Timeline for December 2022

Tanaka Ao celebrates after scoring the winning goal against Spain in Dubai, Qatar, on December 1, 2022. (© Reuters) 

Mori Seihan, head priest at Kiyomizudera, writes the Kanji of the Year for 2022 on December 12 at the Kyoto temple. (© Jiji.)

Inoue Naoya (right) scores a hit against Paul Butler in the bantamweight unification match at Ariake Arena in Tokyo on December 13, 2022. (© Jiji)

Kōchi Castle under snow on December 23, 2022. (© Jiji)

Isozaki Arata in October 2014. (© IPA/IPA/Sipa USA via Reuters Con)