Factbox-Money, money, money: the cost of Tokyo's pandemic-delayed Olympics


FILE PHOTO: A woman wearing a protective face mask walks in front of a wall decoration featuring Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games mascot Miraitowa and Paralympics mascot Someity, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Tokyo, Japan May 28, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

TOKYO (Reuters) - Despite growing local opposition amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Tokyo Olympic Games that were postponed last year will get under way in less than two months - barring "Armageddon", as one International Olympic Committee member said.

But the delay so far has been expensive in various ways. Here are some areas where costs have grown, and where income that had been expected will not materialise.

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