Search｜Photos & Images & Videos｜KYODO NEWS IMAGES INC

[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.

E

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)

E

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.

E

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.

E

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.

E

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.

E

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.

E

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.

E

Sapporo to withdraw 2030 Olympic bid

Promotional posters for the 2030 Winter Olympics bid are put up at the entrance of Sapporo's city hall in the northern Japan prefecture of Hokkaido on Oct. 6, 2023. Multiple sources said a day earlier Sapporo has decided to withdraw its bid to host the 2030 Games.

E

Sochi Olympics snow sculpture lit up in Sapporo

SAPPORO, Japan - A snow sculpture representing the Sochi Winter Olympic Games is lit up in Sapporo's Odori Park, Hokkaido, for the Sapporo Snow Festival, on Feb. 4, 2014, the day before the official start of the annual event.

E

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.

E

Tokyo Olympics organizers, students compare notes

SAPPORO, Japan - Senior officials of the organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games exchange views with students at the campus of Hokkaido University in Sapporo in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Sept. 22, 2014.

E

Japan's ski jump medalists Ito, Shimizu thank supporters

SAPPORO, Japan - Daiki Ito (L) and Reruhi Shimizu, members of Japan's bronze medal-winning ski jumping team at the Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia, pose with their medals at a gathering to thank supporters at their company, Megmilk Snow Brand Co., in Sapporo, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Feb. 22, 2014.

E

Japan ski jumping medalists visit Hokkaido gov't office

SAPPORO, Japan - Daiki Ito (R) and Reruhi Shimizu, members of Japan's bronze medal-winning ski jumping team at the Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia, visit the Hokkaido prefectural government in Sapporo on Feb. 21, 2014. Ito hails from the northernmost Japanese prefecture's town of Shimokawa while Shimizu lives in Sapporo.

E

Ski jumper Kasai speaks before co-workers

SAPPORO, Japan - Japanese ski jumper Noriaki Kasai, winner of the silver medal in the men's individual large hill and the bronze medal in the team large hill at the Sochi Winter Olympics, speaks before colleagues at his employer Tsuchiya Home in Sapporo on Feb. 21, 2014.

E

Sapporo Snow Festival

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 5, 2014, shows a snow sculpture on the theme of the Sochi Olympics at the Sapporo Snow Festival at Odori Park in Sapporo, Hokkaido. The festival, one of Japan's largest winter events, runs from Feb. 5 to Feb. 11.

E

TV personality Takigawa's snow sculpture at Sapporo festival

SAPPORO, Japan - Visitors pose in front of a snow sculpture of TV newscaster Christel Takigawa at the weeklong Sapporo Snow Festival which opened Feb. 5, 2014, in Hokkaido, northern Japan. Takigawa played a role in Tokyo's successful bid to host the 2020 Olympics.

E

Sapporo Snow Festival

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 5, 2014, shows a snow sculpture on the theme of the Sochi Olympics at the Sapporo Snow Festival at Odori Park in Sapporo, Hokkaido. The festival, one of Japan's largest winter events, runs from Feb. 5 to Feb. 11.

E

Japan's Kasai 3rd at World Cup jump in Sapporo

SAPPORO, Japan - Noriaki Kasai of Japan soars into the air on his first jump at a World Cup ski jumping event on the K-120 Miyanomori Hill in Sapporo on Jan. 25, 2014. Kasai, Japan's delegation captain for next month's Sochi Olympics, came in third at the event, scoring his fourth podium finish of the season.

E

Takanashi ready for Sochi Winter Olympics

SAPPORO, Japan - Sara Takanashi, a 17-year-old who won last season's women's ski jumping World Cup, speaks to reporters in Sapporo on Jan. 8, 2014, one day after she was chosen as a member of the Japanese delegation for next month's Sochi Winter Olympics. The women's ski jumping event will be held for the first time at the Winter Games in Sochi, Russia.

E

Doi, Fujimori practice snowboard cross in Sapporo for Olympics

SAPPORO, Japan - Japanese snowboarders Natsuko Doi (L) and Yuka Fujimori (R) speaks to reporters in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Feb. 3, 2010, before taking part in the upcoming Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver.

E

Doi, Fujimori practice snowboard cross in Sapporo for Olympics

SAPPORO, Japan - Japanese snowboarders Yuka Fujimori (L) and Natsuko Doi (R) practice snowboard cross in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Feb. 3, 2010, for the upcoming Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver.

E

Kasai wins 1st national title in 16 yrs

SAPPORO, Japan - Olympic ski jumper Noriaki Kasai of Japan launches off the K-120 Okurayama Hill to victory in the large hill competition at the national championships in Sapporo, the host city of the 1972 Winter Olympics, on Jan. 31, 2010. Kasai earned his first national title in 16 years.

E

Veteran Kasai wins STV Cup

SAPPORO, Japan - Japanese veteran Noriaki Kasai soars to victory in the STV Cup event on the K-120 Okurayama Hill in Sapporo on Jan. 10, 2010. Kasai all but booked a spot for the Vancouver Olympics.

E

Veteran Kasai wins STV Cup

SAPPORO, Japan - Japanese veteran Noriaki Kasai launches off the K-120 Okurayama Hill on his way to winning the STV Cup event in Sapporo, the host city of the 1972 Winter Olympics, on Jan. 10, 2010. Kasai all but booked a spot for the Vancouver Olympics.

E

Group of 5 leaders call for cooperation on Beijing Olympics

SAPPORO, Japan - (From L to R) South African President Thabo Mbeki, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Mexican President Felipe Calderon Hinojosa, Chinese President Hu Jintao and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meet the press after a meeting in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on July 8 at which they called for worldwide cooperation to make next month's Beijing Olympics a success. The Group of Five leaders are in Hokkaido for an ''outreach'' meeting with Group of Eight leaders on the third day of the three-day G-8 summit at the Windsor Hotel Toya in Toyako on July 9.

E

Tokyo Monorail celebrates 1.5 billionth passenger

TOKYO, Japan - Masatoshi Kawahara (C), a graduate school student from Sapporo, Hokkaido, is given memorial goods at Hamamatsucho station Jan. 24 as he became the 1.5 billionth passenger of the Tokyo Monorail service linking central Tokyo and Haneda airport, about 42 years after the monorail opened in the year of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. (Kyodo

E

Nakashima wins Kissmark Cup women's halfpipe event

SAPPORO, Japan - Turin Olympian Shiho Nakashima is in action during the women's halfpipe event at the Kissmark Cup snowboarding competition at the Makomanai ski course in Sapporo on Jan. 6. Nakashima, who finished ninth at the Turin Olympics in 2006, scored 33.7 points on her first run to win the title.

E

Funaki rides luck to end World Cup victory drought

SAPPORO, Japan - Japanese ski jumper Kazuyoshi Funaki ended a six-year victory drought on the World Cup circuit on Feb. 5 at a Sapporo meet. Funaki, mired in a slump after his gold-medal performance at the 1998 Nagano Olympics, topped the field with 144.0 points after the first round of jumps at the Okurayama hill and the result became the final one as the second round was canceled due to inclement weather.

E

Speed skater Horii officially announces retirement

SAPPORO, Japan - Speed skater Manabu Horii, who won a bronze medal in the men's 500-meters in the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympics, tells reporters at a hotel in Sapporo on April 21 that he will quit the rink.

E

Japanese pro baseball starts 2002 season

SAPPORO, Japan - Salt Lake City Olympics freestyle mogul skiing silver medalist Tae Satoya (L) receives a ball from Seibu Lions ace pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka before throwing the first pitch in a game between the Lions and the Chiba Lotte Marines at Sapporo Dome on March 30, the opening day of Japanese pro baseball's 2002 season.

E

Murofushi sets record in Nambu memorial meet

SAPPORO, Japan - Hammer thrower Koji Murofushi sets a Japanese national record July 16 at the Nambu memorial track and field meet, the final domestic qualifying event for the Sydney Olympics in September. He extended his own record for the third time this year when he threw 80.56 meters at Maruyama athletics stadium.

E

Scandal-hit Snow Brand suspends sports teams

SAPPORO, Japan - Masahiko Harada (C), a member of the gold medal-winning quartet in the ski-jumping team event at the 1998 Nagano Olympics, talks to reporters July 13 on the decision by Snow Brand Milk Products Co. to suspended activities of its sports clubs until late September. The suspension affects the athletes of the firm's ice hockey, athletics and ski teams, of which Harada is a member.

E

Sapporo's bid for 2030 Olympics

Photo taken Feb. 15, 2022, shows posters of Olympic athletes on display in an underground street in the northern Japan city. Sapporo is bidding to host the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.

E

Sapporo's bid for 2030 Olympics

Photo taken Feb. 15, 2022, shows a poster commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1972 Sapporo Winter Olympics on display in an underground street in the northern Japan city. Sapporo is bidding to host the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.

E

Sapporo's bid to host 2030 Olympics and Paralympics

Posters to promote Sapporo's bid to host the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics are seen in an underground shopping arcade in the northern Japan city on Feb. 15, 2022.

E

Tokyo Olympics: Athletics

Belgium's Bashir Abdi (front) and Kenya's Lawrence Cherono finish third and fourth, respectively, in the men's marathon at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 8, 2021, in Sapporo, northern Japan.

E

Tokyo Olympics: Athletics

Abdi Nageeye of the Netherlands finishes second in the men's marathon at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 8, 2021, in Sapporo, northern Japan.

E

Tokyo Olympics: Athletics

Yuma Hattori of Japan is taken away in a wheelchair after crossing the finish line in the men's marathon at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 8, 2021, in Sapporo, northern Japan.

E

Tokyo Olympics: Athletics

Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya pours water on himself while running in the men's marathon at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 8, 2021, in Sapporo, northern Japan.

E

Tokyo Olympics: Athletics

Abdi Abdirahman of the United States has a bag of ice on his head while running in the men's marathon at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 8, 2021, in Sapporo, northern Japan.

E

Tokyo Olympics: Athletics

Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya runs en route to winning the men's marathon at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 8, 2021, in Sapporo, northern Japan.

E

Tokyo Olympics: Athletics

A roadside is crowded with people watching the Tokyo Olympics men's marathon in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Aug. 8, 2021, despite them being asked to refrain from doing so amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

E

Tokyo Olympics: Athletics

A roadside is crowded with people watching the Tokyo Olympics men's marathon in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Aug. 8, 2021, despite them being asked to refrain from doing so amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

E

Tokyo Olympics: Athletics

A roadside is crowded with people watching the Tokyo Olympics men's marathon in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Aug. 8, 2021, despite them being asked to refrain from doing so amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

E

Tokyo Olympics: Athletics

Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya poses after winning the men's marathon at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 8, 2021, in Sapporo, northern Japan.

E

Tokyo Olympics: Athletics

A roadside is crowded with people watching the Tokyo Olympics men's marathon in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Aug. 8, 2021, despite a staff member holding a signboard asking people to refrain from doing so amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

E

Tokyo Olympics: Athletics

Suguru Osako of Japan approaches the finish line in the men's marathon at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 8, 2021, in Sapporo, northern Japan. Osako finished sixth.

E

Tokyo Olympics: Athletics

Suguru Osako of Japan approaches the finish line in the men's marathon at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 8, 2021, in Sapporo, northern Japan. Osako finished sixth.

E

Tokyo Olympics: Athletics

Yuma Hattori of Japan crosses the finish line in the men's marathon at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 8, 2021, in Sapporo, northern Japan.