Tokyo Olympic organizers are expected to scrap the logo for the 2020 Games following another allegation that its Japanese designer might have used copied materials in presentations of the design.
Organizers have supported designer Kenjiro Sano against allegations of plagiarising the design, but Japan’s national broadcaster NHK said on Tuesday that the support will be withdrawn as a result of new accusations that he allegedly used an image from someone else’s website without authorisation.
There was no immediate comment from Olympic officials on reports that the logo will be withdrawn.
Mr. Kenjiro has faced allegations of plagiarism since the logo’s debut in July. A Belgian designer sued the International Olympic Committee over similarity of his logo for a theatre. Mr. Kenjiro denied the allegation, but has faced other plagiarism questions over his past designs.
