Over 50 years since pictograms were first used at the Tokyo 1964 Olympics, Japanese designer Masaaki Hiromura has created 50 new symbols ahead of next year’s event In 1964, Japan took to the world ...

Japan has a strong connection to Olympic pictograms: they were first used at the Tokyo Games in 1964 as a language-free way of helping people navigate the events. The idea was so successful that ...

TOKYO - A series of pictogrammes created by the Japan Tourism Agency paints a picture of dos and don'ts to promote better ...

00:55 So today I want to find out more about these symbols that you can find here in Japan. Let's go! Today, Urabe Kenshin, who's been involved in producing safety pictograms, will take us around ...