TOKYO, April 11 (Xinhua) — Sapporo’s bid to host the Winter Olympics in northern Japan could also be pushed again from 2030 to 2034, the Japanese Olympic Committee’s president mentioned.
The head of the Japanese Olympic Committee, Yasuhiro Yamashita, mentioned that native opposition to the occasion in Sapporo, the potential host metropolis in Japan’s northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido, was robust.
He mentioned many individuals are against the town internet hosting the Games because of the ongoing bribery and bid-rigging scandals that proceed to plague the reminiscence of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which had been postponed to a yr later due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“It’s hard to go ahead with the original bid plan without gaining people’s understanding,” Yamashita mentioned on Monday, including that many native residents are “concerned and anxious.”
A latest exit ballot carried out by Jiji News of voters in Sapporo’s latest mayoral election revealed that 53 % are against internet hosting the Games, 27 % had been in favor, and 20 % had no opinions.
The indictment of main Japanese promoting corporations, a high-profile ex-Olympic organizing committee govt, and a bunch of different Japanese people and entities related to an expansive bid-rigging operation has irreversibly tarnished the picture of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games held in 2021.
The metropolis of Sapporo has mentioned it is not going to maintain a public referendum on internet hosting the Games.