A year before hosting the 2020 Olympics, Tokyo is better prepared than any other city in the past to host the Games, Olympic chief Thomas Bach ...
TOKYO: A year before hosting the 2020 Olympics, Tokyo is better prepared than any other city in the past to host the Games, Olympic chief Thomas Bach said on Wednesday.
Over 200,000 people in Japan and abroad have also applied to be volunteers at the Games in a further indication of the excitement building in the country. The celebrations included the unveiling of the Olympic medal design, the presentation of the torch relay"ambassadors", a performance by traditional Japanese string instrument shamisen players and speeches, including by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe."The last six years have passed very quickly, and I am happy to hear that the preparations have been carried out as planned," said Abe, recalling the award of the Games to Tokyo in Buenos Aires in 2013.
Budget figures released in December 2018 put total costs at US$12.6 billion, well above their original estimate at under US$7 billion.
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