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Organisers unveil logo shortlist for 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Friday, 08 April 2016 11:36 PM [ Last Update: Friday, 08 April 2016 11:35 PM ]

Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto speaks next to Emblems Selection Committee member Takeshi Natsuno and Ryohei Miyata, chairperson of the committee during a press conference following the unveiling of the four emblem designs shortlisted at its headquarter in Tokyo on April 8, 2016. (AFP)

Organisers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics have unveiled a short-list of 4 new logo designs, to measure public opinion after the original emblem was abandoned amid accusations of plagiarism.

Tokyo 2020 Emblems Selection Committee chairperson Ryohei Miyata helps committee member Aki Taguchi unveil the four emblem designs shortlisted with Ai Sugiyama at its headquarter in Tokyo on April 8, 2016. (AFP)

The Tokyo 2020 Emblems Selection Committee whittled down the short-list following an international design competition which was launched last year. The committee said that it carried out strict originality checks.

The 4 possible designs were selected from a total of 14000, 599 submissions. The committee will take public opinion into account, before it votes on the games’ logo on April the 25th.

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