Tokyo.- The Tokyo 2020 organizing committee stated on Tuesday that it has not yet agreed with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on how to share the additional costs of postponing the Games until the summer of 2021, thus demining information published by the Lausanne-based agency in Switzerland. A spokesman for the Tokyo 2020 organization today emerged in the wake of an explanatory article published on the eve of the IOC on the delay of the Japanese capital Games, which found that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe “had agreed that Japan would continue to cover the expected costs under the terms of the existing agreement.”
The note added that the IOC would “continue to be responsible for its corresponding share” of expenditure, noting that the additional cost of delaying the Games would “undoubtedly” amount to “several hundred million dollars”. To get the latest news about coronavirus, sign up by clicking on this space and we’ll send you the information instantly. The Japanese organizers, however, stress that “the question of who will bear the costs was not discussed” between Abe and IOC President Thomas Bach in the telephone conversation between the two representatives on March 24, and in which they agreed to postpone the Games initially scheduled for this summer.” We don’t see it appropriate to quote Abe to express anything beyond what was agreed. That is why we have asked the IOC to remove the phrase in question from its website,” the spokesman for the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee, Masa Takaya, said today at a video conference with journalists. In the same vein, the Minister Spokesman for the Niptian Executive, Yoshihide Suga, said today at a press conference that “it is not true” that Abe has committed to bear the additional costs of delaying the Games.Tokyo 2020 spokesman explained that all parties involved continue in discussions on the “governance structure” to manage the new dates of the Olympic event after agreeing a broad line last week, and said that there was no specific date for reaching a conclusion. You might also be interested: Nicaragua resumes work and educational activitiesAsimism, noted that for now the IOC has not responded to the request to remove the controversial information from its website, and added that the organizers will take “appropriate measures” should this matter remain unresolved. Several estimates put around 300 billion yen (about 2.6 billion euros/2.8 billion) the cost of delaying the Tokyo Games, although the organization notes that at the moment it is not possible to determine the total amount because there are many issues to be resolved, such as the availability of venues. This amount would be in addition to the final budget that was approved for Tokyo 2020 before it was decided to postpone the JJODUs due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which amounted to 1.35 trillion yen (11.6 billion euros/12.570 million dollars) funded by the organization, the central government of Japan and that of the Japanese capital. You might also be interested: Liga MX: Christian Martinoli reveals that he denied an offer from TelevisaFallece Dámaso García, the footballer who also excelled in baseball
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