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National Cashback programme launched in Ukraine

KYIV, UKRAINE - SEPTEMBER 2, 2024 - The registration of consumers for the National Cashback programme starts on 2 September, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. Under the programme, consumers will get a 10% cashback for any consumer goods made in Ukraine, except for excisable goods. The maximum cashback amount is UAH 3,000 per month. Citizens will use cashback funds to pay for services, including utility and medical bills, purchase military bonds, or donate money to the Armed Forces.

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National Cashback programme launched in Ukraine

KYIV, UKRAINE - SEPTEMBER 2, 2024 - The registration of consumers for the National Cashback programme starts on 2 September, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. Under the programme, consumers will get a 10% cashback for any consumer goods made in Ukraine, except for excisable goods. The maximum cashback amount is UAH 3,000 per month. Citizens will use cashback funds to pay for services, including utility and medical bills, purchase military bonds, or donate money to the Armed Forces.

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National Cashback programme launched in Ukraine

KYIV, UKRAINE - SEPTEMBER 2, 2024 - The registration of consumers for the National Cashback programme starts on 2 September, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. Under the programme, consumers will get a 10% cashback for any consumer goods made in Ukraine, except for excisable goods. The maximum cashback amount is UAH 3,000 per month. Citizens will use cashback funds to pay for services, including utility and medical bills, purchase military bonds, or donate money to the Armed Forces.

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National Cashback programme launched in Ukraine

KYIV, UKRAINE - SEPTEMBER 2, 2024 - The registration of consumers for the National Cashback programme starts on 2 September, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. Under the programme, consumers will get a 10% cashback for any consumer goods made in Ukraine, except for excisable goods. The maximum cashback amount is UAH 3,000 per month. Citizens will use cashback funds to pay for services, including utility and medical bills, purchase military bonds, or donate money to the Armed Forces.

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National Cashback programme launched in Ukraine

KYIV, UKRAINE - SEPTEMBER 2, 2024 - The registration of consumers for the National Cashback programme starts on 2 September, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. Under the programme, consumers will get a 10% cashback for any consumer goods made in Ukraine, except for excisable goods. The maximum cashback amount is UAH 3,000 per month. Citizens will use cashback funds to pay for services, including utility and medical bills, purchase military bonds, or donate money to the Armed Forces.

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National Cashback programme launched in Ukraine

KYIV, UKRAINE - SEPTEMBER 2, 2024 - The registration of consumers for the National Cashback programme starts on 2 September, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. Under the programme, consumers will get a 10% cashback for any consumer goods made in Ukraine, except for excisable goods. The maximum cashback amount is UAH 3,000 per month. Citizens will use cashback funds to pay for services, including utility and medical bills, purchase military bonds, or donate money to the Armed Forces.

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National Cashback programme launched in Ukraine

KYIV, UKRAINE - SEPTEMBER 2, 2024 - The registration of consumers for the National Cashback programme starts on 2 September, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. Under the programme, consumers will get a 10% cashback for any consumer goods made in Ukraine, except for excisable goods. The maximum cashback amount is UAH 3,000 per month. Citizens will use cashback funds to pay for services, including utility and medical bills, purchase military bonds, or donate money to the Armed Forces.

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National Cashback programme launched in Ukraine

KYIV, UKRAINE - AUGUST 2, 2024 - The registration of consumers for the National Cashback programme starts on 2 September, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. Under the programme, consumers will get a 10% cashback for any consumer goods made in Ukraine, except for excisable goods. The maximum cashback amount is UAH 3,000 per month. Citizens will use cashback funds to pay for services, including utility and medical bills, purchase military bonds, or donate money to the Armed Forces.

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National Cashback programme launched in Ukraine

KYIV, UKRAINE - AUGUST 2, 2024 - The registration of consumers for the National Cashback programme starts on 2 September, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. Under the programme, consumers will get a 10% cashback for any consumer goods made in Ukraine, except for excisable goods. The maximum cashback amount is UAH 3,000 per month. Citizens will use cashback funds to pay for services, including utility and medical bills, purchase military bonds, or donate money to the Armed Forces.

