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[Breaking News]Olympics Sapporo left out as IOC signals 2030, 2034 games hosts

TOKYO, Nov. 30 Kyodo -The International Olympic Committee on Wednesday named Salt Lake City, Utah, as its preferred host for the 2034 Winter Olympics, extinguishing Sapporo's hopes of hosting the games.Sapporo Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto is considering formulating a policy about a potential 2038 bid by the end of this year.

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Sapporo drops bid for 2030 Winter Games

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 11 Kyodo - Sapporo Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto (L) and Japanese Olympic Committee President Yasuhiro Yamashita hold a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 11, 2023, announcing the northern Japanese city's decision to drop out of the race to host the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. (Kyodo)

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Sapporo drops bid for 2030 Winter Games

Sapporo Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto speaks during a press conference held jointly with Japanese Olympic Committee President Yasuhiro Yamashita in Tokyo on Oct. 11, 2023, announcing the northern Japanese city's decision to drop out of the race to host the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.

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Sapporo drops bid for 2030 Winter Games

Japanese Olympic Committee President Yasuhiro Yamashita speaks during a press conference held jointly with Sapporo Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto in Tokyo on Oct. 11, 2023, announcing the northern Japanese city's decision to drop out of the race to host the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.

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Sapporo drops bid for 2030 Winter Games

Sapporo Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto (L) and Japanese Olympic Committee President Yasuhiro Yamashita hold a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 11, 2023, announcing the northern Japanese city's decision to drop out of the race to host the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.

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Sapporo drops bid for 2030 Winter Games

Sapporo Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto (L) and Japanese Olympic Committee President Yasuhiro Yamashita hold a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 11, 2023, announcing the northern Japanese city's decision to drop out of the race to host the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.

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Sapporo to withdraw 2030 Olympic bid

Sapporo Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto answers questions from reporters at the city hall in the northern Japan prefecture of Hokkaido on Oct. 6, 2023, following media reports that Sapporo is set to abandon its bid to host the 2030 Winter Olympics.

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Sapporo to withdraw 2030 Olympic bid

Sapporo Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto answers questions from reporters at the city hall in the northern Japan prefecture of Hokkaido on Oct. 6, 2023, following media reports that Sapporo is set to abandon its bid to host the 2030 Winter Olympics.

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Sapporo mayor Akimoto

Sapporo Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto speaks at a press conference in the northern Japan city in Hokkaido on April 12, 2023.

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Sapporo mayor Akimoto

Sapporo Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto speaks at a press conference in the northern Japan city in Hokkaido on April 12, 2023.

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Sapporo announces intention to host 2026 Winter Olympics

SAPPORO, Japan - Sapporo Mayor Fumio Ueda speaks at a news conference at the municipal government building in Sapporo on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Nov. 27, 2014, after announcing the city's intention to host the 2026 Winter Olympics at a city assembly meeting. Sapporo became the first Japanese city to host the Winter Olympics in 1972.

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Hokkaido woos tourists through campaign in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Alan Lim (L), area vice president of Singapore Airlines, and Sapporo Deputy Mayor Tadafumi Inoue pose in front of a bus decorated with images of vocaloid Hatsune Miku and local products of Japan's Hokkaido on Oct. 3, 2014, in Singapore. The campaign for Japan's northernmost prefecture continues through Dec. 25.

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Sapporo deputy mayor shows bus to promote Hokkaido

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Sapporo Deputy Mayor Tadafumi Inoue shows one of the 10 buses riddled with ads that feature popular virtual singer Hatsune Miku and Hokkaido's cuisine and tourist attractions on Oct.3, 2014, in Singapore. The campaign for Japan's northernmost prefecture continues through Dec. 25.

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H.K. signs MOUs for closer ties with Okinawa, Sapporo

HONG KONG, China - Fred Lam (L), executive director of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, shakes hands with Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima, in Hong Kong on Aug. 14, 2014, following the signing of a memorandum of understanding to deepen bilateral economic ties. Lam also signed a similar MOU with Mayor Fumio Ueda of Sapporo in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido the same day.

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Sapporo promotes 2017 Asian Winter Games

BELEK, Turkey - Sapporo Vice Mayor Noriaki Ikushima (L) and delegates promote the 2017 Asian Winter Games to be hosted by the Hokkaido capital at a SportAccord International Convention held in Belek, Turkey, on April 9, 2014.

