SAPPORO--Sapporo Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto announced on Dec. 19 that the city would suspend its bid to host the Winter Olympics as it will be unlikely to host the Games for the next 18 years.

General view of the athletes in action on the streets of Sapporo REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji The 2030 Winter Olympic Games are just over eight years away, and although no host city has been named ...

Other cities that have expressed an interest in hosting the 2030 Winter Games include Salt Lake City and Vancouver. Sapporo city officials said they would continue discussions with IOC officials.

In fact Nagano has just recently paid off the debt from hosting the 1998 Winter Games. Sapporo and Salt Lake City have both estimated the cost of hosting the 2030 Olympics would be around $2.6 ...