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National Cashback programme launched in Ukraine

KYIV, UKRAINE - AUGUST 2, 2024 - The registration of consumers for the National Cashback programme starts on 2 September, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. Under the programme, consumers will get a 10% cashback for any consumer goods made in Ukraine, except for excisable goods. The maximum cashback amount is UAH 3,000 per month. Citizens will use cashback funds to pay for services, including utility and medical bills, purchase military bonds, or donate money to the Armed Forces.

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National Cashback programme launched in Ukraine

KYIV, UKRAINE - AUGUST 2, 2024 - The registration of consumers for the National Cashback programme starts on 2 September, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. Under the programme, consumers will get a 10% cashback for any consumer goods made in Ukraine, except for excisable goods. The maximum cashback amount is UAH 3,000 per month. Citizens will use cashback funds to pay for services, including utility and medical bills, purchase military bonds, or donate money to the Armed Forces.

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National Cashback programme launched in Ukraine

KYIV, UKRAINE - AUGUST 2, 2024 - The registration of consumers for the National Cashback programme starts on 2 September, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. Under the programme, consumers will get a 10% cashback for any consumer goods made in Ukraine, except for excisable goods. The maximum cashback amount is UAH 3,000 per month. Citizens will use cashback funds to pay for services, including utility and medical bills, purchase military bonds, or donate money to the Armed Forces.

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National Cashback programme launched in Ukraine

KYIV, UKRAINE - AUGUST 2, 2024 - The registration of consumers for the National Cashback programme starts on 2 September, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. Under the programme, consumers will get a 10% cashback for any consumer goods made in Ukraine, except for excisable goods. The maximum cashback amount is UAH 3,000 per month. Citizens will use cashback funds to pay for services, including utility and medical bills, purchase military bonds, or donate money to the Armed Forces.

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National Cashback programme launched in Ukraine

KYIV, UKRAINE - AUGUST 2, 2024 - The registration of consumers for the National Cashback programme starts on 2 September, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. Under the programme, consumers will get a 10% cashback for any consumer goods made in Ukraine, except for excisable goods. The maximum cashback amount is UAH 3,000 per month. Citizens will use cashback funds to pay for services, including utility and medical bills, purchase military bonds, or donate money to the Armed Forces.

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Fourth Anniversary Of The Beirut Explosion

Elias Jreich in front of his shoe repair shop in Beirut, Lebanon on July 2024. Elias Jreich repairs a pair of heels in his small shoe repair shop in Beirut, Lebanon on July 10, 2024. His shop was hit by the explosion in the port of Beirut on August 4, 2020, and now 4 years later he is struggling to pay his water and electricity bills. Photo by Noemie de Bellaigue/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fourth Anniversary Of The Beirut Explosion

Elias Jreich refers to a portrait of himself at a younger age in his small shoe repair shop in Beirut, Lebanon on July 10, 2024. His shop was hit by the explosion in the port of Beirut on August 4, 2020, and now 4 years later he is struggling to pay his water and electricity bills. Photo by Noemie de Bellaigue/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fourth Anniversary Of The Beirut Explosion

Elias Jreich repairs a pair of heels in his small shoe repair shop in Beirut, Lebanon on July 10, 2024. His shop was hit by the explosion in the port of Beirut on August 4, 2020, and now 4 years later he is struggling to pay his water and electricity bills. Photo by Noemie de Bellaigue/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Printing of new Japanese banknotes

TOKYO,Japan, June 19 Kyodo -The printing of new Japanese banknotes is shown to the media at a National Printing Bureau plant in Tokyo on June 19, 2024, ahead of the issuance of new 10,000 yen, 5,000 yen and 1,000 yen bills on July 3.(Kyodo)

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Printing of new Japanese banknotes

The printing of new Japanese banknotes is shown to the media at a National Printing Bureau plant in Tokyo on June 19, 2024, ahead of the issuance of new 10,000 yen, 5,000 yen and 1,000 yen bills on July 3.

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Printing of new Japanese banknotes

The printing of new Japanese banknotes is shown to the media at a National Printing Bureau plant in Tokyo on June 19, 2024, ahead of the issuance of new 10,000 yen, 5,000 yen and 1,000 yen bills on July 3.

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Printing of new Japanese banknotes

The printing of new Japanese banknotes is shown to the media at a National Printing Bureau plant in Tokyo on June 19, 2024, ahead of the issuance of new 10,000 yen, 5,000 yen and 1,000 yen bills on July 3.

