2020 Japan Olympics

[kurogane]

What does the L stand for in the one on the left? Is it a subliminal LGBT thing? Not that there's anything wrong with that, of course.

Anyways, pretty gay and rather uninspiring, but not as bad as some of late.

[Russell]

I like it, especially Taro's redesign.

[kurogane]

Erp. I totally missed Taro's redo. Very well done

[Salty]

The emblem is based on "T", standing for Tokyo, Tomorrow, and Turd.

or Terminated...., Terrible...., Trouble...., Taihen….,

[kurogane]

............or TAKAI !!!!!!!!!!!

[Taro Toporific]

... rather uninspiring, but not as bad as some of late.

The ideas for Japan's 1940 Olympics could have been recycled.

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Tokyo-Poster-for-the-1940-Summer-Olympics

[Russell]

... rather uninspiring, but not as bad as some of late.

The ideas for Japan's 1940 Olympics could have been recycled.

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Tokyo-Poster-for-the-1940-Summer-Olympics

LOL

That looks more like an Olympics for zombies.

Coligny, where art thou?!?

[legion]

It was designed by Japanese artist Kenjiro Sano.

Who spent 15 minutes on it in Adobe Illustrator, and added in the red sun symbol just to annoy Japan's closest neighbours.

[Taro Toporific]

That looks more like an Olympics for zombies.

Those haniwa are proof of Japan's alien overloads!

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The official poster, for the 1940 Summer Olympics, which were scheduled to be held in Tokyo.  Japan canceled the Games, according to contemporary news accounts, because of its war with China:
Tokyo, July 14. - AP - For the second time in a generation war caused cancellation today of plans to hold the Olympic games in the capital of a warring empire. The Japanese government, faced with the possibility of two more years of conflict in China and shortage of funds and materials, has abandoned its support of plans to hold the 1940 games in Tokyo.
---Tokyo - Poster for the 1940 Summer Olympics

[Takechanpoo]

Japanese artist Kenjiro Sano

im convinced to hear he was born and raised in Tama area.
shallow, thin, cheap, indifferent, inorganic, dull and uninteresting.
its very Tama.....yea

[Coligny]

... rather uninspiring, but not as bad as some of late.

The ideas for Japan's 1940 Olympics could have been recycled.

Tokyo-2020-poster-circa-1940.jpg

Tokyo-Poster-for-the-1940-Summer-Olympics

LOL

That looks more like an Olympics for zombies.

Coligny, where art thou?!?

Not a zombie...

Also:

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Not zombie (Soviet comrade)

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Not zombie (Kraut nazi)

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Not zombie (the really elusive and mostly imaginary Niggadjooze)

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Might be a zombie (hominis zombidus)

[Russell]

Tokyo Olympics emblem said to look similar to Belgian theater logo

A Belgium-based designer has expressed surprise on social media that the emblem for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games unveiled last week closely resembles the logo for a theater in Liege, eastern Belgium, that his studio crafted.

“I cannot judge whether it was stolen or inspired by my work. I’m consulting with my lawyer,” Olivier Debie, 52, told Kyodo News on Wednesday, adding that he expects to decide within this week whether to take legal action.

Debie posted on Facebook a photo of the two works side by side a few days earlier, expressing his amazement when he saw them. In a separate post, his studio also commented, “There is a striking resemblance between the two logos.”

The emblem for the Tokyo Olympics, produced by Kenjiro Sano, a 43-year-old Japanese art director, was unveiled Friday. It features a central column in black, which the organizing committee says was inspired by the letter T, representing Tokyo, Team and Tomorrow.

The logo for Theatre de Liege has a similar shape in white against a black background. Debie’s studio says it has been involved in the theater’s logo design project since 2011.

This could prove to be another embarrassment for the Tokyo Games organizers as some social media posters and media reports suspect plagiarism, although the organizers deny such an allegation. The Japanese government and the organizers have also been challenged by the skyrocketing cost of building the main Olympic stadium.

