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FILE - In this Dec. 2, 2016 file photo, 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee President Yoshiko Mori, left, speaks as IOC Vice President John Coates listens during their joint press conference of the IOC coordination commission in Tokyo. The cost of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics is nearly twice the initial estimate despite a major cost-cutting effort. A major reason is that cities exclude large amounts of associated costs when they bid to host the Olympics. Tokyo Olympic organizers announced this week that the estimated cost is now 1.4 trillion yen ($12.6 billion). The bid estimate was 730 billion yen ($6.6 billion). (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)

FILE - In this Dec. 2, 2016 file photo, 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee President Yoshiko Mori, left, speaks as IOC Vice President John Coates listens during their joint press conference of the IOC coordination commission in Tokyo. The cost of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics is nearly twice the initial estimate despite a major cost-cutting effort. A major reason is that cities exclude large amounts of associated costs when they bid to host the Olympics. Tokyo Olympic organizers announced this week that the estimated cost is now 1.4 trillion yen ($12.6 billion). The bid estimate was 730 billion yen ($6.6 billion). (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)

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