For Tokyo, winning the bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympics was only the first step on a long, arduous road. Now the heavy work should begin, but when that will be is still being debated.
Despite questions arising regarding its recent decision to review and revise the venue plans for the games in 2020, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, outwardly at least, does not appear very concerned.
Revisions are being called for from the Tokyo Olympics Organizing Committee due to rising costs, eroding optimism over the vision of a compact games, which include the demolition of National Stadium to erect a gigantic, futuristic replacement, and other problems such as environmental conservation issues.