Tokyo's Olympic venue plans under review
Rise in consumption tax, construction and labour costs not in original proposal
Add BT as a preferred source[TOKYO] Rising labour and construction costs are forcing a review of Tokyo's venue plans for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games and could lead to a scaling back of facilities, Japanese officials said yesterday.
The review will include all 10 venues that Tokyo plans to build for the sporting extravaganza that the city won the right to host last September on the strength of its financial clout and pledges to keep most competition sites close together. "There is no choice but to review the plans within the scope of our commitments to the International Olympic Committee (IOC)," Hakubun Shimomura, education and sports minister, said yesterday.
Construction and labour costs have been pushed higher around Japan by the country's expanding economy and rebuilding efforts after the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
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