Although billed as an important material legacy of the Tokyo Olympics, Japan’s National Stadium has become a taxpayer burden with its future in limbo. Originally supposed to be privatized after the Olympics to reduce the cost to taxpayers, that project has fallen far behind schedule, and is showing no sign of getting back on track. The question of the stadium’s future use was raised in an April 21 House of Councilors committee meeting. “There is concern this legacy will be a loss-making inheritance,” said Renho, a senior member of the opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan. In 201…