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Tokyo 2020 Olympic logo scrapped amid plagiarism controversy

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Posted on 08 September 2015. Tags: 2020, Amid, Controversy, Logo, Olympic, plagiarism, scrapped, Tokyo

Tokyo 2020 Olympic logo scrapped amid plagiarism controversy This isn’t the first controversy to hit the Tokyo Olympics. In July, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced the country would scrap plans for an expensive new stadium for the 2020 showpiece. Abe said the design was dropped due to skyrocketing costs, which …

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