'We do not want to be as we were in Rio where the look was quite cheap.'
Tokyo organizers are trying to cut spending, under pressure from the International Olympic Committee, which has been widely criticized for pushing host cities to build "white elephant" venues — often at the taxpayer’s expense.Some of Tokyo’s cuts are aimed at the international sports federations that put on the Olympic show. And they don’t like it with the games opening in 15 months.
Others criticized cuts to branding and "the look of the games," and other items that some organizers have termed as merely "decorations." In addition, the national government, cities and prefectures are chipping in about $15 billion more to update infrastructure and get the country ready when the games open.
He said the operating budget would not be increased and suggested some cuts were inevitable. Takaya said the cost to remodel existing venues and refit them was 95 billion yen .
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