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Cherry blossom viewing in Osaka

People take a stroll at the Japan Mint head office in Osaka on April 5, 2025, as the famous tree-lined path is opened to pre-registered people for cherry-blossom viewing.

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Cherry blossom viewing in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan, April 5 Kyodo - People take a stroll at the Japan Mint head office in Osaka on April 5, 2024, as the famous tree-lined path is opened to pre-registered people for cherry-blossom viewing. (Kyodo)

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Cherry blossom viewing in Osaka

People take a stroll at the Japan Mint head office in Osaka on April 5, 2024, as the famous tree-lined path is opened to pre-registered people for cherry-blossom viewing.

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Cherry blossom viewing in Osaka

People snap photos of cherry blossoms while taking a stroll at the Japan Mint head office in Osaka on April 5, 2024, as the famous tree-lined path is opened to pre-registered people.

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Cherry blossom viewing in Osaka

An annual cherry blossom viewing event begins on April 4, 2024, at the Japan Mint in Osaka, with elderly and disabled invitees enjoying the sight a day before the famous springtime fixture opens to the general public. A total of 340 cherry trees of 141 varieties line a 560-meter long path on the grounds of the head office, according to the organization.

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Cherry blossom viewing in Osaka

An annual cherry blossom viewing event begins on April 4, 2024, at the Japan Mint in Osaka, with elderly and disabled invitees enjoying the sight a day before the famous springtime fixture opens to the general public. A total of 340 cherry trees of 141 varieties line a 560-meter long path on the grounds of the head office, according to the organization.

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Commemorative coin for 2025 Osaka expo

Photo taken Aug. 7, 2023, at the Japan Mint in Osaka shows 1,000 yen silver coins minted to commemorate the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka.

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Commemorative coin for 2025 Osaka expo

Photo taken Aug. 7, 2023, at the Japan Mint in Osaka shows 1,000 yen silver coins minted to commemorate the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka.

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Cherry blossom viewing in Osaka

People take a stroll at the Japan Mint head office in Osaka, western Japan, on April 7, 2023, as the famous tree-lined path is opened to pre-registered people for cherry-blossom viewing.

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Cherry blossom viewing in Osaka

People take a stroll at the Japan Mint head office in Osaka, western Japan, on April 7, 2023, as the famous tree-lined path is opened to pre-registered people for cherry-blossom viewing.

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Cherry blossom viewing in Osaka

People take a stroll at the Japan Mint head office in Osaka, western Japan, on April 7, 2023, as the famous tree-lined path is opened to pre-registered people for cherry-blossom viewing.

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Cherry blossom viewing in Osaka

An annual cherry blossom viewing event begins on April 6, 2023, at the Japan Mint in Osaka, with elderly and disabled invitees enjoying the sight a day before the famous springtime fixture opens to the general public. A total of 339 cherry trees of 140 varieties line a 560-meter long path on the grounds of the head office, according to the organization.

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Cherry blossom viewing in Osaka

An annual cherry blossom viewing event begins on April 6, 2023, at the Japan Mint in Osaka, with elderly and disabled invitees enjoying the sight a day before the famous springtime fixture opens to the general public. A total of 339 cherry trees of 140 varieties line a 560-meter long path on the grounds of the head office, according to the organization.

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Cherry blossom viewing in Osaka

An annual cherry blossom viewing event begins on April 6, 2023, at the Japan Mint in Osaka, with elderly and disabled invitees enjoying the sight a day before the famous springtime fixture opens to the general public. A total of 339 cherry trees of 140 varieties line a 560-meter long path on the grounds of the head office, according to the organization.

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Cherry blossom viewing in Osaka

An annual cherry blossom viewing event begins on April 6, 2023, at the Japan Mint in Osaka, with elderly and disabled invitees enjoying the sight a day before the famous springtime fixture opens to the general public. A total of 339 cherry trees of 140 varieties line a 560-meter long path on the grounds of the head office, according to the organization.

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Japan Mint conducts annual weight test of coins

OSAKA, Japan - A coin is being checked during the "Annual Trial of the Pyx" at the Japan Mint Osaka Head Office in Osaka on Oct. 27, 2014. It is a test to ensure the weight of the coins falls within the range of stipulated allowance.

