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Asahi apologizes for plagiarizing Yomiuri report

TOKYO, Japan - Senior executives of the Asahi Shimbun apologize at a news conference on Feb. 1 for plagiarism involving a report by an Asahi photographer. The report was attached to a photo in the Jan. 30 evening edition of the Asahi Shimbun and was about the production of ''kammochi,'' a local rice cake delicacy in the town of Tateyama, Toyama Prefecture. The story was similar to an earlier Yomiuri Shimbun story on the same topic.

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Gov't cancels painter Wada's award over plagiarism (1)

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese painter Yoshihiko Wada gives a speech at the award ceremony of Minister of Education Award of Art in Tokyo. The photo was taken on March 22, 2006. (Kyodo)

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Gov't cancels painter Wada's award over plagiarism (2)

TOKYO, Japan - A selection committee is investigating whether or not Yoshihiko Wada has plagiarized paintings of noted Italian artist Alberto Sughi. The photo was taken on June 5, 2006. (Kyodo)

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Gov't cancels painter Wada's award over plagiarism (3)

TOKYO, Japan - Tadayasu Sakai, a member of a selection committee, announces the results of investigations into plagiarism that cancel Minister of Education Award of Art to painter Yoshihiko Wada. The photo was taken on June 5, 2006. (Kyodo)

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Checkered logos to represent 2020 Tokyo Olympics/Paralympics

The organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics unveils April 25, 2016, the logos for the Games, designed by Asao Tokolo, during a press event in the Japanese capital. The committee earlier selected logos in July 2015 but scrapped them amid plagiarism accusations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Logo selection committee starts screening

Ryohei Miyata, chairman of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games' logo selection committee, meets with reporters in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2015, when it started its screening process. The logo previously selected in July was scrapped in September amid accusations of plagiarism. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Belgian theater to back down from Tokyo Olympics logo suit

Belgian designer Olivier Debie, who filed a plagiarism lawsuit along with The Theatre de Liege of Belgium against the 2020 Tokyo Olympics logo, speaks to reporters in Liege, Belgium, on Sept. 22, 2015, a day after a lawyer for the theater said it will withdraw from the suit. Debie said he will continue with the action. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Business lobbies vow continued support for Olympics after logo saga

Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Sept. 4, 2015. The business community is united to fully support the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Toyoda said after a council he chairs held a meeting just days after the event's organizing committee's decision not to use the logo that sparked accusations of plagiarism. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan to emphasize transparency in selecting logo for G-7 summit

Screeners of logo proposals for the 2016 Group of Seven summit in Japan hold their first meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2015. The screeners agreed to emphasize transparency in their selection process after the withdrawal of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics logo a day earlier amid allegations of plagiarism. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo 2020 pulls controversial logo

Photo taken Sept. 2, 2015, shows the logo for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics still on display at Haneda airport's international passenger terminal in Tokyo, a day after the Olympic organizing committee said it would no longer use the design. The controversial logo sparked accusations of plagiarism and nationwide scorn. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo 2020 pulls controversial logo

The logo for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics remains on display at Narita international airport near Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2015, a day after the Olympic organizing committee said it would no longer use the design. The controversial logo sparked accusations of plagiarism and nationwide scorn. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo 2020 pulls controversial logo

The logo for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics remains on display at Narita international airport near Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2015, a day after the Olympic organizing committee said it would no longer use the design. The controversial logo sparked accusations of plagiarism and nationwide scorn. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo 2020 pulls controversial logo

The logo for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics is removed from a wall at the Tokyo metropolitan government building on Sept. 1, 2015, after the organizing committee said it will no longer use the design. The controversial logo sparked accusations of plagiarism and nationwide scorn. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan public disappointed, angry as Tokyo 2020 logo scrapped

An official of the Tokyo metropolitan government removes a poster bearing the logos for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games from a wall inside the metropolitan government building in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2015, after the organizing committee for the Games decided to scrap them after accusations of plagiarism. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan public disappointed, angry as Tokyo 2020 logo scrapped

An official of the Tokyo metropolitan government removes a poster bearing the logos for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games from a wall inside the metropolitan government building in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2015, after the organizing committee for the Games decided to scrap them after accusations of plagiarism. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympic committee scraps controversial logo

Japanese Olympic Minister Toshiaki Endo speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2015, after the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee scrapped the logo for the 2020 Games that sparked accusations of plagiarism. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese public disappointed, angry as Olympic logo scrapped

Pedestrians stop to watch a large TV screen in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2015, as the organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics announces the Games logo has been scrapped after accusations of plagiarism. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympic committee scraps controversial logo

Japanese Olympic Minister Toshiaki Endo speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2015, after the 2020 Tokyo Olympic organizing committee scrapped the logo for the Games that sparked accusations of plagiarism. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympic committee scraps controversial logo

Photo taken Sept. 1, 2015, shows the controversial logos for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics displayed at Narita airport near Tokyo. The Olympic organizing committee the same day scrapped the logo designed by Kenjiro Sano that has sparked accusations of plagiarism. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo 2020 committee scraps controversial logo

