Shizo Kanakuri—sometimes Romanized as Kanaguri—was one of only two athletes representing Japan at the games of the fifth Olympiad in Stockholm, which was the first to feature Japanese competitors. His ...

We all have started on some task or set a goal for ourselves that we didn’t complete. Sometimes we lose interest or don’t have the willpower to keep going. And sometimes, we just forget about the task ...

Running a marathon is considered by many as the ultimate endurance of the human body. Forget ordinary people, trained runners have to push their limits to complete a marathon. It can take hours for a ...

On Day 2 of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to Gujarat, he and PM Narendra Modi jointly launched the high-speed bullet train project between Ahmedabad and Mumbai which is expected to be ...

Shizo Kanakuri disappeared while running the marathon at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm. He was listed as a missing person in Sweden for 50 years - until a journalist found him living quietly in ...

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