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Japan's new banknotes

TOKYO, Japan, July 3 Kyodo - Video taken on July 3, 2024, at the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo shows the front sides of Japan's new banknotes, which began to be issued the same day. The banknotes feature industrialist Eiichi Shibusawa (1840-1931), widely known as the "father of Japanese capitalism," educator Umeko Tsuda (1864-1929), and physician and bacteriologist Shibasaburo Kitasato (1853-1931). (Kyodo)

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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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[Breaking News]Bread featuring Japan's new banknotes

A woman shows three slices of bread resembling Japan's new banknotes at a food and sundry goods maker and retailer in Tokyo's Kita Ward on July 2, 2024, on the eve of their issuance. The bread was made by Shibusawa Ippinkan, named after Eiichi Shibusawa (1840-1931), widely known as the "father of Japanese capitalism," and represents (from top to bottom) a 10,000 yen note, a 5,000 yen note and a 1,000 yen note, featuring Shibusawa, educator Umeko Tsuda (1864-1929), and physician and bacteriologist Shibasaburo Kitasato (1853-1931), respectively.(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's new banknotes

Susumu Kojima, mayor of Saitama Prefecture's Fukaya, the hometown of industrialist Eiichi Shibusawa (1840-1931), rings the bell at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo during an event on July 3, 2024, as Japan begins issuing three new banknotes the same day, including a 10,000 yen note featuring Shibusawa, widely known as the "father of Japanese capitalism."

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CORRECTED: Bread featuring Japan's new banknotes

A woman shows three slices of bread resembling Japan's new banknotes at a food and sundry goods maker and retailer in Tokyo's Kita Ward on July 2, 2024, on the eve of their issuance. The bread was made by Shibusawa Ippinkan, named after Eiichi Shibusawa (1840-1931), widely known as the "father of Japanese capitalism," and represents (from top to bottom) a 10,000 yen note, a 5,000 yen note and a 1,000 yen note, featuring Shibusawa, educator Umeko Tsuda (1864-1929), and physician and bacteriologist Shibasaburo Kitasato (1853-1931), respectively.

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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.

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Japan's new banknotes

Photo taken on July 3, 2024, at the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo shows the front sides of Japan's new banknotes, which began to be issued the same day. The banknotes feature (from top to bottom) industrialist Eiichi Shibusawa (1840-1931), widely known as the "father of Japanese capitalism," educator Umeko Tsuda (1864-1929), and physician and bacteriologist Shibasaburo Kitasato (1853-1931). (Pool photo)

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Japan's new banknotes

People in Saitama Prefecture's Fukaya, the hometown of industrialist Eiichi Shibusawa (1840-1931), celebrate at a countdown event in the early hours of July 3, 2024, as Japan begins issuing three new banknotes the same day, including a 10,000 yen note featuring Shibusawa, widely known as the "father of Japanese capitalism."

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Japan's new banknotes

People in Saitama Prefecture's Fukaya, the hometown of industrialist Eiichi Shibusawa (1840-1931), celebrate at a countdown event in the early hours of July 3, 2024, as Japan begins issuing three new banknotes the same day, including a 10,000 yen note featuring Shibusawa, widely known as the "father of Japanese capitalism."

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Japan's new banknotes

People in Saitama Prefecture's Fukaya, the hometown of industrialist Eiichi Shibusawa (1840-1931), celebrate at a countdown event in the early hours of July 3, 2024, as Japan begins issuing three new banknotes the same day, including a 10,000 yen note featuring Shibusawa, widely known as the "father of Japanese capitalism."

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Japan's new banknotes

File photo taken on April 14, 2023, at the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo shows samples of the front sides of Japan's new banknotes, which began to be issued on July 3, 2024. The banknotes feature (from top to bottom) industrialist Eiichi Shibusawa (1840-1931), widely known as the "father of Japanese capitalism," educator Umeko Tsuda (1864-1929), and physician and bacteriologist Shibasaburo Kitasato (1853-1931).

