'Return' chosen as kanji character of year

'Return' chosen as kanji character of year

KYOTO, Japan - Chief priest Seihan Mori of the Kiyomizudera Temple in Kyoto brush-paints the Chinese character, or kanji, for ''return,'' at the temple Dec. 12. The character was chosen as the kanji symbolic of the past year in an annual popular poll promoted by a Kyoto-based association. It was chosen partly because the year saw the Japanese economy returning to its level prior to the bubble economy and five Japanese abducted to North Korea in the late 1970s returning to Japan. (Kyodo)

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