Teen post officer hides 400 New Year cards in Japanese snow
[[Image:NengajoM1020.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Materials for preparing nengajo for [[w:Japanese New Year|Japanese New Year]].]]
{{date|January  5, 2006}}

[[w:Japan Post|Japan Post]] apologized yesterday after an eighteen year old school student, employed part-time to deliver [[w:Japanese New Year#New Year.27s Day Postcard|New Year postcards]] (known as ''nengajō''), had instead discarded 430 of them along with 170 other postal documents in the snow.

The papers, letters, and postcards -- many hand-written -- were damaged as a result. He had also reportedly considered hiding the cards at his house or taking them to a vacant lot.

"Since there were too many and it seemed a tiresome [job] for me, I hid them", said the boy to his bosses at [[w:Obanazawa, Yamagata|Obanazawa-city]], [[w:Yamagata Prefecture|Yamagata Prefecture]] Post Office, who enforced disciplinary penalties and said they will pursue legal charges.

The issue started on January 1st when dozens of local residents started complaining to the Obanazawa [[w:post office|Post Office]] that they hadn't received their traditional and regular New Year cards. Yesterday, the post office released their apology to citizens and the media after discovering that the boy had hidden more than 600 postal documents, including 429 New Year postcards, which weren't delivered to their intended recipients.

==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/news/20060104i112.htm?from=main1
|title=「面倒くさい」…アルバイト高校生、年賀状など雪の中
|author=
|pub=Yomiuri Shimbun
|date=January 4, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://news.tbs.co.jp/newseye/tbs_newseye3196166.html
|title=アルバイト高校生、年賀状配達せず隠す
|author=TBS News-I
|pub=Tokyo Broadcasting System
|date=January 4, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/national/news/20060105p2a00m0na005000c.html
|title=Tired post office boy buries mail in snow
|author=
|pub=Mainichi Daily News
|date=January 5, 2006
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[[es:Joven japonés esconde más de 400 postales de Año Nuevo en la nieve en lugar de entregarlas]]
[[ja:年賀状を「雪の中に隠す」、高校生アルバイト書類送検へ]]
[[pt:Japonês esconde mais de 400 cartões postais na neve]]
Japanese New Year.


Japan Post apologized yesterday after an eighteen year old school student, employed part-time to deliver New Year postcards (known as nengajō), had instead discarded 430 of them along with 170 other postal documents in the snow.

The papers, letters, and postcards -- many hand-written -- were damaged as a result. He had also reportedly considered hiding the cards at his house or taking them to a vacant lot.

"Since there were too many and it seemed a tiresome job for me, I hid them", said the boy to his bosses at Obanazawa-city, Yamagata Prefecture Post Office, who enforced disciplinary penalties and said they will pursue legal charges.

The issue started on January 1st when dozens of local residents started complaining to the Obanazawa Post Office that they hadn't received their traditional and regular New Year cards. Yesterday, the post office released their apology to citizens and the media after discovering that the boy had hidden more than 600 postal documents, including 429 New Year postcards, which weren't delivered to their intended recipients.

es:Joven japonés esconde más de 400 postales de Año Nuevo en la nieve en lugar de entregarlas
ja:年賀状を「雪の中に隠す」、高校生アルバイト書類送検へ
Japonês esconde mais de 400 cartões postais na neve
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