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Japan's new banknotes

File photo taken on April 14, 2023, at the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo shows samples of the backs of Japan's new banknotes, which began to be issued on July 3, 2024. The banknotes feature (from top to bottom) industrialist Eiichi Shibusawa (1840-1931), widely known as the "father of Japanese capitalism," educator Umeko Tsuda (1864-1929), and physician and bacteriologist Shibasaburo Kitasato (1853-1931).

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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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Japan's plan to dump nuke-contaminated water into sea sparks huge outcry worldwide

STORY: Japan's plan to dump nuke-contaminated water into sea sparks huge outcry worldwide DATELINE: June 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:20 LOCATION: Tokyo/Seoul CATEGORY: POLITICS/ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of protesters in Japan and South Korea 2. various of the protest in Fukushima Prefectural, Japan, on June 20, 2023 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): CHIYO ODA, Organizer of the event 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Japanese): MASUKO EIICHI, Fukushima Prefecture resident 5. various of the protest in Seoul, South Korea, on June 12, 2023 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Korean): KIM KWANG-SHIK, South Korean protester 7. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): TIMOTHY MOUSSEAU, Professor of biological sciences at University of South Carolina 8. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): SHAUN BURNIE, Senior nuclear specialist at Greenpeace East Asia STORYLINE: Despite ongoing opposition from both home and abroad, Japan has been rushing to carry out its plan of dumping radioactive wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean, raising growin

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Japanese people rally against planned release of Fukushima nuclear-contaminated water into sea

STORY: Japanese people rally against planned release of Fukushima nuclear-contaminated water into sea DATELINE: June 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:00 LOCATION: FUKUSHIMA, Japan CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the rally 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): TATSUKO OKAWARA, Fukushima Prefecture resident 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Japanese): CHIYO ODA, Organizer of the event 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Japanese): MASUKO EIICHI, Fukushima Prefecture resident 4. SOUNDBITE 4 (Japanese): TATSUKO OKAWARA, Fukushima Prefecture resident STORYLINE: Nearly 100 Japanese people rallied on Tuesday outside the Fukushima Prefectural Government Office to voice their strong opposition to the latter's stance on discharging radioactive wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean. SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): TATSUKO OKAWARA, Fukushima Prefecture resident "The mountains and rivers will never return to what they were like in the past, and the radiation will not disappear easily. But this country puts money above

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Japan's new banknotes

The Bank of Japan reveals new banknotes on April 14, 2023, which will be released in 2024, featuring figures from Japan's modern history. The new bills (from top to bottom) feature industrialist Eiichi Shibusawa (1840-1931), widely known as the "father of Japanese capitalism," educator Umeko Tsuda (1864-1929) and physician and bacteriologist Shibasaburo Kitasato (1853-1931).

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4 Kanto cities to support each other in disasters

MITO, Japan - Utsunomiya Mayor Eiichi Sato, Mito Mayor Yasushi Takahashi, Maebashi Mayor Ryu Yamamoto and Takasaki Mayor Kenji Tomioka (from L) pose for photos at the city hall in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Aug. 21, 2014, after signing an agreement on mutual support in times of disaster.

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Kyoto intangible cultural heritage holder

KYOTO, Japan - Eiichi Takahashi, the 14th generation owner and chief cook of Hyotei, prepares a fish at his traditional Japanese cuisine restaurant in Kyoto on March 1, 2013. He has been recently designated as part of an intangible cultural heritage by Kyoto Prefecture.

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Kan lauds Nobel laureates

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) chats with Nobel Prize winners in chemistry Akira Suzuki (C), a professor emeritus at Hokkaido University, and Eiichi Negishi, a professor at Purdue University, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2011. Kan handed them certificates of appreciation for their contributions in the field of science.

