東京五輪パラ、最終経費は１兆４２３８億円　当初試算から倍増

【東京ＡＦＰ＝時事】東京オリンピック・パラリンピック競技大会組織委員会は２１日、大会の総経費が１兆４２３８億円に上ったことを発表した。（写真は大会会場で打ち上げられた花火）
　新型コロナウイルスのパンデミック（世界的な大流行）によって開催が１年遅れたことで、もともと膨大だった経費はさらにかさみ、２０１３年の招致時点で示した７３４０億円の見積もりからは倍増した。
　一方で、五輪前最後の２０２０年１２月に明らかにした予算よりは少なくなった。原則無観客開催の影響でチケット収入は失ったが、大会を簡素化し、多数の観客の受け入れ費用を避けられたことで、経費を節約。６月末で解散する組織委は、２０２０年の予算からは２２０２億円、２０２１年１２月に示した簡素化後の総経費の見積もりからは２９２億円の節約になったと発表した。
　組織委の橋本聖子会長は「東京大会のレガシーを次世代へとつなげていくことが、この大会に関わったすべての者に課せられた責務」とコメントした。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2022/06/22-16:18）

The final price tag for last year's Tokyo Olympics was more than double the city's original 2013 estimate after a one-year coronavirus postponement added to the already hefty bill.
The organising committee said Tuesday the Games had cost 1.42 trillion yen, the equivalent of $13 billion at the time. At today's rates, with the yen at a 24-year low against the dollar, the figure would be $10.4 billion.
Tokyo 2020 was held a year later than planned because of the pandemic -- the first Olympics postponed in peacetime -- and spectators were banned from nearly all events, which were held under strict Covid-19 countermeasures.
The Games cost twice the 734 billion yen that the Tokyo Games organisers had predicted in their bid to the International Olympic Committee in 2013, but less than the final pre-Games budget unveiled in December 2020.
Despite losing out on ticket sales, organisers saved some cash by simplifying events and avoiding the cost of hosting millions of fans.
The organising committee, which disbands at the end of June, said the event's final cost was 200 billion yen less than projected in its pre-Games budget in 2020 and 29 billion yen less than the final slimmed-down costs prediction in December 2021.
It's up to everyone involved in this event to pass on the legacy of the Tokyo Olympics to the next generation, said Tokyo 2020 chief Seiko Hashimoto.
Tokyo experienced a Covid-19 surge last year as the Olympics approached, fuelling fears the event could worsen outbreaks in Japan and possibly the world.
The northern Japanese city of Sapporo is bidding to host the Winter Olympics in 2030.
A March survey of Sapporo and the surrounding region showed that a majority of the public are in favour of holding the event.
Officials have ruled out holding a public referendum on the 2030 bid.