National Nov 24, 2015
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.
National Sep 4, 2015
Online community offers up Olympic logo ideas
by Shusuke Murai
As the Tokyo Olympics organizing committee decided to scrap the official emblem design for the 2020 Games and launch a new competition to find another design, Japan's online community has been actively discussing what might be suitable alternatives. Many, including some politicians, have turned to ...
National Sep 1, 2015
Contested Tokyo 2020 Olympic logo scrapped amid plagiarism claim
by Shusuke Murai
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.
National Jul 30, 2015
Tokyo Olympics emblem said to look similar to Belgian theater logo
A Belgium-based designer has expressed surprise on social media that the emblem for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games unveiled last week closely resembles the logo for a theater in Liege, eastern Belgium, that his studio crafted. "I cannot judge whether it was stolen or inspired ...