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Jetstar launches flights at Centrair

NAGOYA, Japan - Miyuki Suzuki (C), president of Jetstar Japan Co., cuts the ribbon with Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura (2nd from L) and Aichi Gov. Hideaki Omura (2nd from R) during a ceremony at Central Japan International Airport near Nagoya, known as Centrair, on March 31, 2013, the day the budget airline inaugurated flights between the airport and Sapporo as well as Fukuoka.

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Premium-grade melons fetch 1 mil. yen for two

SAPPORRO, Japan - Naomichi Suzuki (C), mayor of Yubari, Hokkaido, holds a pair of Yubari premium-grade melons at Sapporo's Central Wholesale Market in Hokkaido on May 17, 2012. The pair fetched 1 million yen in the first auction of the harvest season at the market, matching the top price from the previous year.

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Expensive melons

SAPPORO, Japan - Kazuo Watarai (R) from wholesaler Kurashige Shoten K.K. and Yubari Mayor Naomichi Suzuki hold a pair of Yubari melons, a type of premium orange-fleshed cantaloupe, after the company bought the fruits for 1 million yen (about $12,350) in the current harvest season's first auction at the Sapporo City Central Wholesale Markets in Hokkaido on May 13, 2011. Watarai said his company based in Sapporo will give the fruits as a gift to an association of retail companies

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Vocaloid character Miku to promote Sapporo

SAPPORO, Japan - Sapporo Mayor Fumio Ueda (L) and Crypton Future Media Inc. President Hiroyuki Ito shake hands in Sapporo on Dec. 2, 2010, after signing a contract to use singing vocaloid character Hatsune Miku (picture in the back) to promote the city.

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Hatoyama to quit before election, hit by U.S. base fiasco

SAPPORO, Japan - Nago Mayor Susumu Inamine speaks to reporters in Sapporo on June 2, 2010, about Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's announcement to resign. Earlier in the day, Hatoyama said he will step down only about eight months after taking office, citing falling public support triggered by his failure to resolve a dispute over a U.S. military base relocation in Okinawa Prefecture and money scandals. Hatoyama's plan to relocate the base from Ginowan to Nago, both in Okinawa Prefecture, has triggered outrage from local people.

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Lake Toya resort in Hokkaido picked to host 2008 G-8 summit

SAPPORO, Japan - Toyako Town Mayor Yoshio Nagasaki speaks outside the Windsor Hotel Toya in his town on April 23. He welcomed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's decision to hold the summit of the Group of Eight nations in 2008 in the Lake Toya hot-spring resort town in southern Hokkaido.

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Sapporo Mayor Ueda assured of reelection

SAPPORO, Japan - Sapporo Mayor Fumio Ueda celebrates with his wife and supporters after being assured of reelection in the poll held on April 8.

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Half of Yubari officials receive notifications of retirement

SAPPORO, Japan - Almost half of the officials of the bankrupt city of Yubari in central Hokkaido received official notifications of retirement on March 30. Yubari Mayor Kenji Goto (L) addresses the 142 retiring officials, most of whom are in senior positions, at the end of a retirement ceremony.

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Hillman visits Sapporo mayor

SAPPORO, Japan - Nippon Ham Fighters manager Trey Hillman (R), who led his team to a 4-1 victory over Chunichi Dragons in the Japan Series, poses with Sapporo Mayor Fumio Ueda during his visit to the municipal office on Oct. 30.

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Anti-quake data for 5 Sapporo condos confirmed fabricated

SAPPORO, Japan - Sapporo Mayor Fumio Ueda speaks to reporters March 7 at Sapporo City Hall after the earthquake-resistance data of five condominiums in the city was confirmed fabricated.

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Opposition-backed lawyer Ueda elected Sapporo mayor

SAPPORO, Japan - Fumio Ueda (L), a lawyer backed by the opposition Democratic Party of Japan and Social Democratic Party, receives a bouquet from a supporter at his campaign office in Sapporo June 8 after winning the Sapporo mayoral election.

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Pair of Hokkaido melons fetch 3 mil. yen at year's 1st auction

Winning bidder Kiyomichi Noda (R) and Tsukasa Atsuya, mayor of the Hokkaido city of Yubari, pose with a pair of Yubari melons in Sapporo, northern Japan, on May 26, 2022, after the melons fetched 3 million yen ($23,550) at the year's first auction for the product.

