日本 / 政治 / 地区之声：北海道札幌市市长秋元克广的继任者将面临是否重启该市冬奥会申办计划的问题。| AFLO，作者：Eric Johnston，本报记者，2026年10月26日，札幌——随着秋元克广宣布明年春天不再寻求第四个任期，札幌市的市长选举已初现端倪。
JAPAN / Politics / Regional Voices: Hokkaido Sapporo Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto’s successor will face the question of whether to revive the city’s bid for the Winter Olympics. | AFLO By Eric Johnston STAFF WRITER Oct 26, 2026 SAPPORO – Sapporo’s mayoral race is taking shape after Katsuhiro Akimoto announced he will not seek a fourth term next spring.
该市的下一任领导人将面临一系列问题，包括是否重启札幌的奥运雄心，以及如何应对自秋元克广首个任期以来已增长近两倍的外籍人口。
The city’s next leader will face questions that include whether to revive Sapporo’s Olympic ambitions and how to respond to a foreign population that has nearly tripled since Akimoto’s first term.
秋元克广于2015年首次当选，当时他承诺通过旅游业扩大城市经济。他表示，决定不再寻求连任的部分原因是，他认为自己已经完成了预定的目标。
Akimoto, who was first elected in 2015 on pledges to expand the city’s economy through tourism, said he decided not to seek another term partly because he felt he had accomplished what he set out to do.