Thirty candidates for buzzword of the year, announced Wednesday, highlight the numerous scandals that rocked Japan¡¯s amateur sports, the brutal summer of natural disasters as well as the country¡¯s response to the worldwide #MeToo movement against sexual harassment.
The words nominated for the 2018 U-Can Shingo Ryukogo Taisho (2018 U-Can New Words and Buzzword Awards) are terms that provide a unique insight into the nation¡¯s social trends, as well as the political, business and sports news of the year.
Included on the list was ¡±akushitsu takkuru,¡± meaning illegal tackle, which refers to a May incident in which a Nihon University American football club defender made an illegal late hit on the Kwansei Gakuin University quarterback at the order of then-head coach Masato Uchida. The scandal rocked the nation¡¯s college football world.
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