Northern Japan cities to co-host 2017 Asian Winter Games

Northern Japan cities to co-host 2017 Asian Winter Games

ASTANA, Kazakhstan - Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda (L) and Olympic Council of Asia President Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah shake hands in Astana, Kazakhstan, on Jan. 31, 2011. The OCA decided the same day that the cities of Sapporo and Obihiro, both in Hokkaido, northern Japan, will co-host the 2017 Asian Winter Games.

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