Seven National Olympic Committees including Japan have expressed official interest in hosting the 2026 Winter Olympics, the International Olympic Committee announced on Tuesday.The seven NOCs are Austria (Graz), Canada (Calgary), Italy (joint bid of Cortina d’Ampezzo/Milan/Turin), Sweden (Stockholm), Switzerland (Sion), Turkey (Erzurum) and Japan, which, with Sapporo, will aim to host its third Winter Games. NOCs had until Saturday to officially put their hand up.The 2026 host city will be selected at the IOC Session in September 2019 in Milan. Japan previously held the Winter Olympics in …READ FULL ARTICLE