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The delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics cost 20% more than originally stated, according to Japan’s audit board, Kyodo news agency has reported. The report said audit body put Games costs at 1.7 trillion yen ($12.9 billion dollars). The organizing committee had given a figure of 1.42 trillion yen in their report earlier in the year but the audit board added 280 billion yen they deemed were Games-related costs. The Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics were originally scheduled for 2020 but pushed back by one year owing to the coronavirus pandemic. The audit board also said the government and o…