

interview and translation by Brett Larner photos by Mika Tokairin Kiyoko Shimahara  set course records at the Hokkaido and Katsuta marathons. A silver medalist at the 2006 Asian Games, she finished 6th at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka. After a few years in a rut she returned to form in the fall of 2009 with a PB and two other sub-2:30 runs in just over 100 days. Shimahara talked to JRN before her race at the 2010 Nagano Marathon. In part one of her interview she talked about her background and her outstanding fall season. Here in part two she talks further about her training and about the problems facing the next generation of Japanese women. At the press conference last September announcing that Yuri Kano would run New York, Coach Manabu Kawagoe talked a little about Second Wind’s training. People overseas have the impression that Japanese marathoners do a lot of slow mileage, but from what he said it sounds like Second Wind takes a different approach, with much l...

After his telephone talks with IOC President Bach, PM Abe spoke to the press and explained that the two have agreed that the Tokyo Olympic Games would not be cancelled, and the games will be held by the summer of 2021. pic.twitter.com/ihe8To2g3R — PM's Office of Japan (@JPN_PMO) March 24, 2020 Joint statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee on postponement of 2020 Olympic Games Tokyo Governor Koike: Next year's Olympics will still be called Tokyo 2020

With yesterday's shift to the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics becoming just an apparent matter of time, today the first major meet on the Japanese calendar, the Apr. 11 Kanakuri Memorial Meet in Kumamoto, announced its cancelation after having previously eliminated all but the key elite-level races for athletes gearing up to go for Olympic qualifying marks. The announcement: Regarding the Cancelation of the 2020 Kanakuri Memorial Middle and Long Distance Athletics Meet, the Kumamoto Meet in the Sato Shokuhin Japan Grand Prix Series Due to concerns about the safety and security of all those involved with the Kanakuri Memorial Meet in relation to the spread of the novel coronavirus and the fact that it is not possible to evaluate the virus' current state of spread, the meet has unfortunately been canceled. Entry fees and sponsorship funds already paid will be refunded at a later date. We thank you for your continued support. source article: http://kumariku.com/inf...

interview and translation by Brett Larner photos by Mika Tokairin Kiyoko Shimahara  set the course records at the Hokkaido and Katsuta marathons. A silver medalist at the 2006 Asian Games, she finished 6th at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka. After a few years in a rut she returned to form in the fall of 2009 with a PB and two other sub-2:30 runs in just over 100 days. Shimahara talked to JRN before her race at the 2010 Nagano Marathon. You ran at Kokushikan University and joined Shiseido after graduating. What drew you to Shiseido? I was really slow when I was in university, but I knew that I still wanted to run for a corporate team somewhere. I talked to different teams and was a bit lucky with the timing, and Shiseido was the one that offered to pick me up. Did you already know coach Manabu Kawagoe before that? When I was a student? No, not at all. The first year I was at Shiseido it was a different coach. Coach Kawagoe came in during my second year there. ...

Born Dec. 22, 1976 in Yamaguchi. Graduated from Kokushikan University and joined the Shiseido corporate team. Left Shiseido in 2007 with head coach Manabu Kawagoe and three teammates to form the independent Second Wind AC. Hot-weather specialist. After a good marathon debut off the beaten path at the 2003 Katsuta Marathon, Shimahara had a remarkably consistent run of 2:26 performances from 2004 to 2006. The streak ended with her silver medal performance at the hot 2006 Asian Games, and for the next three years she was more consistently in the 2:30-2:31 range. In August, 2009 Shimahara ran a PB of 2:25:10 at the Hokkaido Marathon, her first sub-2:30 in three years, a new course record, and faster than the winning time at the previous week's World Championships in tougher conditions. In just over 100 days following Hokkaido Shimahara went on to break 2:30 twice more, both in warm weather. In part one of her interview with JRN Shimahara talked about that fall season, what went...

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