Why does the Asian Winter Games Organizing Committee not plan to arrange for the Chinese delegation to stay at the APA Hotel?

According to a Japanese news agency report on the 31st, the organizing committee of the Sapporo Asian Winter Games, which will be held from 19th to 26th next month, plans to change the hotel where the Chinese delegation athletes stay to a place where right-wing books are placed. The APA hotel has been changed to another hotel, and coordination is currently underway.

Japan’s APA Hotel has long placed an English-Japanese bilingual book written by the group’s boss Motogai Motogai in its hotel rooms, lobbies and other locations, which pays tribute to historical facts such as the Nanjing Massacre and the forced recruitment of “comfort women” by the Japanese army. deny. After this incident was recently exposed, it was strongly condemned by China, South Korea and other countries. The China National Tourism Administration stated on the 24th that it requires all outbound tourism companies and tourism e-commerce platforms to completely stop cooperation with APA Group. The Chinese Embassy in Japan held a regular press conference on the 25th, saying that placing right-wing books in the guest rooms of APA Hotel was a "blatant provocation to Chinese tourists."

***The same news agency said that according to the Sapporo Asian Winter Games Organizing Committee, in addition to the APA Hotel, the Sapporo Prince Hotel will also be used as a hotel for athletes to stay, but other hotels may also be candidates. The organizers of the event, the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) and the Chinese Olympic Committee, had previously made requests not to allow the Chinese delegation to stay at the APA Hotel.

It is reported that 31 countries and regions, including China, have signed up to participate in the Asian Winter Games. The largest number of athletes originally planned to stay at the APA Hotel. The Chinese Olympic Committee announced on the 26th that the Secretary-General of the Asian Winter Games Organizing Committee has sent a letter to the Chinese Olympic Committee stating that APA Hotel has decided to withdraw all books from the hotel rooms, lobby, and front desk.