Olympics "Proactively disseminate opinions of Japan" 13:49 April 24th with additional costs for the Olympics

Regarding the burden on the Japanese side of the additional costs due to the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, Minister Hashimoto said that the IOC = International Olympic Committee withdrew his opinion once, In the future, he expressed his intention to actively disseminate the opinions of the Japanese government.

On this month, the IOC posted on its website that the Japanese side would bear the additional cost of postponing the Tokyo Games, saying, "Prime Minister Abe agrees," but "not true." In response to a request from the Games Organizing Committee, the relevant parts were deleted.

Regarding this, the Minister for Olympic and Paralympic Games Hashimoto said in a press conference after the Cabinet Meeting, “The Organizing Committee made an offer based on accurate information, and the text was deleted promptly. I will continue to pay close attention to the situation. "

Based on that, the government of Japan will be proactively disseminated in the future, saying, "We must provide information to the IOC as well as state the government's opinion on how to scrutinize additional costs." Showed the idea to do.