Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games logos on display inside the Tokyo Metropolitan building on September 1, 2015, Tokyo, Japan. The Tokyo Olympic organizers decided to drop the logo for the 2020 Games after an emergency meeting on Tuesday September 1st.
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Designer Kenjiro Sano’s logo had been critized after Belgian, Olivier Debie, instigated legal action due to similarities to his logo for the Theater de Liege in Belgium. Beleaguered Sano has also recently faced other questions of plagiarism over his past designs.
Toshio Muto, director general of the organizing committee of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, arrives for a news conference in Tokyo late Tuesday, September 1, 2015. Following an emergency meeting, Muto said the organizing committee would scrap the emblem designed by Kenjiro Sano. The logo scandal is another embarrassment for Japan, which scrapped the initial design of the main stadium for the Games following a public uproar over its skyrocketing estimated cost.
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The emblems for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games are printed on a press pass issued by the organizing committee for a news conference in Tokyo late Tuesday, September 1, 2015.
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General View of the media conference held by The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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