Yoshiro Mori, former Japanese prime minister who serves as president of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee, leaves a committee session in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2015, after it decided to scrap the logo for the Games that sparked a lawsuit alleging plagiarism. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Controversial Tokyo 2020 logo set to be scrapped

File photo shows Japanese designer Kenjiro Sano striking a pose in Tokyo in July 2015 after his design was chosen as the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics logo. In the wake of accusations of plagiarism, the Tokyo Olympics organizing committee decided on Sept. 1 to scrap it. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo 2020 committee scraps controversial logo

Toshiro Muto, director general of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2015, after the committee decided to scrap the logo for the Games that sparked a lawsuit alleging plagiarism. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Controversial Tokyo 2020 logo set to be scrapped

Photo shows Japanese designer Kenjiro Sano, whose design was chosen as the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics logo. In the wake of accusations of plagiarism, the Tokyo Olympics organizing committee decided on Sept. 1, 2015, to scrap the design. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympic committee shows original logo design amid dispute

Toshiro Muto, director general of the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, unveils at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 28, 2015, the original design (shown on screen) of Kenjiro Sano's Olympic and Paralympic Games logo, a later version of which is embroiled in a plagiarism dispute. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Designer disputes Belgian claim against Sano's Tokyo Olympic logo

Undated photo shows graphic designer Kazumasa Nagai, who headed the committee that selected the logo of designer Kenjiro Sano for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Nagai said on Aug. 26, 2015, that Sano's original design was not similar to a Belgian theater logo, rejecting the accusation of plagiarism against the Japanese designer. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympics logo designer withdraws designs for beverage campaign

Undated photo shows tote bags designed by 2020 Tokyo Olympics logo designer Kenjiro Sano to be handed out in a Suntory Beer Ltd. promotional campaign. The beer maker said on Aug. 13, 2015, that Sano, who has been accused of plagiarism in creating the Olympics logo, has withdrawn eight of his 30 tote bag designs after comments were made via the Internet claiming they "closely resemble" patterns that already exist. (Photo taken from an application form prepared by Suntory Beer Ltd.)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Court action eyed if no step taken to stop use of Tokyo Olympic logo

Photo taken Aug. 3, 2015, shows Olivier Debie, the designer of a Belgian theater logo who says his creation was plagiarized in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic symbol. Debie has indicated that court action will be readied in Belgium as early as Aug. 10 to get the International Olympic Committee to halt the use of the Olympic logo. Tokyo Olympic logo designer Kenjiro Sano has dismissed the plagiarism accusation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo accepting entries for new Olympic logo after plagiarism row

Ryohei Miyata, head of the logo selection committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, beats a gong on Nov. 24, 2015, in Tokyo to begin the two-week process of accepting entries for a new design of the Games' logo. The contest was called after an earlier design picked by the Games' organizing committee had to be dropped following accusations of plagiarism. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo accepting entries for new Olympic logo after plagiarism row

Ryohei Miyata, head of the logo selection committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, fields questions from reporters after announcing the start of the two-week process of accepting entries for a new design of the Games' logo. The contest was called after an earlier design picked by the Games' organizing committee had to be dropped following accusations of plagiarism. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asahi Breweries to release Olympic beer without Games emblem

Undated photo shows designs of a limited edition of Asahi Breweries Ltd.'s Super Dry canned beer to be released on Nov. 4, 2015, in commemoration of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games. The company removed Tokyo's Olympic emblem from the designs after it was withdrawn due to allegations of plagiarism. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympics emblem designer attends press conference

Kenjiro Sano, the Japanese designer of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 5, 2015, after a Belgian designer says the logo was plagiarized from his Belgian theater logo. Sano denied plagiarism, saying the accusation is groundless. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asahi apologizes for plagiarizing Yomiuri report

TOKYO, Japan - Senior executives of the Asahi Shimbun apologize at a news conference on Feb. 1 for plagiarism involving a report by an Asahi photographer. The report was attached to a photo in the Jan. 30 evening edition of the Asahi Shimbun and was about the production of ''kammochi,'' a local rice cake delicacy in the town of Tateyama, Toyama Prefecture. The story was similar to an earlier Yomiuri Shimbun story on the same topic. (Kyodo)

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Plagiarism suspected in up to 21,000 DeNA online articles

Isao Moriyasu (C), president of DeNA Co., and other company executives bow in apology at a press conference in Tokyo on March 13, 2017, following revelations that as many as 21,000 articles posted on now-shuttered online information sites run by DeNA are suspected to have been in copyright violation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympics emblem designer attends press conference

Kenjiro Sano, the Japanese designer of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 5, 2015, after a Belgian designer says the logo was plagiarized from his Belgian theater logo. Sano denied plagiarism, saying the accusation is groundless. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympics emblem designer attends press conference

Kenjiro Sano, the Japanese designer of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 5, 2015, after a Belgian designer says the logo was plagiarized from his Belgian theater logo. Sano denied plagiarism, saying the accusation is groundless. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympics emblem designer attends press conference

Kenjiro Sano, the Japanese designer of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 5, 2015, after a Belgian designer says the logo was plagiarized from his Belgian theater logo. Sano denied plagiarism, saying the accusation is groundless. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo