Japan gov't vows to curb costs in building new Olympic stadium

Japan gov't vows to curb costs in building new Olympic stadium

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) addresses a meeting on how to build the new National Stadium in Tokyo on Aug. 14, 2015. The government vowed under the latest guidelines to keep construction costs for the main venue of the 2020 Olympics as low as possible after scrapping the initial design due to skyrocketing construction estimates. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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