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Kyoto Mayor Matsui

Kyoto Mayor Koji Matsui explains during a press conference in Kyoto on Jan. 14, 2025, about the city government's decision to raise its lodging tax for people staying at hotels and other accommodations from March 2026, setting the maximum rate at a sharply higher 10,000 yen ($64) per person per night.

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Japan's new banknotes

Popular Kabuki actor Onoe Matsuya, dressed as industrialist Eiichi Shibusawa (1840-1931), widely known as the "father of Japanese capitalism," poses at an event in Tokyo on July 2, 2024, celebrating his being featured in a new 10,000 yen Japanese banknote to be issued with new 1,000 yen and 5,000 yen notes starting the following day.(Kyodo)

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Japan launches new banknotes

Photo taken on July 3, 2024, in Tokyo shows a 10,000 yen banknote featuring industrialist Eiichi Shibusawa (1840-1931), as Japan started issuing new 10,000 yen, 5,000 yen and 1,000 yen banknotes the same day. (Pool photo)

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Japan launches new banknotes

Photo taken on July 3, 2024, in Tokyo shows a 10,000 yen banknote featuring industrialist Eiichi Shibusawa (1840-1931), as Japan started issuing new 10,000 yen, 5,000 yen and 1,000 yen banknotes the same day. (Pool photo)

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Japan launches new banknotes

Photo taken on July 3, 2024, in Tokyo shows a 1,000 yen banknote featuring microbiologist Shibasaburo Kitasato (1853-1931), as Japan started issuing new 10,000 yen, 5,000 yen and 1,000 yen banknotes the same day. (Pool photo)

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Japan launches new banknotes

Photo taken on July 3, 2024, in Tokyo shows a 5,000 yen banknote featuring educator Umeko Tsuda (1864-1929), as Japan started issuing new 10,000 yen, 5,000 yen and 1,000 yen banknotes the same day. (Pool photo)

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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

Photo shows a holographic image of Japanese industrialist Eiichi Shibusawa printed on a new 10,000 yen banknote at a National Printing Bureau plant in Tokyo on June 19, 2024, ahead of its issuance on July 3. The image appears to rotate depending on the viewing angle.

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Printing of new Japanese banknotes

Combined photo shows holographic images of Japanese industrialist Eiichi Shibusawa that will appear on new 10,000 yen banknotes to be issued on July 3, at a National Printing Bureau plant in Tokyo on June 19, 2024. The image appears to rotate depending on the viewing angle.

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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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Cube-shaped watermelons in western Japan

A worker prepares for the season's first shipment of cube-shaped watermelons in Zentsuji in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, on July 3, 2023. The ornamental watermelons, grown in square plastic containers, carry a wholesale price of around 10,000 yen ($69) each. (Kyodo)

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Cube-shaped watermelons in western Japan

Cube-shaped watermelons are packed in boxes for the season's first shipment in Zentsuji in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, on July 3, 2023. The ornamental watermelons, grown in square plastic containers, carry a wholesale price of around 10,000 yen ($69) each.

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Cube-shaped watermelons in western Japan

Cube-shaped watermelons are lined up for the season's first shipment in Zentsuji in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, on July 3, 2023. The ornamental watermelons, grown in square plastic containers, carry a wholesale price of around 10,000 yen ($69) each.

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Hotel sells 3 kinds of 10,000 yen curried rice

FUKUOKA, Japan - Three kinds of 10,000 yen ($109) "supreme" curried rice, coming with lobster, Japanese tiger prawn or beef, are shown to the press at Nishitetsu Grand Hotel in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 12, 2014, to mark the 45th anniversary of its opening.

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Southwestern Japan hotel sells 10,000 yen curried rice

FUKUOKA, Japan - A chef cooks "supreme" curried rice priced at 10,000 yen ($109) before the press at Nishitetsu Grand Hotel in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 12, 2014, to commemorate the 45th anniversary of its opening.

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"1 million-yen bill" used in swindle in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - A fake note that looks like a 10,000 yen note but says "one million yen" is shown in this undated photo. Similar fake notes were used in a fraud in Osaka, western Japan.

