Voting by elementary school children to choose official mascots for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics began Monday across Japan, with each class casting one ballot in the first ever selection process that gives kids the final say.The winning pair of Olympics and Paralympics characters will be picked from three sets of candidates in voting through Feb. 22 involving pupils of schools that have registered to vote. The results will be announced on Feb. 28.On Monday, discussions on which pair to vote for were opened to the media at an elementary school class in Fukushima, northeastern Japa…READ FULL ARTICLE
