Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee Head Mori: "It Is Essential That IOC Takes Its Share of Responsibility" for Costs of Postponement

Tokyo Olympic and Paralympics Games Organizing Committee head Yoshiro Mori appeared on a morning news program on Mar. 28 to talk about the rescheduling of the 2020 Games. "I'd like to reach a decision within the next week," he said, indicating that a specific timeframe would be determined soon. "Even last night, officials the IOC, the Organizing Committee, the Metropolitan Government and the National Government were at work beginning to make administrative changes," Mori said.

But at the same, factions are already starting to form around the question of who will pay for the costs associated with postponing the Games. Mori bluntly commented, "The IOC is trying not to put up any money for this, but given the nature of the problem this time with the virus outbreak it is not a question of who bears responsibility. The Metropolitan Government, the Organizing Committee and the National Government are all sharing some of the responsibility, so it is essential that the IOC also takes its share of responsibility. All of us must think and work together at the same time."

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