C’mon Abe, you can do it! You’ve got nothing to lose… Except maybe your pride.
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2020 Tokyo Olympics (Page 3)
Netizens fear Japan may have missed out on capitalizing on one of its hottest current exports.
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The organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics are still wiping the egg from their faces over the controversy surrounding the event’s possibly plagiarized, definitely dropped logo. Not only is the Organising Committee scrambling to prepare a new emblem, it also has to deal with recalling all of the promotional items it had already produced bearing the now cancelled design.
But with the rather convincing accusations that designer Kenjiro Sano copied the emblem coming so late in the game, some of those promotional materials have already made their way into the hands of private parties who are now reselling the sure to be rare items at a premium in online auctions.
A Japanese graphic designer and percussionist who currently resides in Seville, Spain, has devised an alternate design to the officially selected 2020 Tokyo Olympics logo in light of the recent plagiarism scandal.
Fan reaction to his creation has been incredibly positive, to the point where many people are asking, “Can we please make this a reality?”