Tried a few slight variations on the logo, changed the font of the year.
3 variationsNot sure if I should stick with the idea of the rising sun idea because upon retrospect after the critique, it may be a little too cliché. But my reasoning supporting using it is that the characters that make up Japan translate to "origin of the sun" or "land of the rising sun"
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If it's really that played out I'll mess around and try to create a new logo. For the stationary set, however, I'll most likely be using the original or one of the slight variations when I print it.
Comments are appreciated!