Olympics-Tokyo keeps budget at $12.6 billion, more work needed
By Reuters
24 December 2018 |
5:58 am
The 2020 Summer Olympics budget remains unchanged at $12.6 billion after increases in some areas were offset by reductions in others, with Games organisers acknowledging on Friday (December 21) that more work was needed to curb spending.
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