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Ornamental square watermelon shipments begin in Kagawa

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Ornamental watermelons known for their unusual square shape are inspected before being shipped on June 25, 2014, in Zentsuji in western Japan's Kagawa Prefecture. The watermelons, which gain their cube shape from being grown in plastic containers, are priced at about 10,000 yen a piece at department stores and fruit stores.

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"Golden saury"

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 3, 2012, shows a "golden saury" on display at Seibu department store in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district. The fish is one of two golden saury that were landed in Ofutato, Iwate Prefecture. Uoko Co. purchased the fish for 10,000 yen each at Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market and put them on display in different places in Tokyo.

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Fast breeder reactor costing

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on November 2011 shows the prototype fast-breeder reactor Monju in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture. If development of Monju is continued, its costs will swell to over 1.4 trillion yen and its power generation costs will be 10,000 yen per kilowatt hour, roughly 1,000 times greater than a regular reactor, according to data compiled by Kyodo News.

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Commemorative coins

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo shows both sides of a commemorative 10,000-yen coin to be issued to support efforts to rebuild areas hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Japan on Feb. 21, 2012, announced a plan to issue 1,000-yen and 10,000-yen commemorative coins. The side on the right shows a design of the lone pine tree that survived the tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, and doves. The tree, dubbed by residents the ''miracle pine,'' has become a symbol of the city's reconstruction.

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Key chain containing radioactive material

CHIBA, Japan - Photo shows a key chain confiscated by the Chiba prefectural police which contains a glow-in-the-dark material that emits radiation around 12 times greater than the legal limit. Police said on Sept. 27, 2011, they sent papers to prosecutors in April concerning a 15-year-old boy suspected of violating laws meant to prevent radiation hazards. The boy allegedly sold the key chains via the Internet at prices ranging from 3,000 to 10,000 yen after purchasing 30 of them online for 1,000 yen each from July to October 2010.

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Markdown of Nintendo 3DS

OSAKA, Japan - People form a line to buy Nintendo 3DS portable game consoles at a branch of Yodobashi Camera Co. in Osaka's Kita Ward on Aug. 11, 2011. Nintendo Co. started selling the consoles the same day at stores across Japan for 15,000 yen, 10,000 yen cheaper than the original price.

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Luxury seats on Hayabusa bullet train

TOKYO, Japan - Children try out leather reclining chairs in a corner reproducing the interior of East Japan Railway Co.'s Hayabusa bullet train's new luxury seats, during a promotional event at JR Tokyo Station on Feb. 3, 2011. The train, which debuts March 5 on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line between Tokyo and Aomori, will offer ''GranClass'' services using the chairs and also including meals, beverages, blankets, slippers, newspapers and magazines, intended to rank with airlines' first-class seats. They will be available for an additional 9,000 to 10,000 yen on top of regular fares.

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10,000-yen price cut for Sony's PSPgo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the ''PSPgo,'' an Internet-use-only PlayStation Portable game console. On Oct. 25, 2010, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. announced a 10,000 yen cut in the product's price to 16,800 yen in a bid to shore up its sluggish sales ahead of the yearend sales campaign.

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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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Shipments of square watermelons begin in Kagawa Prefecture

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Workers at an agricultural cooperative in Zentsuji, Kagawa Prefecture, check square-shaped watermelons on June 28, 2010, before shipment. The cooperative will ship about 600 of the watermelons, mainly for use in display, with a price tag of about 10,000 yen.

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Coins marking 20th anniversary of Emperor's enthronement

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a 10,000-yen gold coin that Japan will issue later this year to mark the 20th anniversary of Emperor Akihito's enthronement. The front side of the pure-gold coin (top) depicts a phoenix and the Imperial Palace's ''Nijubashi'' double-arched bridge and the reverse side (bottom) depicts the chrysanthemum seal. A 500-yen nickel-brass coins will also be issued.

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Contributors to Kumamoto Castle reconstruction to be given free passport

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Photo shows a certificate (top) and a sample of a name plate (below) the Kumamoto municipality will give to those who contribute to the reconstruction of Kumamoto Castle in Kumamoto Prefecture, a major castle in Japan. The municipality will allow those who contribute 10,000 yen or more to post their names or others on a plate in the castle tower and also free entry to the castle's dungeon palace.

