Japan chooses ‘gold’ as kanji of the year in nod to Olympics glory – and slush fund politics | Japan

Kanji is relatives The word, which means gold or money, was chosen as Japan's word of the year, reflecting Japan's medal win at the Paris Olympics and the damaging financial scandal within the ruling party. A single character that can also be read as: Kane (Money) was unveiled this week at Kyoto's Kiyomizu-dera Temple, where […]