Asian Games flag handed over to next host country, Japan

ALMATY. February 6. KAZINFORM /Yelena Iliinskaya/ The flag of the Asian Games has been handed over to the next host country, Japan. The 8th Asian Games will take place in Sapporo.

The closing ceremony ended with a presentation of 8^th Asian Games.

The Asian Winter Games were held only in three most developed countries of Asia down to recent times: the 1^st, the 2^nd, and the 5^th Asian Winter Games were held in Japan, the 3^rd and 6^th in China, and the 4^th in South Korea.