Voting to determine the official mascots of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics started at Japanese elementary schools nationwide on Dec. 12, with the ballot boxes to stay open until Feb. 22, 2018.The three finalist pairs were unveiled last week following a selection process that began in August, and 6,356 schools preregistered to be able to vote. The winning designs will be announced Feb. 28.On Monday in Tokyo, students at Fuchu Keyakinomori Gakuen, a special needs school, and Tobitakyu Elementary School opened their classrooms to the media as children decided on their choice of mascot…READ FULL ARTICLE
