China News Service, November 30. According to the Associated Press, citing news from Kyodo News and Yomiuri Shimbun, a report on the 29th showed that the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics is estimated to bring as much as 200 billion yen (about (RMB 12.6 billion) additional expenses.
This amount is consistent with estimates over the past few months.
Japanese media quoted anonymous Olympic-related sources as saying that the Tokyo Olympic Committee, the Japanese government and the Tokyo local government are expected to formally decide on the increase in the budget as early as mid-December.
Although the organizers have cut some expenditures by streamlining the competition and other programs, the new budget is still about 15% more than the 1.35 trillion yen before the new crown epidemic.
This figure does not yet include the costs associated with epidemic prevention measures.
Affected by the new crown epidemic, the Tokyo Olympic Games originally scheduled to be held in 2020 will be postponed until July 23 to August 8, 2021.
According to reports, although the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics will bring various challenges and additional expenses to the organizing committee, it is still far lower than the huge economic losses that the cancellation of the Olympics will bring to the organizers, sponsors, broadcasters and other parties. loss.