Run to Tokyo2018

On June 24, “Run to Tokyo2018”, a promotional event for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic games, was held in Brussels at the Hippodrome of Boisfort and the Sonian Forest. The teams, consisting of 5 people each, ran a total of 42 km in a long-distance relay race. In total, 160 teams, including the two participating teams of the Embassy of Japan, finished the race.
Ambassador Hayashi attended the award ceremony and awarded a gold medal to the winning Belgian team “Military Athletic Team 1”.