The kanji for "kuma," meaning bear, was picked as the single most representative Chinese character corresponding to the social mood in Japan this year, a Kyoto-based organization said Friday.The selection was made in response to a huge spike in bear attacks nationwide. It also reflected public attention on pandas, written using the kanji for bear combined with that for cat, with this year seeing four pandas on loan to a zoo in western Japan returned to China, leaving only two in the country.Out of 189,122 total entries, 23,346 votes went to "kuma," marking the character's first-ever selecti…READ FULL ARTICLE
