One is a silver medal, featuring a color print ... customers will be chosen by lottery. The Japan Mint has in the past issued coin sets themed on the "Astro Boy" anime series, the "Ultraman ...

KYOTO—As many as 500,000 ceramic coins produced during the metal shortages on the Japanese home front during the Pacific War have been discovered here. The Japan Mint said on Oct. 9 that the ...

Japan's Finance Ministry said it will issue ... of specially minted coins for the event also includes 1,000 yen silver coins, to be sold for 15,200 yen each, and 500 yen coins.