The Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics organizing committee has estimated the cost of COVID-19 countermeasures at around ¥100 billion ($960 million), in addition to ¥200 billion ($1.9 billion) additional costs estimated in relation to postponing the games, sources with knowledge of the matter have said.

The Tokyo Organising Committee, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the central government are to present an interim report on novel coronavirus countermeasures Wednesday, having held several meetings on the issue since September, the sources said.

Postponing the Olympics and Paralympics for one year will drive up the total price tag of the games by some ¥200 billion, according to the sources, and the three parties will determine how much of that additional burden each will shoulder.