The BBC are reporting the logo for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Games has been scrapped after allegations that it was plagiarized.
Plagiarizing in Bermuda is deemed OK, by some Bermuda Media, however in other places around the World it is unacceptable.
The Games organizing committee said there were too many doubts over the emblem for it to be used. A Belgian artist had complained that his design was stolen.
Logo designer Kenjiro Sano had admitted copying online material for a previous project, Japanese media reported.
In July a new Olympic stadium design was scrapped amid a row over its cost.
The logo was unveiled only last month, based around the letter T and a red circle representing a beating heart - which critics said resembled the Japanese flag.
Its withdrawal is a highly unusual move.
"We're certain the two logos are different," Toshio Muto, director general of the Tokyo organizing committee, told a news conference.
"But we became aware of new things this weekend and there was a sense of crisis that we thought could not be ignored.
"We have reached a conclusion that it would be only appropriate for us to drop the logo and develop a new emblem. At this point, we have decided that the logo cannot gain public support."
Belgian designer Olivier Debie claimed that the design was similar to his 2013 logo for the Theatre de Liege. He and the theatre had filed a lawsuit to prevent it being used.
Debie expressed surprise at the organizers’ decision on Tuesday as they had publicly backed the design only days earlier.
There will be another competition to decide a new logo "as soon as possible", the organizers say.
While Kenjiro Sano has denied plagiarizing the logo, he has admitted his team did copy other work for a beer promotion and faces several other accusations of plagiarism.
"I want Mr. Sano to provide an explanation. I feel like we have been betrayed," said Tokyo Governor Yoichi Masuzoe.
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