Japan's sports minister promised -Tuesday that Tokyo's new National -Stadium Cheap Authentic Jerseys , the centerpiece of the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, will be completed on time and blamed a "lack of clear responsibility" for the structure's raft of woes.
The new stadium has been hit by -numerous problems, including skyrocketing costs and demolition delays that led to media speculation it might not be finished in time, prompting IOC President Thomas Bach to say Monday he wanted Japan to settle plans for it soon.
Hakubun Shimomura, who is also the education minister Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping , told reporters that a lack of clearly delineated overall -responsibility may be partly to blame. The stadium is due to be used for the Rugby World Cup in 2019.
"For example, there were reports that completion might be delayed in April. If we'd gotten those reports earlier I -believe we might have been able to make a more flexible response," he said, without -giving further details. "We will not lose international trust. There are still four more years. We will deal with this and make sure it's on time."
Tokyo's Olympic bid promised a "compact Olympics," with a majority of venues within 8 kilometers of the Olympic Village Cheap Jerseys Wholesale , but sharply rising construction and labor costs have forced a widespread revamping of its venue plans to make more use of existing facilities that are often farther away.
At an IOC meeting in Lausanne that ended Monday, another eight venues were approved. Changes include the site for fencing, wresting and -taekwondo, which will be at a site roughly 40 -kilometers from downtown Tokyo, and -sailing Cheap Jerseys From China , which will be about the same distance away at a venue used in the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games.
But much of the controversy has centered around the stadium designed by Zaha Hadid, the architect behind the aquatics center for the 2012 London Games, with critics saying from the start that its futuristic design was too large for its intended site.