Mascot chosen by children for Tokyo 2020 Olympics unveiled
The mascots for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics selected by elementary school kids were unveiled on Wednesday. The Olympics mascot is a blue-checked, doe-eyed character with pointy ears and "special powers", while the Paralympics mascot sports pink checks and can "talk with stones and the wind". A total of 6.5 million children cast their vote to select the mascots.