A disgruntled viewer is suing Japan’s national broadcaster for mental distress caused by an excessive use of words borrowed from English.
一位心有不滿的觀衆控告日本的國傢電視臺過度使用英語外來詞，令他精神飽受折磨。
Hoji Takahashi， 71， is seeking 1.4 million yen in damages from NHK.
現年71歲的高橋鵬二（譯音）尋求向NHK電視臺索取140萬日圓損害賠償金。
"The basis of his concern is that Japan is being too Americanised，" his lawyer Mutsuo Miyata told the news agency AFP.
「他主要擔心日本過度美國化，」他的代理律師宮田康弘（譯音）對法新社說。
English became more prevalent in Japan after World War II during the US-led occupation. This was followed by a growing interest in American pop culture.
二戰後，美國佔領日本期間，英語在日本變得更普及。隨之而來的是日本民衆對美國流行文化日益高漲的興趣。
The country’s modern vocabulary is littered with borrowed words， many of which are changed to fit the Japanese phonic structure.
日本的現代詞彙中充斥著外來詞，其中大部分外語詞經過修改，以適應日語的語音結構。
Mr Takahashi， who is a member of a campaign group supporting the Japanese language， highlighted words such as "toraburu"（trouble）， "risuku"（risk）and "shisutemu"（system）in NHK’s news and entertainment programmes.