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Japan’s Sapporo sees earliest 25C day since records began | CVHD Japan's Sapporo sees earliest 25C day since records began

Japan’s Sapporo sees earliest 25C day since records began | CVHD

Editor April 15, 2024

Temperatures in Japan's northern city of Sapporo — famous for skiing — on Monday passed 25 degrees...

Why Sapporo’s bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics failed | CVHD

Editor April 15, 2024

Sapporo’s 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics bid failed to garner public support due to factors ranging from...

Hokkaido mourns Yoshiro Ito, promoter of Japan-U.S. ties | CVHD

Editor March 25, 2024

Hokkaido said goodbye in early March to one of its most influential post-World War II figures, whose...

Ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional, Sapporo High Court rules | CVHD

Editor March 14, 2024

The Sapporo High Court on Thursday ruled that a ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, with strong...

Preparing for the hottest year Japan has ever seen | CVHD Tourists in Tokyo's Asakusa district ditch their jackets amid unseasonably warm temperatures in the capital and across Japan on Thursday.

Tourists in Tokyo's Asakusa district ditch their jackets amid unseasonably warm temperatures in the capital and across Japan on Thursday.

Preparing for the hottest year Japan has ever seen | CVHD

Editor February 18, 2024

A high of 38 degrees Celsius in Yamanashi Prefecture in July. A daily low of 31.4 C...

Sapporo Snow Festival opens with food areas coming back | CVHD The annual snow festival opened in Sapporo on Sunday. The event, set to run through Feb. 11, features a total of 196 snow and ice sculptures at three venues, with food and drink areas set up for the first time since the outbreak of COVID-19.

The annual snow festival opened in Sapporo on Sunday. The event, set to run through Feb. 11, features a total of 196 snow and ice sculptures at three venues, with food and drink areas set up for the first time since the outbreak of COVID-19.

Sapporo Snow Festival opens with food areas coming back | CVHD

Editor February 4, 2024

A popular annual snow festival kicked off in Sapporo on Sunday, with food and drink areas set...

Ito leaps to second ski jumping World Cup win of season | CVHD Yuki Ito put together jumps of 124.5 and 129.5 meters to score 230.1 points at Sapporo's Okurayama Ski Jump Stadium on Sunday and earn her second World Cup win of the season.

Yuki Ito put together jumps of 124.5 and 129.5 meters to score 230.1 points at Sapporo's Okurayama Ski Jump Stadium on Sunday and earn her second World Cup win of the season.

Ito leaps to second ski jumping World Cup win of season | CVHD

Editor January 14, 2024

Japanese ski jumper Yuki Ito on Sunday picked up her ninth career World Cup win and first...

Images of 2023: Sports | CVHD Designated hitter and closer Shohei Ohtani (center) and catcher Yuhei Nakamura are mobbed by their Samurai Japan teammates after Ohtani struck out American slugger Mike Trout to clinch Japan’s third World Baseball Classic and first since 2009, at LoanDepot Park in Miami on March 21.

Designated hitter and closer Shohei Ohtani (center) and catcher Yuhei Nakamura are mobbed by their Samurai Japan teammates after Ohtani struck out American slugger Mike Trout to clinch Japan’s third World Baseball Classic and first since 2009, at LoanDepot Park in Miami on March 21.

Images of 2023: Sports | CVHD

Editor December 26, 2023

Samurai Japan, led by baseball sensation Shohei Ohtani, and the Hanshin Tigers ended lengthy championship droughts this...

Sapporo to halt efforts to host winter games, says mayor | CVHD Posters to promote Sapporo's bid to host the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics are seen in an underground shopping arcade in the city in February 2022.