Contributed to approximately 86 billion yen including additional expenses for IOC Tokyo Olympic Games at 6:15 on May 15

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The IOC = International Olympic Committee will contribute up to approximately 86 billion yen to support the additional costs of the Tokyo Olympic Games, which was postponed for one year due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, and international competition groups.

Due to the spread of the new coronavirus, the Tokyo Olympic Games have been postponed for the first time in a year for the first time in history, and international competitions have been completely canceled or postponed in each competition, and the world sports have been forced to be suspended.

On the 14th, the IOC held the first board of directors in an online format after setting a new schedule for the Games, and discussed support for the Tokyo Olympic Games and various sports organizations facing the effects of the new coronavirus.

After the board meeting, Chairman Bach announced that he would contribute up to 800 million dollars (about 86 billion yen in Japanese yen) as an IOC for the additional costs of the Tokyo Olympics and the support of international competition groups.

Of this, the additional costs associated with the postponement of the Tokyo Games are expected to be $ 650 million (about JPY 70 billion in Japanese yen), and 150 million will be provided for financial support to international sports organizations and Olympic committees in each country. We are planning to make a dollar (about 16 billion yen).

The total amount of additional costs associated with postponing the Games has not been clarified, but it is estimated to be in the hundreds of billions of yen and Chairman Mori of the Organizing Committee has indicated that the IOC will bear a certain burden.

In a press conference, Bach said, "We have all kinds of discussions to reduce costs. There is no" taboo "" and stress that we are working hard to reduce costs along with financial support for the Tokyo Games. Did.

In addition, the board of directors of the day decided to hold the IOC general meeting, which was originally scheduled to be held in Japan in line with the Tokyo convention, on July 17th in an online format.