Japan's Kinki Univ. changes English name to avoid embarrassment

Japan's Kinki Univ. changes English name to avoid embarrassment

A ceremony is held April 1, 2016, to unveil a new nameplate of Kindai University in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan. In a move aimed at sparing its students and faculty embarrassment, the private university ditched its former English name, "Kinki University" -- with "Kinki" pronounced identically to "kinky" -- for a more benign moniker. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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