ClassPass is betting that more people in Japan want to go to the gym and that more visitors to the country want to maintain their fitness routines.
The New York-headquartered company, which provides access to gyms globally on a membership basis, started operating in Japan on Sept. 19. It has signed up 200 gyms and fitness studios in the country, mainly in Tokyo.
¡°I think there¡¯s the potential for Japan to be a very big market for ClassPass,¡± said Tom Aveston, CFO of Mindbody ClassPass, the company that owns ClassPass.
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