Olympic logo designer admits copying designs for beverage campaign

Undated photo shows Kenjiro Sano, the designer of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics logo. In a release posted on his design office's website on Aug. 14, 2015, Sano admitted that his team stole design ideas for some of the items used for a beverage promotional campaign. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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