An Olympic-Sized Battle: Who’s Paying for Tokyo’s 2020 Stadium?
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Whoever Prime Minister Shinzo Abe picks to oversee the 2020 summer Olympics is already facing a titanic clash over funding for a $1.4-billion stadium.
The Japanese Diet passed a law Wednesday allowing Abe to bolster his cabinet and appoint a minister to prepare Tokyo for its first Olympics since 1964. Any nominee will be plunged into a ruckus with Tokyo’s governor over how much the wealthy capital should contribute to help the debt-ridden Japanese government pay for a new national stadium.