TOKYO – Tokyo Olympic organizers announced several “simplification” changes Friday for next year’s postponed games, though with few large-scale cost savings.Simplifying the Tokyo Games has been a pledge of the International Olympic Committee and local organizers since COVID-19 forced the unprecedented delay six months ago.
Local estimates suggest the delay will cost several billion dollars, most of which will be borne by local taxpayers.“It's like a glass half-filled, or half empty,” Yoshiro Mori, the president of the organizing committee, said while speaking in Japanese at the end of two days of on-line meetings with IOC officials.Some will see the cut as positive, and some will have expected much more, Mori said.The cost savings are a.