while the 500 yen coin will be redesigned around 2021. The new 10,000 yen note will feature famed industrialist Eiichi Shibusawa. He was a driver of Japanese industry from the 19th through early ...

This supplied photo shows the front side of the commemorative 500 yen coin for the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, featuring its official mascot Myaku-Myaku. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan on ...

OSAKA -- The Japan Mint ... be worth 1/100 of a yen (1 yen is around 0.7 cents). According to the mint, in Osaka's Kita Ward, there was a shortage of metal used to make coins during WWII, because ...