2020 Tokyo Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Logo Unveiled Monday April 25,2016

Tokyo 2020 organisers unveiled a new Olympic logo featuring traditional Japanese designs on Monday April 25,2016, seven months after they were forced to scrap the original motif over accusations of plagiarism.

The new logo, chosen from more than 14,000 candidates, adopts a traditional indigo-blue chequered pattern called "ichimatsu moyo" that dates back to the Edo period (1603-1868).

The individually-shaped rectangles in the design represented differences in culture and nationalities and symbolised "unity in diversity", the committee that chose the emblem said.

"It took me a long time to create this logo -- it's like my own child," Tokyo-based artist Asao Tokoro, who designed the winning emblem, told