AIMS LAUNCHES NEW OFFICIAL WEBSITE IN THE JAPANESE LANGUAGE

The Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS), headquartered in Athens, Greece is delighted to announce that its official website is now available in the Japanese language.
 
AIMS is a member based organisation representing more than 410 of the world’s leading distance races, from over 110 countries and territories including many of the world’s greatest distance races such as the Berlin, Boston, Chicago, New York, Paris & Tokyo Marathons.

By eliminating the language barrier, this new website is expected to bring Japanese runners and worldwide AIMS member races much closer to each other.
 
It will assist and develop communication with AIMS’ 22 member distance races in Japan.
 
The site will also provide Japanese media with AIMS news releases translated from English into Japanese. This will contribute to smoother news distribution in Japan as well as a closer connection between Japanese runners/media and more than 410 distance races around the world.
 
AIMS Website in the Japanese Language
Web address: https://www.aims-worldrunning.jp
Launch date and time: 12 noon (in Japan – GMT +9), 22nd February, 2017

AIMS main site (English): https://www.aims-worldrunning.org

AIMS President Paco Borao comments: “We are delighted to have the AIMS website launch in Japanese. This will give AIMS a strong platform to enhance our relations with our members in Japan, other Japanese distance running events, Japanese runners and the media in Japan, all in the Japanese language. It will also open up the opportunity to access over 410 AIMS member races in over 110 countries and territories around the world for Japanese runners. It will connect our member races with a large audience of Japanese runners who hold a great passion for running and travel.”

AIMS Board Member (Also Senior Managing Director of Japan Association of Athletics Federations (JAAF)), Mitsugi Ogata, Ph.D. comments: “I am very pleased that AIMS has taken this step towards communicating directly with the large Japanese running audience. I can see this will have great benefits for Japanese races and runners and the media in Japan as well as AIMS. It is also providing access for millions of Japanese runners to the exciting variety of international running events around the world in AIMS membership.”

About AIMS
AIMS is a member based organisation and since being established in 1982 has grown to a membership of more than 410 of the world’s leading distance races, from over 110 countries and territories. AIMS Members come from every continent on the planet and include the Athens Marathon, The Authentic formed on the legend of Pheidippides, the Greek soldier-runner who ran from the town of Marathon to Athens in 490 BC to announce the Persians had been defeated in the ‘Battle of Marathon’.

Other AIMS members include many of the world’s greatest distance races in history such as the Berlin, Boston, Chicago, New York, Paris & Tokyo Marathons.

The three key objectives of AIMS are:
 
1.         To foster and promote distance running throughout the world
2.         To work with the International Association of Athletic Federations (IAAF) on all matters relating to international road races.
3.         To exchange information, knowledge and expertise among members of the association

AIMS’ Member Races in Japan (following 22 races)

Full Members
Fukuoka International Open Marathon Championship, Tokyo Marathon, Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon, Saitama International Marathon, Osaka Women’s Marathon, Nagoya Women’s Marathon, Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon, Nagano Marathon, Hokkaido Marathon, Osaka Marathon, Kobe Marathon, Kyoto Marathon, Nara Marathon, Fujisan Marathon, Tokushima Marathon, Kagawa Marugame International Half Marathon, Gifu Seiryu Half-Marathon Race, Lake Saroma 100 km Ultramarathon, Ohme-Hochi 30 km Road Race
 
Associate Members
Kanazawa Marathon, Kitakyushu Marathon, Toyama Marathon
 
For further information on AIMS please visit:  www.AIMS-worldrunning.org
    
Peter McLean
Association of International Marathons & Distance Races
Windsor House, 15 Kirklee Terrace,
Kelvinside, Glasgow, Scotland, G12 0TJ
Tel: 00-44-(0)-141-357-2516
Email: peter@prexcellence.com
 
Regarding AIMS media relations in Japan, please contact:
 
Tetsuya Okamura, AIMS PR Manager
AIMS PR Japan Office
C/o Nagoya Women’s Marathon Organizing Office
1-6-1 Sannomaru, Naka-ku, Nago