Masanori Takaya, publicity chief of the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee, said: “We announced the emblem after going through the international trademark registration process. We are not particularly worried about this.”

Toshiro Muto, director general of the committee, also said at a press conference Friday, “We decided (on the emblem) following approvals of the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee after completing a vetting process of international trademarks.”

Debie said that he received an email from a friend about a “look-alike” Olympic logo after Friday’s unveiling. He started consulting with his lawyer after the Liege theater said to him earlier this week that some action should be taken.

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[matsuki]

This could prove to be another embarrassment for the Tokyo Games organizers as some social media posters and media reports suspect plagiarism, although the organizers deny such an allegation. The Japanese government and the organizers have also been challenged by the skyrocketing cost of building the main Olympic stadium.

C'mon Taro, all this "olympic" embarrassment isn't enjoyable? ...and we're still years away from anything getting started!

[kurogane]

Well, for you..............sure. As a firm opponent of the entire Olympic boondooggle apart from the Games themselves I can say with almost full sincerity I feel the same as I did when they were foisted on Vancouver: WTF was anybody thinking even wanting that, whadda waste, and I hope they go off like really expensive fireworks, which is all they are and every bit as ephemeral. Far too many nice people like their Olympics and don't worry about the wasteful costs and they deserve their occasional distractions in the same way I like an occasional bit of Yua Aida Rookie Teacher Gangbang with Students, which is occasionally available uncensored.

But I am giggling pretty hard the past month or so. There's nothing like some unwitting Showa Minded JiJi Committee comedy. Brings back warm memories of Long Term Strategy Committee meetings at the university. If only they knew how comical they can be.

[Salty]

IMO – that poster is just ugly – maybe a reflection of the LDP`s march to war – simple, strong, meaningless. Where is Mt Fuji? Where are the shrines and temples? Where are the things that make Japan stand out and are inviting for tourists?

[kurogane]

Well put. I certainly give it top marks for oblique irrelevance and vague association. But my vote for Olympian stupidity in symbolism still goes to the Vancouver Olympic Committee for choosing an Eskimo or Inuit symbol that represents a people that live as far away from the Olympic sites as many Europeans do, andmanaging to rudely bypass the very people that used to live on half of the Olympic sites, also known as the Coast Salish, who only have these pedestrian little offerings:



so we got this instead:

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The Olympics are for suckers and lemmings. Which is kinda sad, because some of those athletes are impressive. Not the fuckin' snowboarding or faggy trick skiing, of course..............

[wagyl]

Simple. Strong. Meaningless.


Simple. Strong. Meaningless.


Simple. Strong. Meaningless.


Simple. Strong. Meaningless.


Simple. Strong. Meaningless.


...etc.

[kurogane]

I think ours deserves to be called Simplistic and Stupid, if we are aiming for accuracy. It's even stupiderer than representing something English with a kilt and a sporran.

[wagyl]

I think we all know what side of the Olympic experience Japan will show promise in.

Hint: this is Vancouver


Actually, can Japan do well enough? This is Nagano

[kurogane]

I kind of liked the B&W one, WTF she was supposed to be, but the other ones were kinda shiite. I bought a boatload for souvenirs after the Olympics ended and they went on sale for $1 each. Most thought Miga (the B&W) was the Mostestest Kawaii. I had quite forgotten how shitty the Nagano ones were, though. That looks like a Special School art project entry. I hope they do better than that this time.

PS I thought that was weird that there were only 3 and the runaway winner wasn't even there. Turns out Mukmuk was a mere sidekick. Leagues ahead in terms of popularity was our Mukmuk, so much so they never got cheaper than $2 a head.

[matsuki]

Actually, can Japan do well enough? This is Nagano

[kurogane]

Feck, eh. They had this to start:


And ended up with a spazzathon version.

