TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Sapporo announced plans to host the 2026 Winter Olympics on Thursday, despite doubts about whether the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) would put forward a bid.
The Mayor of Sapporo, the first Japanese city to host the Winter Games in 1972, told a city assembly meeting that local residents, and those in Japan's surrounding most northern island prefecture Hokkaido, were behind the 404.5 billion yen ($3.44 billion) bid.
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