Japan gov't to cover virus costs for Tokyo Olympic "host towns"

The Japanese government is considering shouldering most of the costs for anti-virus measures and testing in municipalities hosting overseas athletes for the postponed Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics next summer, sources close to the matter said Wednesday.The Japan Sports Agency is in the process of allocating about 13 billion yen ($125 million), earmarked in the planned third supplementary budget for the current fiscal year ending March, to support municipalities participating in the government's "Host Town" initiative, the sources said.The initiative, a first-of-its-kind program for the Oly…READ FULL ARTICLE