Aiming to host the 2030 Winter Olympics, the Promotion Committee by the City of Sapporo and the JOC announced a new slogan on October 27. At the venue: “Here’s the slogan!” The world will be surprised, let’s make it winter. “We have decided!” The “Olympic and Paralympic Promotion Committee” was held with the participation of Sapporo City, JOC, and experts. Students and members of the promotion committee narrowed down the slogans for the bid to the three, and the most popular slogan, “Let’s surprise the world, let’s make it winter,” was selected. Yuzuki Kamata, who was involved in the selection of the slogan: “I want to surprise people around the world with a new Olympic and Paralympic Games that no one has ever seen before.” I showed the direction I was aiming for. Katsuhiro Akimoto, Mayor of Sapporo City: “If we do not try to eliminate the doubts and anxieties that many citizens have, we will respond with a very severe sense of crisis that the bid itself will be extremely difficult.” Mayor Akimoto suggested the possibility of an increase in operating costs due to the impact of rising prices and other factors, and indicated that they would proceed with careful discussions.
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