Olympiad Starts Examination of Over 100 Items to Reduce Costs Organizing Committee May 15 8:15

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In order to reduce costs for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, which were postponed next summer, it was revealed that the Games Organizing Committee has begun to consider more than 100 items as a "review without sanctuary" from its previous plans.

The Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics have been postponed in the summer of next year due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, and it is expected that the additional cost will be several hundred billion yen.

For this reason, the Organizing Committee set out to further reduce costs from the plans it has made so far, and it was found through interviews with related parties that it has undertaken a review of over 100 items from all areas of the Games.

Specifically, services such as meals that were supposed to be provided 24 hours a day in the Olympic Village have been reduced, the scale has been reduced by reducing the number of athletes and related parties who participate in the opening and closing ceremony, and IOC and competition groups We list the services aimed at, the number of seats, and events for the audience around the venue.

In addition, the torch relay will respect the runners who have already been decided and will consider shortening the number of days.

On the other hand, there is a view that the number of items that can reduce costs is limited within the Organizing Committee, and a person concerned said, “With a large amount of additional expenses expected, if it is not a result of review without sanctuary, people and sponsor companies I can't get a better understanding of the burden. "