Every December, a kanji character that distils the national mood over the past year is chosen through public voting and announced at the Kiyomizudera temple, a World Heritage site in Kyoto. Kuma ...

The character “kuma” (熊), meaning bear in Japanese, was selected as kanji of the year for 2025, the Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation announced Friday, after a year defined by a surge in bear ...

KYOTO—The character for “kuma” (bear) is the kanji of the year, a not unexpected choice that narrowly edged out the character for “rice.” The announcement was made on Dec. 12 at Kiyomizudera temple ...

New research published in Cancer Cell suggests that tumour-associated neutrophils can have antitumorigenic ('N1') or protumorigenic ('N2') functions, a plasticity that has been well described for M1 ...

In Japan, the learning of kanji begins early, already in the first year of elementary school. Students dive into the universe of these complex and fascinating characters, starting with 80 essential ...

The kanji character for “bear” has been selected as the Kanji of the Year, representing the social mood of 2025. At Kyoto’s Kiyomizu-dera Temple, chief priest Mori Seihan wrote the character on a ...

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Does Kanji frighten? Of course. There's no denying it: learning Japanese without facing this obstacle seems impossible. There are thousands of ideograms, each with its nuances and readings. In this ...

The kanji for bear was announced as kanji of the year for 2025 on Friday. Every December, a kanji character that mirrors the social climate of the year is chosen through public voting and announced at ...