NO CONTEST Seihan Mori, master of the ancient Kiyomizu Temple, writes the Chinese character — known in Japan as ‘kanji’ — for ‘war,’ which was selected as the single best kanji to symbolize 2022, in the central city of Kyoto on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. JIJI PRESS PHOTO VIA AFP
TOKYO: Japan on Monday chose the kanji character for war as the symbol for 2022 after a year marked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the assassination of former premier Shinzo Abe.