TOKYO (AP) — The official mascots for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics were unveiled at a ceremony in downtown Tokyo on Sunday. The mascot for the Olympics is named Miraitowa while the ...

The products, which vary from giant-sized toy mascots to pin badges, will officially go on sale in Japan next Sunday (July 22) to coincide with an event at the Tokyo Midtown Hibiya complex, where the ...

(TOKYO) — Voting for the selection of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic mascots ended Thursday. Japanese elementary students had 73 days to vote for their favorite pair of mascots. More than ...

Japan has unveiled the names of its mascots for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Blue and white checked character “MIraitowa” (pronounced miray-towa)– combining the two Japanese words of ...

Here are the official mascots for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The 2018 Winter Olympics is now over and attention has turned to Tokyo the host of the 2020 games. The mascots are futuristic ...

With the Winter Olympics barely over, Tokyo is already gearing up for its time to shine. Japanese school children have decided on the mascots for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games — two futuristic ...

9. (SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) 11-YEAR-OLD STUDENT, KAREN MORI, SAYING "Seeing these robots, which were developed by using the latest technology that Japan is proud of, I was very impressed with the ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - The mascots for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games were named during a ceremony in the Japanese capital on Sunday. The Olympic mascot, a blue-checked pointy-eared figure, ...

Miraitowa and Someity have been unveiled as the names of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games mascots ©Tokyo 2020 The mascots, chosen by a vote of schoolchildren across Japan, were announced to ...