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Nobel laureate Negishi visits science ministry

TOKYO, Japan - Eiichi Negishi of Purdue University, who shared the 2010 Nobel Prize in chemistry, speaks during a press conference at Japan's science and technology ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2011. During his visit to the ministry, Negishi sought support, especially funding, for his plan to launch a project team of around 120 researchers in Japan to make useful compounds, such as medicines, using carbon dioxide. Negishi said the project could provide a solution for the problem of global warming.

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RBI king Fighters' Koyano ups salary to 146 mil. yen

SAPPORO, Japan - Nippon Ham Fighters third baseman Eiichi Koyano, the Pacific League RBI title holder, gets into the Christmas spirit at the club's head office in Sapporo on Dec. 20, 2010, after successful negotiations to extend his contract with an annual salary increase of 60 million yen to 146 million yen. Koyano pledged to work hard in the 2011 season ''to mark better numbers in all categories.''

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Nobel laureate Negishi returns to Japan

NARITA, Japan - Nobel Prize winner in chemistry Eiichi Negishi (L) shows his prize medal during a news conference at a hotel in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, on Dec. 15, 2010, after arriving at Narita airport following the Nobel award ceremony in Stockholm. At right is his wife Sumire.

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Nobel laureate Negishi returns to Japan

NARITA, Japan - Nobel Prize winner in chemistry Eiichi Negishi (R), accompanied by his wife Sumire, arrives at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Dec. 15, 2010, after attending the Nobel award ceremony in Stockholm.

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Nobel laureate Negishi leaves Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Nobel Prize winner in chemistry Eiichi Negishi (L), accompanied by his wife Sumire, speaks to reporters before leaving Stockholm on Dec. 14, 2010. Nigishi said his stay in the Swedish capital for the award ceremony and other events was ''splendid.''

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Nobel laureate Negishi leaves Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Nobel Prize winner in chemistry Eiichi Negishi (L) and his wife Sumire wave before leaving the Swedish capital Stockholm on Dec. 14, 2010.

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Nobel laureate Negishi at Swedish univ.

UPPSALA, Sweden - Nobel Prize winner in chemistry Eiichi Negishi delivers a lecture at Uppsala University in Sweden on Dec. 13, 2010. Negishi, a professor at Purdue University in the United States, produced his well-thumbed periodic table of elements from his pocket, showing it to the audience and telling them it was fundamental to his research.

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Nobel laureate Negishi at Swedish univ.

UPPSALA, Sweden - Nobel Prize winner in chemistry Eiichi Negishi delivers a lecture at Uppsala University in Sweden on Dec. 13, 2010. Negishi, a professor at Purdue University in the United States, produced his well-thumbed periodic table of elements from his pocket, showing it to the audience and telling them it was fundamental to his research.

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Negishi, Nobel laureate in chemistry

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Eiichi Negishi, Japanese professor at Purdue University in Indiana, holds up his Nobel medal in chemistry during an interview on Dec. 12, 2010, in Stockholm. Negishi said he was ''relieved'' to win the medal.

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Negishi, Nobel laureate in chemistry

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Eiichi Negishi, Japanese professor at Purdue University in Indiana, holds up his Nobel medal in chemistry during an interview on Dec. 12, 2010, in Stockholm. Negishi said he was ''relieved'' to win the medal.

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2 Japanese chemists honored at Nobel ceremony

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Japanese chemist Eiichi Negishi (2nd from R) receives a medal and diploma in chemistry from King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden (R) during the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall on Dec. 10, 2010. (Pool Photo by Kyodo News)

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2 Japanese chemists honored at Nobel ceremony

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Japanese chemists Eiichi Negishi (L) and Akira Suzuki show their Nobel diplomas in chemistry at the Stockholm Concert Hall on Dec. 10, 2010, after the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony. (Pool Photo by Kyodo News)

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Nobel laureate chemist Negishi in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Japanese chemist Eiichi Negishi (R), a winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry and the Herbert C. Brown Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Purdue University, smiles with his wife Sumire at a hotel in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2010, before the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony in the Swedish capital. (Pool Photo)

