Friday, January 20, 2017

"Japan city sorry for offensive welfare team jackets"

BBC:
The jacket's crest features the initials for the Seikatsu Hogo Akuobokumetsusuru Team (meaning "team to eradicate evil") . . . . It's not clear if it was intentional that the resulting acronym spells out an English swear word.

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City officials say the jackets were meant to boost morale after a 2007 incident