Tokyo, Fukuoka apply for '16 Olympics

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government on Friday submitted a 795 billion yen proposal, excluding the cost of infrastructure to improve access to the venues, to host the 2016 Summer Games, offering to shoulder 46.8 billion yen of that figure.</PARAGRAPH> <PHOTO> <TABLE WIDTH='250' ALIGN='RIGHT' BORDER='0'> <TR> <TD><IMG ALT='News photo' BORDER='0' SRC='../images/photos2006/nn20060701a2a.jpg' WIDTH='250' HEIGHT='185'/></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><FONT SIZE='1'><B>Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara –

is all smiles Friday with Tsunekazu Takeda, chairman of the Japanese Olympic Committee, at the JOC secretariat in Shibuya Ward as he submits the capital's proposal to host the 2016 Olympic Games. KYODO PHOTO

The Fukuoka Municipal Government, Tokyo's rival for the Games, submitted its own plan the same day.