2023-12-12 06:05:10
The Kanji of the Year is selected by the Japan Kanji Proficiency Testing Association, headquartered in Kyoto City, which solicits kanji from the public that represents the social conditions of the year, and chooses the most commonly used kanji.
This year, out of 147,878 applications from the 1st of last month to the 6th of this month, the word “tax” that received the most votes, 5,976, was chosen.
At Kiyomizu-dera Temple in Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City, the priest Kiyonori Mori wrote the word “tax” all at once on a large piece of washi paper just after 2 p.m.
This is the second time that “tax” has been selected, since 2014, when the consumption tax rate was raised.
As for why the word “tax” was chosen, the association said that in addition to the discussion of tax increases that took place throughout the year, fixed-rate tax reductions such as income tax were talked about, as well as the introduction of an invoice system and the It points to various revisions and considerations related to taxes, such as stricter tax payment rules.
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