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Indian gov't approves rooftop solar scheme for 10 mln households

STORY: Indian gov't approves rooftop solar scheme for 10 mln households SHOOTING TIME: March 1, 2024 DATELINE: March 2, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:08 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of India gate 2. various of solar panel STORYLINE: The Indian government Thursday approved a scheme to install rooftop solar panels in 10 million households across the country, which will enable them to get free electricity up to 300 units per month. This will be a major push for renewable energy in the country. "Through this scheme, the households will be able to save electricity bills as well as earn additional income through sale of surplus power to DISCOMs (Distribution Companies)," reads an official statement. "The proposed scheme will result in addition of 30 GW of solar capacity through rooftop solar in the residential sector, generating 1,000 BUs of electricity and resulting in reduction of 720 million tons of CO2 equivalent emissions over the 25-year lifetime of rooftop systems," the sta

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Taylor Swift And Travis Kelce - Kansas City

NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY - Taylor Swift, left, and Travis Kelce leave after the Buffalo Bills defeated the Kansas City Chiefs, 20-17, on December 10, 2023, at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. Photo by Tammy Ljungblad/Kansas City Star/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Super Models Screening - NYC

Larissa Bills (Director, Producer) during the screening of the Apple TV+ documentary series "The Super Models," during New York Fashion Week on September 10, 2023 in New York City, Ny, USA. The documentary series premieres globally September 20 on Apple TV+. Photo by Marion Curtis/StarPix for Apple/Starpix/Startraks/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Super Models Screening - NYC

Derek Blasberg (Host), Larissa Bills (Director, Producer) and Sara Bernstein (Exec Producer) during the screening of the Apple TV+ documentary series "The Super Models," during New York Fashion Week on September 10, 2023 in New York City, Ny, USA. The documentary series premieres globally September 20 on Apple TV+. Photo by Marion Curtis/StarPix for Apple/Starpix/Startraks/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Super Models Screening - NYC

Sara Bernstein (Exec Producer) and Larissa Bills (Director, Producer) during the screening of the Apple TV+ documentary series "The Super Models," during New York Fashion Week on September 10, 2023 in New York City, Ny, USA. The documentary series premieres globally September 20 on Apple TV+. Photo by Marion Curtis/StarPix for Apple/Starpix/Startraks/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Electricity Prices In France Set To Rise By 10 %

A high-voltage pylon belonging to Enedis, which distributes the electricity sold by EDF in the Durance valley and generated by hydroelectric power in Saint-Paul-les-Durance, south of France on June 14, 2023. Households will see their electricity bills go up by 10 percent from August 1st as France begins phasing out its electricity price cap. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM.

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Egypt's central bank auctions 40 bln EGP in T-bills to fund budget deficit

STORY: Egypt's central bank auctions 40 bln EGP in T-bills to fund budget deficit DATELINE: April 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:45 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Egyptian Ministry of Finance 2. various of the Central Bank of Egypt 3. various of Egyptian banknotes STORYLINE: The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE), on behalf of the Ministry of Finance, auctioned treasury bills (T-bills) worth 40 billion Egyptian pounds (EGP) (about 1.3 billion U.S. dollars) on Sunday, divided into two issues. The first issue amounts to 23 billion EGP, with a 91-day tenor that matures on July 11, while the second issue totals 17 billion EGP, with a 273-day tenor, maturing on January 9, 2024. This auction follows the CBE's previous auction of T-bills on April 4 with a total value of 38 billion EGP, including 91-day, 182-day, 273-day, and 364-day tenors. The accepted bids amounted to 4.97 billion EGP, with an average yield of 22.3 percent. The CBE typically issues T-bills to fund the budget deficit. The cou

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Japan's GDP growth downgraded to annualized real 0.1 pct in Q4 2022

STORY: Japan's GDP growth downgraded to annualized real 0.1 pct in Q4 2022 DATELINE: March 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:01 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Japanese economy STORYLINE: Japan's economic growth in the October to December quarter was downgraded, owing to private consumption increasing less than previously thought, the government said in a report on Thursday. According to the Cabinet Office, the country's economic expansion was downwardly revised from 0.6 percent to an annualized real 0.1 percent. On an inflation-adjusted basis, real gross domestic product (GDP) on a quarterly basis was revised down from 0.2 percent to 0.02 percent, the government also said. Private consumption, which accounts for roughly half of Japan's GDP, slowed from 0.5 percent in the government's preliminary report, to 0.3 percent. This has been due to soaring inflation resulting in rising price points in shops and supermarkets, as well as energy bills, with the yen's weakness further inflating pric