What do they have to work with in Tokyo? Crows, feral cats...........are there any monkeys in the Greater Tokyo area like there are in Kyoto city? Monkeys would be cool. Monkeys are ape, man. Ape.

[matsuki]

What do they have to work with in Tokyo? Crows, feral cats...........are there any monkeys in the Greater Tokyo area like there are in Kyoto city? Monkeys would be cool. Monkeys are ape, man. Ape.

[kurogane]

I think that's more racist than me calling blacks Negroes. But I like it. A lot.

[Salty]

... What do they have to work with in Tokyo? Crows, feral cats...........are there any monkeys in the Greater Tokyo area like there are in Kyoto city? Monkeys would be cool. Monkeys are ape, man. Ape.

Surely there is a pool of nubile 14yo heart throbs they could call upon.... anime maybe?

[Samurai_Jerk]

Pesek: Beijing and Tokyo Will Get Torched by the Olympics

Tokyo and Beijing are still celebrating the news that they'll host the 2020 Summer and 2022 Winter Olympics, respectively. But it's time to congratulate the real winners: all the cities that have decided to steer clear of competing for the honor.

[...]

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe likewise hopes to recreate some of the 1964 Olympics magic that propelled Japan into the ranks of the Group of Seven nations. After 20 years of deflation and sliding geopolitical relevance, Prime Minister Abe sees the Tokyo 2020 Summer Games as an ideal opportunity to reintroduce a resurgent Japan to the international community.

[...]

Japan seems to be falling into its own complacency trap as the Tokyo Games approach. Officials in Tokyo -- from Abe to top lawmakers to Tokyo Governor Yoichi Masuzoe -- are increasingly hitching their political and economic hopes to the 2020 event. The government has declared it wants to show a primary budget surplus by that year, without offering specifics on how it plans to achieve it. Masuzoe, for his part, has said he wants to wrestle back Tokyo's status as Asia’s financial hub from Singapore by 2020 (again, without saying how to accomplish that goal). And what year are companies like Honda using as their benchmark to make English their official language? You guessed it -- 2020.

"Thing is, 2020 Japan is not 1964 Japan and as it becomes increasingly apparent that Abenomics is not economic Viagra, misplaced hopes are now pinned on the Olympics," says Jeff Kingston, director of Asian Studies at Temple University in Tokyo. "They won't be a game changer and currently are at risk of being remembered for all the wrong reasons."

Those reasons include the spiraling costs of an event the Japanese government had sold to the public as an economical venture. Last month, Abe intervened to scrap plans for the main stadium designed by British-Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid as the cost approached $2 billion. But the controversy also put a spotlight on the ways that Japan's politically-connected construction companies pad their bills -- a longstanding problem that contributes to the country's massive public debt, the world's largest.

[matsuki]

"resurgent Japan"

"budget surplus by 2020"

"wrestle back status as Asia's financial hub"

Last month, Abe intervened to scrap plans for the main stadium designed by British-Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid as the cost approached $2 billion. But the controversy also put a spotlight on the ways that Japan's politically-connected construction companies pad their bills -- a longstanding problem that contributes to the country's massive public debt, the world's largest.

No gov is corruption free but...oh fuck it, let's all go out and buy construction company kabu!

[Salty]

... No gov is corruption free but...oh fuck it, let's all go out and buy construction company kabu!

.

Maybe not a good idea - since they cook the books anyway. Insiders will have reaped the benefits, and as soon as you buy - they will dump - only to buy back after you have taken your losses.

[matsuki]

... No gov is corruption free but...oh fuck it, let's all go out and buy construction company kabu!

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Maybe not a good idea - since they cook the books anyway. Insiders will have reaped the benefits, and as soon as you buy - they will dump - only to buy back after you have taken your losses.

I was joking...and yes, the lack of transparency of kabu here is crazy.

[kurogane]

Insiders will have reaped the benefits, and as soon as you buy - they will dump - only to buy back after you have taken your losses.

Livedoor. Part of the reason I am now a dissolute. Thank you Japan