Tokyo 2020 cost $10.45bn, say organisers

Fireworks are seen during the closing ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on August 8, 2021 (by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images)
Fireworks are seen during the closing ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on August 8, 2021 (by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images)

The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (OCOG) has confirmed the staging of last year’s postponed events cost ¥1.423.8tn (€9.91bn/$10.45bn), nearly double the amount originally proposed when the Japanese capital bid for the Games.

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