Tokyo 2020 unveils 20 official Olympic and Paralympic posters

Reporters visit the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Official Art Poster Exhibition in Tokyo, Japan, on Jan. 6, 2020. (Xinhua/Du Xiaoyi)

Tokyo 2020 have unveiled 20 official Olympic and Paralympic posters.

TOKYO, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics on Monday unveiled 20 official art posters, two of which feature calligraphy of Chinese characters.

Twelve posters are based on the theme of the Olympic Games and eight on the Paralympics. They will be displayed to the public at Tokyo's Museum of Contemporary Art on Tuesday and the exhibition will run until February 16.

Asao Tokolo, who designed the Tokyo 2020 emblems, has provided one poster for each of the Olympic and Paralympic games.

The two Chinese characters are "Xiang", which means "fly high" by 34-year-old Shoko Kanazawa, and "Kai", which means "open" by 49-year-old Koji Kakinuma.