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Israel initially greenlights controversial judicial reform despite protest

STORY: Israel initially greenlights controversial judicial reform despite protest DATELINE: Feb. 21, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:54 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the demonstration STORYLINE: Israel's parliament voted on Tuesday to advance Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's contentious plan to overhaul the country's judiciary, despite widespread public opposition. After a stormy debate, the first two bills of the judicial reform passed in a first, non-binding reading. Out of the 120 seats in the parliament, 63 lawmakers voted in favor of the bills, 47 against, and 10 were absent. Members of Netanyahu's new ultra-religious and ultranationalist coalition government celebrated the outcome. "A great night and a great day," Netanyahu wrote on Twitter after the vote. The first bill would alter the composition of the nine-member committee that appoints judges, limiting the influence of legal professionals and giving the government an outright majority. If approved, the law would

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Consumers in Spain welcome price freeze on food products

STORY: Consumers in Spain welcome price freeze on food products DATELINE: Jan. 27, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:23 LOCATION: BARCELONA, Spain CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of customers shopping in a market in Barcelona 2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): RUBEN SANCHEZ, Secretary-General of FACUA 3. various of a supermarket in Barcelona STORYLINE: Consumers' associations in Spain have welcomed the government-decreed price freeze on certain food products, such as bread, milk and oil, for at least the next four months, but they also argue that the authorities must ensure shops comply with the ruling. The reduction on sales tax came into force on Jan. 1. The Minister of Economic Affairs Nadia Calvino said this week that consumers will begin feeling the effect of the reduction on their monthly shopping bills. According to a survey of the main supermarkets in Spain by the Association of Financial Users (Asufin), shopping bills have fallen 10 percent since the measure began. The Spanish consumer organization FACUA points o

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Counterfeit 10,000 yen bills confiscated

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows confiscated fake 10,000 yen bills (L front) and real banknote (R front) at Tokyo's Yoyogi police station on Sept. 28, 2010.

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Balloons released carrying DVDs on sinking of S. Korean warship

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of an anti-North Korean civic group release balloons carrying materials including around 300 DVDs containing an investigation report on the sinking of a South Korean warship in Imjingak, near the demilitarized zone north of Seoul, South Korea, on June 10, 2010. About 200 portable radios, 2,000 1 dollar bills and around 150,000 fliers were also attached to the balloons.

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Balloons released carrying DVDs on sinking of S. Korean warship

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of an anti-North Korean civic group release balloons carrying materials including around 300 DVDs containing an investigation report on the sinking of a South Korean warship in Imjingak, near the demilitarized zone north of Seoul, South Korea, on June 10, 2010. About 200 portable radios, 2,000 1 dollar bills and around 150,000 fliers were also attached to the balloons.

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Upper house veteran Aoki votes by himself

TOKYO, Japan - Mikio Aoki, a veteran member of the opposition Liberal Democratic Party, presses the voting button during a plenary session of the House of Councillors on April 2, 2010. Fellow LDP member Masatoshi Wakabayashi quit as a legislator the same day after it was revealed he had pushed Aoki's voting button during votes on 10 bills when Aoki was absent from the chamber.

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1,000 10,000-yen bills in cooking pot found in garbage depot

OSAKA, Japan - One thousand 10,000-yen bills that were stashed inside a metal pot and found in a garbage depot in Osaka are displayed at the Takatsuki Police Station in Osaka Prefecture on April 4. Police say the money was found by a garbage collector while sorting garbage in the city of Takatsuki on March 25. Under Japanese law, the money will go to the person who found it if no owner shows up in three months.

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LDP begins to purge lawmakers who voted against postal bills

TOKYO, Japan - Environment Minister Yuriko Koike smiles as she leaves her office after speaking at a press conference on Aug. 10. Koike said she will run in the upcoming general election as a Liberal Democratic Party candidate in a Tokyo constituency in which she will fight an LDP colleague who voted against key postal privatization bills.

