TOKYO (AP) " The Tokyo metropolitan assembly will not send a mission to the Rio de Janeiro Olympics because of spiraling costs. Tokyo assembly members were scheduled to observe the Olympics in August as Tokyo will host the 2020 Summer Games. Some assembly members will go to Rio on their own expense, citing the necessity to do so as members of an assembly of the next host city. The assembly determined the costs are expected to drastically exceed initial estimates of around $610,000 due partly to surging hotel fees, Kyodo news agency reported. The move comes days after the resignation of Tokyo Gov.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 25, 2016 10:41 UTC