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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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Man snatches woman from mountain lodge in Tochigi Pref.

KANUMA, Japan - Police said April 30 a knife-wielding man broke into a mountain lodge (in photo) in Kanuma, Tochigi Prefecture, robbing a couple of about 10,000 yen before tying up the husband and abducting his wife.

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NTT DoCoMo to launch own credit card services in late April

TOKYO, Japan - NTT DoCoMo Inc. said April 4 it will launch its own mobile phone-based credit card (put up on the left) services in late April to strengthen its status as Japan's top mobile phone operator. There will be two plans for NTT DoCoMo's new DCMX credit card services. DCMX mini, to be launched on April 28, will offer a monthly credit limit of 10,000 yen, while full-scale DCMX services, allowing subscribers to carry out bigger transactions by using their phones and credit cards, are expected to begin in late May.

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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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(1)3 new Japanese banknotes debut

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Toshihiko Fukui holds up newly designed 10,000 yen, 5,000 yen and 1,000 yen banknotes at the BOJ head office in Tokyo on Nov. 1. The three banknotes, which the BOJ says are produced with the world's most advanced printing technologies, went into circulation the same day.

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Use of ETC system to expand rapidly

TOKYO, Japan - Devices for the ETC (electronic toll collection) system, priced at less than 10,000 yen, are displayed on shelves at a major vehicle equipment shop in downtown Tokyo.

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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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New notes to be issued in Nov.

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese Finance Ministry plans to issue three kinds of new notes in November using forgery prevention technology. The 10,000 yen note (top) features Yukichi Fukuzawa (1835-1901), educator, writer and propagator of Western knowledge in the Meiji period (1868-1912), the 5,000 yen note (middle) Ichiyo Higuchi (1872-1896), female writer of the Meiji period, and the 1,000 yen note (below) Hideyo Noguchi (1876-1928), bacteriologist.

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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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Women's underwear featuring Tigers image to be released

TOKYO, Japan - A bra and pantie set with a design inspired by the Hanshin Tigers professional baseball team is unveiled by women's underwear maker Triumph International (Japan) Ltd. on July 15. The company will offer 500 sets of the underwear for 10,000 yen each.

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Painting thought worth 10,000 yen turns out to be a van Gogh

TOKYO, Japan - An ''anonymous'' oil painting depicting a middle-aged peasant woman, to be auctioned Feb. 8 in Tokyo, has turned out to be an original early work by the Dutch post-impressionist master Vincent van Gogh. The auction sponsor estimates that the painting, part of the collection of the late Japanese painter Kazumasa Nakagawa, will fetch a quote of at least 3 million yen, rather than the earlier estimate of 10,000 yen.

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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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Shipments of square water watermelons begin in Zentsuji

ZENTSUJI, Japan - Farmers decorate square watermelons with ribbons before shipping them from an agricultural cooperative in Zentsuji, Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, on June 17. The 18-centimeter-square watermelons are priced at 10,000 yen each. Some 450 to 500 watermelons will be shipped to department stores and other places in Tokyo and Osaka -- for display rather than for eating. About 50 of them will be shipped to Canada. The square watermelons were devised to save space in refrigerators.

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Ishihara unveils plan to tax hotel accommodations

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara on Nov. 2 unveils a plan to tax hotel accommodations in the capital in cases where customers' room charges surpass 10,000 yen per overnight stay.

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(1)Japan to issue World Cup commemorative coins next spring

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows 10,000-yen gold coin to be issued by the Finance Ministry next spring for the 2002 World Cup soccer finals to be co-hosted by Japan and South Korea. The 10,000-yen gold coin, weighing 15.6 grams and 26 millimeters in diameter, will feature two soccer players on the head of the coin and the emblem for the event along with a cherry blossom, soccer ball and a rainbow on the back.

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3 arrested for allegedly forging 10,000 yen notes

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers confiscate boxes of evidence at one of 19 locations they raided in Tokyo on July 18 in connection with counterfeit 10,000 yen banknotes that have turned up since last summer. Police arrested three people, two Malaysians and one Peruvian.