The Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee has released posters created by elementary and junior high school students for the Tokyo 2020 Games.

In 2015, the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games held a poster contest themed around the Tokyo 2020 Games for fifth-grade elementary and second-grade junior high school students. Approximately 12,000 entries were submitted nationwide.

The Organizing Committee's official website displays about 900 of the works.

URL: https://tokyo2020.jp/jp/get-involved/event/poster/

Here are some of the children's works depicting their dreams and hopes.

■ Recruitment & Application Overview

【Theme】
As a summer vacation assignment (or regular classwork), draw on drawing paper based on the following theme and submit it with an explanation.
・Your self-portrait during the Tokyo 2020 Games
・Tokyo and Japan during the Tokyo 2020 Games

【Submission Period】
July 1, 2015 - October 16, 2015

【Eligibility】
5th-grade elementary students, 2nd-grade junior high students, 5th-grade elementary students and 2nd-grade junior high students at special needs schools
*Including Japanese schools overseas

【Number of Entries】
・Total
　Entries: 12,072 (822), Schools: 664 (45)

・Breakdown
　Elementary Schools / Elementary Divisions of Special Needs Schools
　Number of entries: 9,350 (682), Number of schools: 505 (41)
　Junior High Schools / Junior High Divisions of Special Needs Schools
　Number of entries: 2,722 (140), Number of schools: 172 (16)

*The total number of schools does not match the combined breakdown figures due to schools with combined elementary and junior high divisions.
*( ) indicates entries from overseas
*As of February 1, 2016