"I was only told a little while ago so my mind has gone blank," said Asao Tokoro, who designed the new logo.
"I spent a lot of time on the work, so they are like my children," Tokoro said.
In September, the organizing committee decided to withdraw the initial emblem created by Japanese designer Kenjiro Sano, after he was accused of plagiarizing a theatre logo in Belgium.
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