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Tokyo’s 2020 Olympics organizers on Tuesday, September 1 scrapped the event’s scandal-hit logo in the latest mishap for the Games after a budget furor forced plans for a $2 billion new national stadium to be torn up. The decision – which comes amid plagiarism claims and mounting questions about the logo designer’s credibility – caps an embarrassing month for Olympic officials as the ditching of the stadium means a new showpiece may only be ready a few months before the global event. Japanese Olympic bosses announced their decision at a hastily arranged press conference Tuesday, in a stark reversal just days after they vowed to stand behind the logo and designer Kenjiro Sano. They pointed to slumping public confidence and evidence that Sano had improperly swiped Internet images to highlight locations where his logo could be displayed.
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