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Hillman visits Sapporo mayor

SAPPORO, Japan - Nippon Ham Fighters manager Trey Hillman (R), who led his team to a 4-1 victory over Chunichi Dragons in the Japan Series, poses with Sapporo Mayor Fumio Ueda during his visit to the municipal office on Oct. 30. (Kyodo)

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Half of Yubari officials receive notifications of retirement

SAPPORO, Japan - Almost half of the officials of the bankrupt city of Yubari in central Hokkaido received official notifications of retirement on March 30. Yubari Mayor Kenji Goto (L) addresses the 142 retiring officials, most of whom are in senior positions, at the end of a retirement ceremony. (Kyodo)

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Sapporo Mayor Ueda assured of reelection

SAPPORO, Japan - Sapporo Mayor Fumio Ueda celebrates with his wife and supporters after being assured of reelection in the poll held on April 8. (Kyodo)

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Lake Toya resort in Hokkaido picked to host 2008 G-8 summit

SAPPORO, Japan - Toyako Town Mayor Yoshio Nagasaki speaks outside the Windsor Hotel Toya in his town on April 23. He welcomed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's decision to hold the summit of the Group of Eight nations in 2008 in the Lake Toya hot-spring resort town in southern Hokkaido. (Kyodo)

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Hokkaido melons fetch record 3 million yen at season's 1st auction

Naomichi Suzuki (R), mayor of the Hokkaido city of Yubari, holds a pair of Yubari melons with Takamaru Konishi, buyer at a supermarket in Amagasaki, western Japan, who became the winning bidder of the premium melons with a record-setting price of 3 million yen in the season's first auction in Sapporo on May 26, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hokkaido melons fetch record 3 million yen at season's 1st auction

Naomichi Suzuki (R), mayor of the Hokkaido city of Yubari, holds a pair of Yubari melons with Takamaru Konishi, buyer at a supermarket in Amagasaki, western Japan, who became the winning bidder of the premium melons with a record-setting price of 3 million yen in the season's first auction in Sapporo on May 26, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sapporo seeks Japan gov't support for bringing 2026 Olympics

Hokkaido Gov. Harumi Takahashi (C) hands a written request to Hiroshi Hase (R), Japan's minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology, in Tokyo on Dec. 11, 2015, calling for the central government's support for bringing the 2026 Winter Olympics to Sapporo, alongside Katsuhiro Akimoto, mayor of the Hokkaido capital. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sapporo mayor stands next to 2017 Asian Winter Games mascot

Sapporo Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto (R) stands next to Ezomon, the mascot of the 2017 Sapporo Asian Winter Games, on June 5, 2015, in Sapporo. The Games will be held in Obihiro and Sapporo in Hokkaido. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Waki appointed head of Chishima, Habomai residents' league

Kimio Waki, former mayor of Rausu town in Hokkaido, speaks at a meeting of the League of Residents of Chishima and Habomai Islands Inc. in Sapporo on May 25, 2015, after he succeeded Toshio Koizumi as its director. The 91-year-old Koizumi, who led the group of former inhabitants of the islands in the Northern Territories for about 23 years, left the post due to his age. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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DPJ-backed Akimoto defeats LDP-backed candidate in Sapporo

Nana Honma, a former central government official backed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party, meets with reporters after she was defeated in the Sapporo mayoral race by former Sapporo Deputy Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto on April 12, 2015. Akimoto was backed by the Democratic Party of Japan and the Japan Innovation Party. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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DPJ-backed Akimoto defeats LDP-backed candidate in Sapporo

Former Sapporo Deputy Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto (C) celebrates his victory in the Sapporo mayoral race on April 12, 2015. Akimoto, backed by the Democratic Party of Japan and the Japan Innovation Party, was assured of defeating Nana Honma, a former central government official backed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Seoul mayor to visit Japan in February

Seoul Mayor Park Won Soon meets foreign press in the South Korean capital of Seoul on Jan. 21, 2015. He said he will visit Tokyo and Sapporo in early February to learn about disaster measures and vitalize city-level exchanges in an effort to improve bilateral ties. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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French consul thanks Japanese public for support after Paris attacks

