Tokyo unveils Miraitowa and Someity as 2020 mascots

Dolls of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games mascot Miraitowa and Paralympic mascot Someity are displayed at the mascot house in Tokyo, Japan, July 22, 2018. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

TOKYO (Reuters) - The mascots for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games were named during a ceremony in the Japanese capital on Sunday.

The Olympic mascot, a blue-checked pointy-eared figure, was named as Miraitowa -- combining the Japanese words 'mirai', meaning future, and 'towa', which means eternity.