up to do.
the japanese olympic
committee has revealed their mascots
— in costume form —
for the tokyo olympics in 2020.
the characters were originally
chosen in february.
miratowa on the left
and somete on the right.
the mascots were chosen
by japanese school children.
miratowa will represent events
for the olympics and somete
will be the symbol
for the paralympics.
organisors say the olympic mascot
"embodies both old tradition
and new innovation"
and the paralympic mascot is a "cool
character" with cherry blossom ears
and supernatural powers.
coming up on the programme, the
headlines, but first, the weather.
well, looks like the temperatures
are going to soar over the coming