RIO DE JANEIRO ¨C Tokyo 2020 Olympic organizers and Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike on Saturday vowed not to leave unused ¡°white elephant¡± venues to the taxpayer after the Games have finished.
¡°The citizens of Tokyo are the taxpayers, and we must have their understanding in whatever we do,¡± said Koike, who was elected governor on Aug. 1 and is currently in Rio de Janeiro preparing to accept the Olympic flag on Tokyo¡¯s behalf at the 2016 Games closing ceremony Sunday.
¡°Before I became governor, there must have been certain procedures that went into the cost calculations and I would like to speak to 2020 organizers and the national government about that. I will not leave white elephants to the taxpayers. I will leave a good legacy. That is the direction I want to see the games take.¡±
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