A meeting was held between Sapporo City, which aims to host the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, and a promotion committee formed by the JOC = Japanese Olympic Committee, etc. The policy to strengthen such as was shown.
The "Hokkaido-Sapporo 2030 Olympic and Paralympic Promotion Committee" formed by Sapporo City and JOC held its third meeting on the 26th, and about 30 people including Mayor Akimoto of Sapporo City attended.
At the meeting, Hidemasa Nakamura, who was the general manager of the Tokyo Organizing Committee, gave a lecture on the theme of the legacy of the Games.
In this, Mr. Nakamura pointed out that it is important to keep the existing facilities of the host city as they are, even if there are requests for facilities from international sports organizations, based on the situation after the invitation of the Tokyo Games.
In addition, as the IOC = International Olympic Committee has indicated a direction to unify the venues for the 2030 Winter Olympics by the end of the year, it is important for the Secretariat of the Promotion Committee to foster momentum from now on. However, the policy was announced to promote the bid activities at the time of large-scale sporting events such as the Hokkaido Marathon.
In addition, the committee members who attended the meeting commented that a mechanism should be created to make it easier for the younger generation to get involved, and that there should be an opportunity to explain to those who have negative thoughts about the invitation.
Keigo Iwata, Chairman of the Promotion Committee of the Sapporo Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said, "I would like to publicize through every opportunity such as sporting events and cooperate with related organizations to appeal to the whole country."