Top 60 Japanese buzzwords of 2007

Pink Tentacle has descriptions of the top 60 buzzwords coined this year in Japan.

200711191041 33. Akachan post [赤ちゃんポスト]: Akachan post ("baby post") refers to the controversial drop box for unwanted babies set up at a hospital in Kumamoto this year, which is designed to provide parents a safe and anonymous way to abandon their babies. Similar baby hatches have been set up in the past, including one at a foster home in Japan's Gunma prefecture that was used from 1986 to 1991.

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