China News Service, August 12th. According to Kyodo News Agency of Japan, a number of relevant persons revealed on the 11th that Japan’s Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have reached an agreement on the Olympic Village Open Day in order to cut costs. The original plan was postponed by 2 days. It is said that the Olympic Village Open Day has been tentatively scheduled for July 15, 2020, eight days before the opening of the Tokyo Olympic Games.
On July 23, 2020, local time, Tokyo, Japan, the first anniversary of the countdown to the Tokyo Olympics, the Tokyo Skytree lights up the five-ring Olympic lights.
According to reports, the 2016 Rio Olympic Village opened 12 days before the opening of the Olympic Games. Before the decision was postponed, the Tokyo Olympic Village was originally scheduled to open 10 days before the opening. This time further shortening the time is aimed at reducing the various expenses required for the operation of the Olympic Village.
It is said that around the simplification of the Tokyo Olympic Games, the large-scale ceremony originally scheduled to be held at the Tokyo National Theater on the IOC meeting on the eve of the opening has been cancelled. The Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee and IOC selected about 50 projects to advance the adjustment of the plan, and various services such as transportation to Olympic-related personnel were also targeted.
The Tokyo Olympic Village is built on an artificial island about 2.5 kilometers from Ginza. During the Olympics, it will provide about 18,000 beds. After the Olympics, renovation works will be carried out here to become housing.