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Nobel Foundation banquet

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Japanese chemist Eiichi Negishi delivers a speech at a banquet hosted by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2010, after receiving a medal and diploma in chemistry at the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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2 Japanese chemists honored at Nobel ceremony

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Japanese chemists Eiichi Negishi (L) and Akira Suzuki show their Nobel medals in chemistry at the Stockholm Concert Hall on Dec. 10, 2010, after the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony. (Pool Photo by Kyodo News)

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Nobel laureate chemist Negishi

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Japanese chemist Eiichi Negishi arrives at the venue of the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2010, for a rehearsal. (Pool photo)

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Nobel laureate chemist Negishi

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Japanese chemist Eiichi Negishi arrives at the venue of the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2010, for a rehearsal. (Pool photo)

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Nobel laureates in chemistry give lectures

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - (From L to R) Japanese scientists Akira Suzuki and Eiichi Negishi and American chemist Richard Heck, who won this year's Nobel Prize in chemistry, stand together after giving lectures at Stockholm University on Dec. 8, 2010.

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Nobel laureates in chemistry give lectures

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - (From L to R) Japanese scientists Akira Suzuki and Eiichi Negishi and American chemist Richard Heck, who won this year's Nobel Prize in chemistry, stand together after giving lectures at Stockholm University on Dec. 8, 2010.

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Nobel laureate Negishi gives lecture

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Eiichi Negishi, a Japanese Nobel laureate in chemistry and professor at Purdue University in Indiana, delivers a lecture at Stockholm University on Dec. 8, 2010, before the award ceremony on Dec. 10.

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Nobel laureate Negishi gives lecture

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Eiichi Negishi, a Japanese Nobel laureate in chemistry and professor at Purdue University in Indiana, delivers a lecture at Stockholm University on Dec. 8, 2010, before the award ceremony on Dec. 10.

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Nobel Prize winners Suzuki, Negishi in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Japanese winners of the 2010 Nobel Prize in chemistry Akira Suzuki (L) and Eiichi Negishi attend a press conference on Dec. 7, 2010, in Stockholm, ahead of the Dec. 10 award ceremony.

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Nobel laureates Suzuki, Negishi in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Photo taken on Dec. 6, 2010, shows a chair which winners of the 2010 Nobel Prize in chemistry Akira Suzuki and Eiichi Negishi signed at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm. Suzuki and Negishi are scheduled to attend the award ceremony at the Swedish capital on Dec. 10.

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Nobel laureates Suzuki, Negishi in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Akira Suzuki (L) and Eiichi Negishi, Japanese winners of the 2010 Nobel Prize in chemistry along with American chemist Richard Heck, share a laugh as Negishi holds a chair with their autographs at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, Sweden, on Dec. 6, 2010. They are scheduled to attend the award ceremony at the Swedish capital on Dec. 10.

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Negishi in Stockholm for Nobel Prize ceremony

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Japanese chemist Eiichi Negishi, professor at Purdue University in the United States and a winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize in chemistry, speaks during an interview in Stockholm on Dec. 5, 2010. Negishi, who shared the prize with Japanese chemist Akira Suzuki and U.S. chemist Richard Heck, said he feels due responsibility as a Nobel laureate prior to attending the award ceremony in the Swedish capital on Dec. 10.

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Nobel laureate Suzuki departs for award ceremony

SAPPORO, Japan - Akira Suzuki, a winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize in chemistry and a professor emeritus at Hokkaido University, leaves his home in Ebetsu, Hokkaido, on Dec. 3, 2010, to attend the award ceremony in Stockholm on Dec. 10. Suzuki shared the prize with another Japanese scientist, Eiichi Negishi, and American chemist Richard Heck.

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Nobel laureate Negishi becomes honorary citizen of Yamato city

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Eiichi Negishi (R), winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize in chemistry, receives the status of honorary citizen of Kanagawa Prefecture's Yamato city in a ceremony on Nov. 22, 2010. Negishi spent much of his youth in the city.