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Police to run race with cameras

Mingling with more than 30,000 runners at this month's Tokyo Marathon will be a small, elite crew of police runners equipped with cameras capturing real-time footage of the course. Japan is stepping up security measures after Islamic State militants in the Middle East said they had beheaded two Japanese hostages, sparking fears of Islamist-linked attacks at home. Security for the annual race had already been tightened after the deadly bombing at the 2013 Boston Marathon, a police spokesman said.