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LDP begins to purge lawmakers who voted against postal bills

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe speaks with journalists after meeting Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Aug. 10.

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LDP begins to purge lawmakers who voted against postal bills

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi speaks with journalists at his office on Aug. 10. The premier referred to the key Nikkei stock index's jump to its highest close since late April 2004 and said, ''It's an indication of views that the reform is advancing, this reform should not halt, this election rather promotes the reform, the economy has moved out of its pause and that it is heading for an economic recovery.''

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LDP begins to purge lawmakers who voted against postal bills

TOKYO, Japan - Ppostal privatization minister Heizo Takenaka speaks with reporters at the prime minister's office on Aug. 10. Takenaka dismissed a newspaper report that he would pit himself in the Sept. 11 general election against Shizuka Kamei, a former chairman of the LDP Policy Research Council who is staunchly opposed to Koizumi's postal privatization bills.

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LDP begins to purge lawmakers who voted against postal bills

TOKYO, Japan - Environment Minister Yuriko Koike meets the press in Tokyo on Aug. 10. She expressed readiness to run in the Tokyo constituency of a Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker who opposed key postal privatization bills in the Sept. 11 House of Representatives election.

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Workers dig up 25 mil. yen in cash at construction site

KANAGAWA, Japan - Displayed at Nakahara Police Station, Kanagawa Prefecture, on April 14 are bundles of bills worth 25 million yen unearthed by workers at a condominium construction site in Kawasaki. About 2,500 old 10,000-yen bills were found wrapped inside a vinyl bag, police said.

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Japan to put new banknotes into circulation Nov. 1

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Toshihiko Fukui holds samples of the newly designed 10,000 yen, 5,000 yen and 1,000 yen bills to be put into circulation on Nov. 1 at a press conference on Aug. 10. The new banknotes have holograms and other up-to-date technology to prevent forgery.

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34 million yen found at disposal facility in Satitama Pref

SAITAMA, Japan - Banknotes worth at least 34 million yen, discovered at a disposal facility in Gyoda, Saitama Prefecture on Dec. 12, are displayed at a police station in the city. A total of 3,020 intact 10,000-yen bills and 160 intact 5,000-yen bills were found along with a number of torn bills, of which between 2 million yen and 3 million yen worth are still usable.

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(3)New banknotes to be issued in July 2004

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa checks a sheet of new 10,000 yen banknotes, for which printing began at a National Printing Bureau plant in Tokyo on July 29. Shiokawa said that new 5,000 yen and 1,000 yen bills will be issued in July 2004 along with the 10,000 bill.

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(1)New banknotes to be issued in July 2004

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the surface and back of a new 10,000 yen banknote (specimen) released by Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa at a news conference July 29. He said new 10,000 yen, 5,000 yen and 1,000 yen bills will be issued in July 2004.

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(2)New banknotes to be issued in July 2004

TOKYO, Japan - Printing of a new 10,000 banknote begins at a National Printing Bureau plant in Tokyo on July 29. Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa said that new 10,000 yen, 5,000 yen and 1,000 yen bills will be issued in July 2004.

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Shiokawa shows off 3 new banknotes

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa holds specimens of new 10,000 yen, 5,000 yen and 1,000 yen bills to be issued in fiscal 2004 at a news conference at his office Aug. 2. ''If new bills come out, it will brighten people's sentiment,'' Shiokawa said.

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Japan to issue 3 new bank notes in FY 2004

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese government will introduce in fiscal 2004 new 10,000 yen, 5,000 yen and 1,000 yen bills with sophisticated anticounterfeit features, replacing the current notes which are almost 18 years old. The new 5,000 yen bill will carry the portrait of Ichiyo Higuchi (1872-1896), a Meiji-era novelist and poet, while the new 1,000 yen bill will feature Japanese microbiologist Hideyo Noguchi (1876-1928). Yukichi Fukuzawa, a Meiji-era educator who founded Keio University, will remain on the new 10,000 yen bill.

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Lower house begins debate on antiterrorism bills

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda explains the two government-sponsored antiterrorism bills at the plenary session of the House of Representatives at the Diet on Oct. 10. The lower house began deliberations on the bills aimed at providing assistance to the ongoing U.S.-led retaliatory strikes for the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.