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Tokyo 2020 Olympic logo scrapped after plagiarism allegations

Tokyo 2020 Olympic organizers announced it will seek a new logo, after dropping the one unveiled July 24 following plagiarism allegations.

Shortly after the logo was made public, Belgian artist Olivier Debie claimed it resembled one of his works (see below). More plagiarism allegations against the Tokyo logo designer surfaced.

“We’re certain the two logos are different,” Tokyo Olympic organizing committee director general Toshiro Muto said Tuesday, according to Agence France-Presse. “But we became aware of new things this weekend, and there was a sense of crisis that we thought could not be ignored.