New notes to be issued in Nov.

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.

Printing of new 1,000 yen bills begins

Printing of new 1,000 yen bills begins

TOKYO, Japan - Printing of redesigned 1,000 yen bills (photo), whose front features Japanese microbiologist Hideyo Noguchi (1876-1928), known for his research on yellow fever in Africa, starts on Oct. 24. The new 1,000 yen note, which carries a picture of Mt. Fuji and cherry blossoms on the back, will go into circulation in July 2004.

Japan to issue 3 new bank notes in FY 2004

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.

Scholarship to be launched in honor of bacteriologist Noguchi

Scholarship to be launched in honor of bacteriologist Noguchi

Timothy O'Connor, executive vice president of Rockefeller University, gives a speech in front of the grave of Japanese bacteriologist Hideyo Noguchi (1876-1928) in New York on May 21, 2017. A scholarship for Japanese medical students will be launched in honor of Noguchi, who died of yellow fever in Ghana while conducting research into the disease. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Scholarship to be launched in honor of bacteriologist Noguchi

Scholarship to be launched in honor of bacteriologist Noguchi

Timothy O'Connor, executive vice president of Rockefeller University, gives a speech in front of the grave of Japanese bacteriologist Hideyo Noguchi (1876-1928) in New York on May 21, 2017. A scholarship for Japanese medical students will be launched in honor of Noguchi, who died of yellow fever in Ghana while conducting research into the disease. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

New notes to be issued in Nov.

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. (Kyodo)

Printing of new 1,000 yen bills begins

Printing of new 1,000 yen bills begins

TOKYO, Japan - Printing of redesigned 1,000 yen bills (photo), whose front features Japanese microbiologist Hideyo Noguchi (1876-1928), known for his research on yellow fever in Africa, starts on Oct. 24. The new 1,000 yen note, which carries a picture of Mt. Fuji and cherry blossoms on the back, will go into circulation in July 2004. (Kyodo)