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Japan Mint conducts annual weight test of coins

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's State Minister of Finance Ichiro Miyashita (front R) and others take part in the "Annual Trial of the Pyx" at the Japan Mint Osaka Head Office in Osaka on Oct. 27, 2014. The test is conducted to ensure the weight of the coins falls within the range of stipulated allowance.

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Japan Mint conducts annual weight test of coins

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's State Minister of Finance Ichiro Miyashita takes part in the "Annual Trial of the Pyx" at the Japan Mint Osaka Head Office on Oct. 27, 2014, in Osaka. The test is conducted to ensure the weight of the coins falls within the range of stipulated allowance.

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Silver coin to commemorate 50th anniversary of Shinkansen

OSAKA, Japan - The obverse (L) and reverse of a 1,000 yen silver coin commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train line's inauguration are shown at Japan Mint's regional bureau in Osaka, western Japan, on Sept. 18, 2014.

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Letter from 'father of Japan archaeology' on show

OSAKA, Japan - A thank-you note from William Gowland (1842-1922), a British mining engineer who greatly contributed to archaeology in Japan, to a mint master in Osaka is shown in this undated photo at an exhibition featuring Gowland, known as the "father of archaeology in Japan," under way at the Meiji University Museum in Tokyo till Sept. 28.

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Memorial coins for 3 prefectures

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows three pairs of memorial coins depicting (from top) Toyama, Tottori and Kumamoto prefectures -- 1,000 yen (L) and 500 yen (R) -- which are scheduled to be sold from late May 2011, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the implementation of the local autonomy law. Japan Mint held a commencement ceremony at its head office in Osaka on May 16, 2011, as the agency began producing the coins the same day.

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Cherry blossom viewing in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Visitors view cherry blossoms at the annual ''Cherry Blossom Viewing in Osaka'' event at the Finance Ministry's Osaka Mint Bureau on April 14, 2011, the first day of the event which runs through April 20.

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560-meter 'sakura' flower corridor in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - People admire the ''sakura'' cherry blossoms along a path at the Japan Mint in Osaka on April 14, 2010, the first day of the annual ''sakura no torinuke'' (Cherry Blossom Viewing) event. A total of 354 trees stand along the 560-meter-long path.

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JT's smokeless tobacco product

TOKYO, Japan - This photo shows packs of Zerostyle Mint smokeless cigarettes that Japan Tobacco Inc. will release in May 2010. The company, which announced the release of the product on March 17, 2010, said the cigarettes do not emit smoke and can be ''smoked'' even in nonsmoking areas.

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Fujii resigns as Japan finance minister

TOKYO, Japan - This Oct. 15, 2009, file photo shows then Japanese Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii attending a ceremony to demonstrate the technology of minting coins at the Japan Mint in Osaka. Fujii was replaced with Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Jan. 6, 2010, after tendering his resignation.

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Japan to issue commemorative silver coin

OSAKA, Japan - Charmine Koda, director of the United Nations Information Center in Japan, looks at a 1,000 yen silver coin to be issued in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Japan's U.N. membership at the Mint Bureau in Osaka on Aug. 30.

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Japan to issue commemorative silver coin

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken at the Mint Bureau in Osaka on Aug. 30 shows the face (L) and back (R) of a 1,000 yen silver coin to be issued in commemoration of the 5th anniversary of Japan's U.N. membership.

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People view cherry blossoms at Osaka mint

OSAKA, Japan - People enjoy cherry blossoms at the mint in Osaka on April 13.

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World's largest gold coins to go on sale Oct. 7

TOKYO, Japan - A woman poses with the world's largest gold coin created by the Austrian Mint at the Austrian Embassy in Tokyo on Oct. 6. The face value of the coin, weighing about 31 kilograms and measuring about 37 centimeters in diameter, is set at 100,000 euros (about $122,870 or 13.5 million yen).

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Cherry blossoms at Osaka Mint Bureau

OSAKA, Japan - Kindergarten children walk under cherry trees along a road in the compound of the Finance Ministry's Osaka Mint Bureau in Osaka's Kita Ward on April 11. Some 369 cherry trees are planted along the 560-meter road and are expected to be in full bloom around April 15.

