The Japanese city of Sapporo is the frontrunner to host the 2030 Winter Olympics after the mayor claimed Monday they can cut costs to make the event less expensive, the Associated Press reported.

SALT LAKE CITY — Sapporo's apparent frontrunner status in the race with Salt Lake City and Vancouver, Canada, for the 2030 Winter Games may be challenged by a new bribery scandal involving ...

TOKYO -- The Japanese city of Sapporo seems to be having second thoughts about bidding for the 2026 Winter Olympics and could focus instead on the 2030 Games.

A bribery scandal marred Salt Lake City’s Olympics in 2002. Now another one might result in the Winter Games returning to Utah sooner than expected. Sapporo, Japan, emerged in recent months as ...

Sapporo, Japan has become the first official bidder for the 2030 Winter Olympics after the Japanese Olympic Committee gave the plan its seal of approval, according to the Associated Press. In ...

Sapporo Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto and the Japanese Olympic Committee say they will "discontinue for some time" their effort to land the 2030 Winter Games because of damage done by the Tokyo Olympic ...

Sapporo’s bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics has been slowed by fallout from the still-developing corruption scandal around the 2020 Tokyo Games, but the upcoming mayoral election could change that.

SALT LAKE CITY — There's yet another indictment against an executive of last year's Tokyo Olympics in the Japanese bribery scandal that may already be eroding support for Salt Lake City's only ...

Salt Lake City may shift its focus to bidding for the 2034 Winter Olympics rather than the Games being held four years earlier following the announcement last month that Sapporo, Japan, will bid ...

Japan's first casino, Osaka IR, is planned to open in 2030. Osaka IR, a joint venture between MGM Resorts International and Orix, has forfeited its exit clause.

Japan's first casino resort is likely to open in the western city of Osaka in late 2030 as a main operator is planning to waive its right to withdraw from the project without penalty, local media ...

Sapporo’s bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics has been slowed by fallout from the still-developing corruption scandal around the 2020 Tokyo Games, but the upcoming mayoral election could change that.