Tokyo to shoulder all costs for Olympics temp facilities

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike said Thursday the metropolitan government will in principle bear all the costs of temporary facilities for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games to be built outside the capital.Following a meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Koike also said the two sides agreed to seek a framework under which the games' organizing committee will shoulder half of the costs for holding the Paralympics, and the other half will be equally shared by the central and Tokyo governments.The new plan emerged amid reluctance by other local governments to take on the costs of building tempor…READ FULL ARTICLE