2020 Japan top buzzword award ceremony

A screen at a ceremony held in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2020, for the year's top buzzword awards shows Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike attending it online. Koike was awarded for having contributed to increased recognition of the word "3Cs" -- confined spaces, crowded places and close-contact settings -- which health experts say should be avoided to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus.

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