With label races in Nagoya and Otsu, the weekend's road racing spotlight falls on Japan.

An assault on both the men's and women's records is expected at the Tokyo Marathon, a World Athletics Platinum level, on Sunday (1).

Ethiopian and Kenyans contingents are expected to battle for victory at the 37th Zurich Maratón de Sevilla, a World Athletics Gold Label road race, on Sunday (23).

Yulimar Rojas and Hugues Fabrice Zango will aim to inch closer to – and perhaps even surpass – the world indoor triple jump records at the Villa de Madrid meeting on Friday (21), the final stop on the World Athletics Indoor Tour.

World marathon record-holder Brigid Kosgei is the standout entrant at the 14th Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon, a World Athletics Gold Label road race, on Friday (21).

Armand Duplantis, who has twice improved the world pole vault record in the space of a week, will seek an unprecedented hat-trick on Wednesday (19) evening as the illustrious Meeting Haut-de-France Pas-de-Calais in Liévin makes its debut in the World Athletics Indoor Tour.

Ethiopia’s rising star Roza Dereje will be the marquee athlete at the ‘eDreams Mitja Marato Barcelona’ a World Athletics Gold Label event on Sunday (16).

Fittingly, almost exactly six days and 17 hours after setting a world pole vault record of 6.17m at the last World Athletics Indoor Tour meeting, Armand Duplantis will be back on the runway at the Muller Grand Prix Glasgow on Saturday (15).

Returning to competition just four days after threatening the pole vault world record in in Dusseldorf, Armand Duplantis will command the spotlight when the seven-meeting World Athletics Indoor Tour resumes with the Orlen Copernicus Cup in the northern Polish city of Torun on Saturday (8).

Season debuts by pole vaulting star Armand Duplantis and world indoor champion Adam Kszczot will be among the key highlights at the International PSD Bank Meeting Dusseldorf, the third stop of the World Athletics Indoor Tour, on Tuesday (4).

The 2019-20 World Athletics Cross Country Permit season ends on Sunday (2) with the 43rd edition of the Almond Blossom Cross Country in Albufeira, Portugal.

Callum Hawkins of Great Britain will be targeting a second victory at the 74th Kagawa Marugame Half Marathon, a World Athletics Silver Label road race, on Sunday (2).