Jean-Jacques Pothier (L), a consul at the French Embassy in Japan, pays a courtesy call on Sapporo Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto (R front) at the Sapporo city hall on Nov. 18, 2015, during his visit to the northern Japanese city in Hokkaido. Pothier expressed gratitude for condolences and encouragement from the Japanese public following the terrorist attacks in Paris. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Waki, new head of Chishima, Habomai residents' league

Kimio Waki, former mayor of Rausu town in Hokkaido, speaks in Sapporo on May 25, 2015, after he succeeded Toshio Koizumi as new director of the League of Residents of Chishima and Habomai Islands Inc. The group consists of former inhabitants of the disputed islands in Japan's Northern Territories currently administered by Russia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Musician Sakamoto pays courtesy call on Sapporo mayor

Musician Ryuichi Sakamoto (L), recovering from cancer, pays a courtesy call on Sapporo Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto at the city hall in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on May 29, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Anti-quake data for 5 Sapporo condos confirmed fabricated

SAPPORO, Japan - Sapporo Mayor Fumio Ueda speaks to reporters March 7 at Sapporo City Hall after the earthquake-resistance data of five condominiums in the city was confirmed fabricated. (Kyodo)

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Hatoyama to quit before election, hit by U.S. base fiasco

SAPPORO, Japan - Nago Mayor Susumu Inamine speaks to reporters in Sapporo on June 2, 2010, about Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's announcement to resign. Earlier in the day, Hatoyama said he will step down only about eight months after taking office, citing falling public support triggered by his failure to resolve a dispute over a U.S. military base relocation in Okinawa Prefecture and money scandals. Hatoyama's plan to relocate the base from Ginowan to Nago, both in Okinawa Prefecture, has triggered outrage from local people. (Kyodo)

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Expensive melons

SAPPORO, Japan - Kazuo Watarai (R) from wholesaler Kurashige Shoten K.K. and Yubari Mayor Naomichi Suzuki hold a pair of Yubari melons, a type of premium orange-fleshed cantaloupe, after the company bought the fruits for 1 million yen (about $12,350) in the current harvest season's first auction at the Sapporo City Central Wholesale Markets in Hokkaido on May 13, 2011. Watarai said his company based in Sapporo will give the fruits as a gift to an association of retail companies (Kyodo)

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Sapporo announces intention to host 2026 Winter Olympics

SAPPORO, Japan - Sapporo Mayor Fumio Ueda speaks at a news conference at the municipal government building in Sapporo on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Nov. 27, 2014, after announcing the city's intention to host the 2026 Winter Olympics at a city assembly meeting. Sapporo became the first Japanese city to host the Winter Olympics in 1972. (Kyodo)

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Hokkaido woos tourists through campaign in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Alan Lim (L), area vice president of Singapore Airlines, and Sapporo Deputy Mayor Tadafumi Inoue pose in front of a bus decorated with images of vocaloid Hatsune Miku and local products of Japan's Hokkaido on Oct. 3, 2014, in Singapore. The campaign for Japan's northernmost prefecture continues through Dec. 25. (Kyodo)

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Sapporo deputy mayor shows bus to promote Hokkaido

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Sapporo Deputy Mayor Tadafumi Inoue shows one of the 10 buses riddled with ads that feature popular virtual singer Hatsune Miku and Hokkaido's cuisine and tourist attractions on Oct.3, 2014, in Singapore. The campaign for Japan's northernmost prefecture continues through Dec. 25. (Kyodo)

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Vocaloid character Miku to promote Sapporo

SAPPORO, Japan - Sapporo Mayor Fumio Ueda (L) and Crypton Future Media Inc. President Hiroyuki Ito shake hands in Sapporo on Dec. 2, 2010, after signing a contract to use singing vocaloid character Hatsune Miku (picture in the back) to promote the city. (Kyodo)

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Sapporo International Arts Festival 2020 Press Conference

Four people pose for a commemorative photo at a press conference held at the Sapporo Museum of Modern Art to announce the outline of the Sapporo International Art Festival 2020. From left to right: Agnieszka Kubicka-Jedushetska, Planning Director; Taro Amano, Planning Director; Katsuhiro Akimoto, Mayor of Sapporo; and Kanoko Tamura, Communication Design Director.