New Delhi, March 27 -- Yasuhito Hirota timed his second visit to India as president and chief operating officer of ASICS with the Tata Mumbai Marathon (TMM) held on 19 January-the shoe brand was a sponsoring partner. After spending nearly 40 years with Mitsubishi Corp., till he joined ASICS two years ago, Hirota's mandate is to further globalize the sporting brand, and that includes increasing its footprint in India. Fresh after a run on Marine Drive, Hirota talks about the shoe company that is closely associated with the sport of running. At a time when Nike's Vaporfly shoe is boosting running time-Eliud Kipchoge became the first person to run a sub-2-hour marathon last year though it has not been recognized by the world athletics body- Hi...