'Kizuna' (bond) selected as kanji of 2011 in Japan

'Kizuna' (bond) selected as kanji of 2011 in Japan

KYOTO, Japan - Seihan Mori, chief priest at Kiyomizu Temple, writes the kanji that can be read ''kizuna,'' meaning bond, at the Buddhist temple in Kyoto on Dec. 12, 2011. ''Kizuna'' has been chosen by a kanji promotion organization as the kanji that best characterizes the year 2011.

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