Motoi Oyama, president and CEO of Asics Corp. (TYO:7936), explained the company’s recent performance as follows. Domestic sales fell by 1.5 percent to 101.2 billion yen ($890.8 million) largely due to sluggish performance of apparel. Overseas sales increased by 14.8 percent to 327.3 billion yen, which even after removing currency effects, represented a 10.2 percent increase. The proportion of global…