The logo for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Games has been scrapped after allegations that it was plagiarised. The Games organising committee said there were too many doubts over the emblem for it to be used. A Belgian artist had complained that his design was stolen.
Logo designer Kenjiro Sano had admitted copying online material for a previous project, Japanese media reported. The logo was unveiled only last month, based around the letter T and a red circle representing a beating heart – which critics said resembled the Japanese flag.
Its withdrawal is a highly unusual move.
"We're certain the two logos are different," Toshio Muto, director general of the Tokyo organising committee, told a news conference.
"But we became aware of new things this weekend and there was a sense of crisis that we thought could not be ignored.
"We have reached a conclusion that it would be only appropriate for us to drop the logo and develop a new emblem. At this point, we have decided that the logo cannot gain public support."
Belgian designer Olivier Debie claimed that the design was similar to his 2013 logo for the Theatre de Liege. He and the theatre had filed a lawsuit to prevent it being used.
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