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This is the logo for Japanese Federation of the Deaf.

City of Yokohama, Health and Welfare Bureau: seahorse among disability icons — see 4th from top, text excerpt, 全日本ろうあ連盟のシンボルマーク、聴覚障害をあらわすマークです (translation: "The symbol of the Japanese Federation of the Deaf ....")

Japanese Federation of the Deaf

The entire logo is used to convey the meaning intended and avoid tarnishing or misrepresenting it.

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The image is placed in the infobox at the top of the article discussing Japanese Federation of the Deaf, a subject of public interest. The significance of the logo is to help the reader identify the organization, assure the readers that they have reached the right article containing critical commentary about the organization, and illustrate the organization's intended branding message in a way that words alone could not convey. There is commentary in the article about the logo itself as follows: "...according to legend, dragons have no ears and are deaf. The ears of the dragons fell into the ocean, where they became seahorses, which is not-so-coincidentally the mascot animal and logo of the Japanese Federation of the Deaf." — Nakamura, Karen. (2006). Deaf in Japan: Signing and the Politics of Identity, p. 38."

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