It’s been a big month for Japanese men’s marathoning. Across four races in the 29 days from February 2nd to March 2nd, the Feb. 2 Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon, Feb. 9 Nobeoka Nishi Nippon Marathon, Feb. 24 Osaka Marathon and Mar. 2 Tokyo Marathon, from 2:05:39 to 2:09:55 a total of 47 Japanese men broke 2:10 in the marathon. Ethiopia has had 48 under 2:10 so far in 2025, a lot of them in January,
Source: japanrunningnews.blogspot.com