The Games Organizing Committee, which has been in charge of preparing and managing the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, will hold its final board meeting on the 21st and will be dissolved by the end of this month.
After eight years of activities since its establishment, the Tokyo tournament, which was held at a huge cost, will be asked whether it can leave a legacy such as utilization of newly built facilities and popularization of competitions in the future. increase.
The Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games was established in 2014, the year after the bid for the Games was decided, and after the first-ever postponement of the Games due to the influence of the new coronavirus, most of the venues have disappeared. I have been in charge of preparation and management while facing various difficulties such as being an audience.
Even after the tournament, while reducing the system, we will proceed with the settlement of expenses and the compilation of official reports, and it is scheduled to be dissolved by the end of this month, before which Chairman Hashimoto and Governor Koike of Tokyo attended. The final board meeting will be held.
The board will report the final cost of the tournament, which is expected to fall below the 1,453 billion yen announced last December.
After eight years of activities since the Organizing Committee was established, the Tokyo Organizing Committee, which was held for the first time in 57 years at a huge cost, can leave a legacy such as utilization of newly built facilities and popularization of competitions in the future. You will be asked whether or not.
Chairman Hashimoto "Summer tournament should be more dispersed on a scale"
Prior to the dissolution of the Organizing Committee, Chairman Hashimoto responded to an independent interview with NHK last month.
Looking back on the Tokyo tournament, "The tournament in Korona-ka could not be held unless each ministry, local government, and all industries cooperated to form a team. It's a legacy, "he said, and the result was that he was able to carry out all the competitions.
He also touched on the changes in society caused by the holding of the Paralympics. "The policy of creating a universal design town over 7 to 8 years will bear fruit, and the turning point will be to create a place where people with disabilities can play an active role. I think that you can think that it was the Tokyo Games. It is important to take measures after the Games, saying, "We have a responsibility to inherit the legacy to the point where it is said that the Tokyo Games started and accelerated from there." I showed the recognition.
On the other hand, regarding the fact that a huge amount of public funds of 350 billion yen was invested in the development of permanent facilities such as the National Stadium, "There are some tournaments that point out that it is wasteful, but do you think it is wasteful, the future? It really depends on what you think of it as an investment in. It is our important job to make it a symbol that people are "good" or "want to go someday". "
Then, after proposing changes from the current time of the Olympic Games, which are pointed out to be bloated, in the harsh heat, "The summer tournament, which has become a huge scale of 33 competitions, is larger in scale. It is better to disperse. I would like to give a stronger opinion because it was held in a pandemic, "he said, and expressed his intention to appeal to the IOC and the international community in the future.