<p>Tokyo Games organisers estimate the cost of Covid-19 countermeasures for next year's rearranged Olympics will run to around 100 billion yen ($960 million), Kyodo News reported on Monday.</p>.<p>Japanese media had reported a day earlier that the total costs of delaying the Games for a year would run to 200 billion yen.</p>.<p>When asked to comment on the Kyodo report, a spokesman for organisers told Reuters an announcement would be made on an interim report following talks between Tokyo 2020, Tokyo metropolitan government and the Japanese government on Wednesday.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/other-sports/tokyo-2020-organisers-estimate-games-postponement-cost-19-billion-921228.html">Tokyo 2020 organisers estimate Games postponement cost $1.9 billion</a></strong></p>.<p>The last official budget given by the organising committee in December 2019, months before the Games were postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, was $12.6 billion.</p>.<p>The International Olympic Committee have said they expect to pay $800 million in additional costs from the delay but Japan-based organisers have not provided a specific figure.</p>.<p>The Tokyo 2020 organising committee is expected to officially announce an adjusted budget before the end of the year. </p>
<p>Tokyo Games organisers estimate the cost of Covid-19 countermeasures for next year's rearranged Olympics will run to around 100 billion yen ($960 million), Kyodo News reported on Monday.</p>.<p>Japanese media had reported a day earlier that the total costs of delaying the Games for a year would run to 200 billion yen.</p>.<p>When asked to comment on the Kyodo report, a spokesman for organisers told Reuters an announcement would be made on an interim report following talks between Tokyo 2020, Tokyo metropolitan government and the Japanese government on Wednesday.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/other-sports/tokyo-2020-organisers-estimate-games-postponement-cost-19-billion-921228.html">Tokyo 2020 organisers estimate Games postponement cost $1.9 billion</a></strong></p>.<p>The last official budget given by the organising committee in December 2019, months before the Games were postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, was $12.6 billion.</p>.<p>The International Olympic Committee have said they expect to pay $800 million in additional costs from the delay but Japan-based organisers have not provided a specific figure.</p>.<p>The Tokyo 2020 organising committee is expected to officially announce an adjusted budget before the end of the year. </p>