In another humiliating reversal over preparations for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the organizing committee on Tuesday scrapped the official logo after critics howled plagiarism.

Kenjiro Sano, designer of the main 2020 Tokyo Olympics logo (left), denies plagiarism in Tokyo on Aug. 5. | KYODO
Kenjiro Sano, designer of the main 2020 Tokyo Olympics logo (left), denies plagiarism in Tokyo on Aug. 5. | KYODO

The committee said it would immediately launch a competition to design a new logo but underscored that it did not decide to pull the first emblem because it believes designer Kenjiro Sano is guilty of any wrongdoing.