Learn why you'll want to pay attention to the loose change you receive when paying with cash in Japan and explore the ...

This photo illustration taken on April 10 shows a Japanese 10,000 yen bank note and a 100 U.S. dollar note, surrounded by coins on display in Tokyo. On April 29, ...

The 2000 yen note will remain unchanged, as there are not many in circulation, while the 500 yen coin will be redesigned around 2021. The new 10,000 yen note will feature famed industrialist ...

TOKYO — Japan issued its first new banknotes in two decades Wednesday, yen packed with 3D hologram technology to fight counterfeiting. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida praised as historic the state ...

The 1,000 yen note, worth about $6.20, portrays physician and bacteriologist Shibasaburo Kitasato, who was instrumental in the research of tetanus and the bubonic plague.

By the summer of 2023, only about 30 percent of drink vending machines could accept the 500 yen coins introduced in 2021, according to the Sankei Shimbun, a Japanese newspaper.

TOKYO — Japan issued its first new banknotes in two decades Wednesday, yen packed with 3D hologram technology to fight counterfeiting. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida praised as historic the state ...