SAPPORO -- Concerns are growing over whether the upcoming Sapporo Snow Festival, an annual winter tradition for Hokkaido's ...

SAPPORO, JAPAN - FEBRUARY 6: Japanese Yukio Kasaya soars in the air during the 70m ski jumping competition 06 February 1972 in Sapporo (Japan) at the Winter Olympic Games. Kasaya won the gold ...

During a meeting organized by ‘All Japan’ on Tuesday, Yamashita noted if Sapporo were to win the bid to host the 2030 Winter Olympics, construction costs would be manageable due to already exi ...

Other cities that have expressed an interest in hosting the 2030 Winter Games include Salt Lake City and Vancouver. Sapporo city officials said they would continue discussions with IOC officials.

The 2017 event was the eighth staging of the Asian Winter Games, with Sapporo hosting them for the third time, following 1986 and 1990. It was the fourth time Japan had staged the Games.

SAPPORO—Incumbent Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto, who is pushing Sapporo’s bid to host the 2030 Winter Games ... Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan. Ikeda was endorsed by the CDP and backed ...

The 2017 event was the eighth staging of the Asian Winter Games, with Sapporo hosting them for the third time, following 1986 and 1990. It was the fourth time Japan had staged the Games.