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BUSINESS
Jun 21, 2016
Nissan readies legal action against Brexit campaign over logo use
Nissan said it would take legal action against the official campaign for Britain to leave the European Union after the group used the Japanese carmaker's logo in leaflets calling for voters to back Brexit on June 23.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 19, 2016
Japan's Democratic Party reveals new logo to cries of plagiarism and indecency
The main opposition Democratic Party on Thursday unveiled what it calls a “vibrant” new logo that was then assailed by renewed claims of plagiarism and cries of obscenity.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 26, 2016
New Tokyo 2020 Olympics logo draws mixed reaction, fails to excite
The official emblem picked by the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee received mixed reactions from art critics and the public.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 25, 2016
Checkered pattern by artist Tokolo chosen as logo for 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Tokyo 2020 Olympics organizers pick a stark indigo-and-white checkered circle as the games' replacement emblem after the original design was scrapped last year amid claims of plagiarism.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 13, 2016
Japan's open Olympic logo selection process wins disapproval from designers
Professionals sneer at the four short-listed emblems, saying soliciting public proposals resulted in designs of low artistic quality.
JAPAN
Mar 26, 2016
New Olympic, Paralympic logos to be announced on April 25 at earliest
The logos for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics are scheduled to be announced as early as April 25, it was learned from various sources Friday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 2, 2016
IOC, Tokyo 2020 organizers confirm Belgian designer's Olympics logo suit withdrawn
The International Olympic Committee and Tokyo organizers of the 2020 Games jointly confirmed in a statement Monday that Belgian designer Olivier Debie has dropped his plagiarism lawsuit filed in August over an Olympics logo by Kenjiro Sano.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 27, 2016
Belgian designer drops suit over Tokyo 2020 Olympics logo, cites legal costs
Belgian designer Olivier Debie, who in August filed a plagiarism lawsuit over a Tokyo 2020 Olympics logo by Kenjiro Sano, says he will no longer pursue his grievance in court.
JAPAN
Jan 7, 2016
Third round of screening underway for new 2020 Olympics logo
A third round of screening for the new 2020 Tokyo Olympics logo started Thursday, with a list of 64 candidates to be whittled down to three or four by Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 28, 2015
Japan picks high school student's design for 2016 G-7 summit logo
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has chosen a high school student's design as the official logo for the Group of Seven summit that will be held in Mie Prefecture in May.
JAPAN
Dec 19, 2015
Olympic logo contest rigged but didn't affect outcome, panel says
The Tokyo 2020 Paralympics organizing committee says that the original selection process for the games' logo was rigged, but had no effect on the winning logo — which was subsequently disqualified over plagiarism charges.
JAPAN
Dec 1, 2015
More than 2,500 logo ideas submitted for 2020 Tokyo Olympics
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Organizing Committee has received more than over 2,500 designs for a new logo, the selection panel's chairman said.
JAPAN
Nov 24, 2015
Panel starts accepting Tokyo Olympic logo entries — again
The organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics begins accepting entries for a new logo, nearly three months after canceling a design plagued by allegations of plagiarism.
JAPAN
Oct 3, 2015
City in Gunma dumps controversial designer's museum logo
The city of Ota, Gunma Prefecture, has ditched a public museum logo designed by Kenjiro Sano, whose work for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics was withdrawn amid a plagiarism controversy, Mayor Masayoshi Shimizu said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Sep 2, 2015
Olympics logo scandal highlights power of the Internet critic
As news broke Tuesday that the 2020 Tokyo Olympics organizing committee would scrap its official logo after weeks of plagiarism allegations surrounding the designer Kenjiro Sano, users of the popular 2channel gossip website posted a flurry of messages congratulating themselves.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 2, 2015
Japan no stranger to emblem, logo controversies
Incidents related to official emblems for public institutions and events in Japan, like Tuesday's retraction of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics logo, are nothing new.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2015
Contested Tokyo 2020 Olympic logo scrapped amid plagiarism claim
In another humiliating reversal over preparations for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the organizing committee pulls the plug on the official logo after critics howled plagiarism.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 28, 2015
Tokyo Olympic committee backs logo designer Sano, says design not plagiarized
The organizing committee of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on Friday showed the original design of Kenjiro Sano's Olympic and Paralympic Games logo, currently the subject of a plagiarism dispute, backing the Japanese designer's claim that he did not copy a Belgian theater's logo.
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2015
Designer disputes plagiarism claim against Tokyo Olympics logo
A graphic designer who headed the committee that selected the logo designed by Kenjiro Sano for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics has disputed a claim that the design is similar to a Belgian theater logo.
JAPAN
Aug 10, 2015
Olympic organizing chief Mori backs logo designer amid plagiarism accusations
Yoshiro Mori, president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, shot down accusations of plagiarism over the logo for the 2020 Summer Games on Monday, saying he is "confident" no changes will have to be made to the design.

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