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(1)Memorial 1000 yen coin minted for Winter Asian Games

OSAKA, Japan - The Finance Ministry's mint offices in Osaka and Tokyo began minting memorial 1000 yen silver coins Dec. 6 for the Winter Asian Games to be held in February in Aomori. The back of the coin is shown at right.

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(2)Memorial 1000 yen coin minted for Winter Asian Games

OSAKA, Japan - Muneyoshi Ueda, vice chairman of the Aomori Winter Asian Games Organizing Committee, at the Finance Ministry's mint bureau in Osaka on Dec. 6 shows a memorial 1000 yen silver coin for the Winter Asian Games starting in February next year in Aomori.

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500 yen coin sample found at BOJ's Hiroshima branch

OSAKA, Japan - A 500 yen coin sample made at the Finance Ministry's Mint Bureau in Osaka has been found at the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) Hiroshima branch, mint bureau officials said Nov. 29. Photo shows a 500 yen coin sample similar to the one found at the branch. Such samples should not be circulated, the bureau said.

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Osaka mint to accept orders for Winter Asian Games silver coin

OSAKA, Japan - The Finance Ministry's Mint Bureau in Osaka said Nov. 15 it will accept mail orders from Nov. 22 to Dec. 5 for its first colored silver coins to mark the fifth Winter Asian Games to be held in Aomori Prefecture in February 2003. The 1,000-yen coin made of pure silver features a skier and a skater on the front, and apples and the games' symbol on the back. The apples a major local product of Aomori.

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Vienna gold coins selling at record highs in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A shop assistant shows off Vienna gold coins at Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. in Tokyo. The coins produced by the Austrian mint are becoming increasingly popular with Japanese investors, with sales up to the end of October 2002 already double the previous year's figure at a record 100,000 ounces (about 3 tons). Due to the prolonged economic doldrums in Japan, the coins are popular as an alternative investment as they can be cashed at any time and their tender value is relatively stable, industry officials say.

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Osaka mint begins production of new 500 yen coin

OSAKA, Japan - A new 500 yen coin (L), which went into production on April 26, is shown next to a 500 yen coin currently in circulation. The Finance Ministry decided to issue the new coin after an increasing number of fake coins were found in vending machines across the nation. In most cases, altered South Korean 500 won coins, worth about 48 yen, were used. A 500 won coin is the same size as a 500 yen coin but weighs slightly more.

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Commemorative coins for emperor's reign to be issued

OSAKA, Japan - The Finance Ministry's Mint Bureau announces Nov. 1 it will accept mail orders from Nov. 8 to 21 for 100,000 sets each containing a 10,000 yen gold coin and 500 yen nickel coin (in the photo). The coins commemorate the 10th anniversary of Emperor Akihito's reign. Also to be issued will be 100,000 sets each containing the 10,000 yen gold coin.

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Commemorative coins for Okinawa's reversion anniversary

Photo taken April 25, 2022, at the Japan Mint in Osaka shows 10,000 yen gold coins (top) and 1,000 yen silver coins minted in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Okinawa's reversion to Japan from U.S. occupation on May 15.

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Commemorative coin for Okinawa's reversion anniversary

Photo taken April 25, 2022, at the Japan Mint in Osaka shows a 10,000 yen gold coin minted in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Okinawa's reversion to Japan from U.S. occupation on May 15.

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Commemorative coin for Okinawa's reversion anniversary

Photo taken April 25, 2022, at the Japan Mint in Osaka shows a 1,000 yen silver coin minted in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Okinawa's reversion to Japan from U.S. occupation on May 15.

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Cherry Blossoms at Japan Mint head office in Osaka

People wearing face masks stroll under cherry blossoms near the Japan Mint head office in Osaka on April 13, 2022. The office opened the famous cherry blossom viewing spot to the general public after it was off-limits in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Cherry Blossoms at Japan Mint head office in Osaka

People wearing face masks stroll under cherry blossoms near the Japan Mint head office in Osaka on April 13, 2022. The office opened the famous cherry blossom viewing spot to the general public after it was off-limits in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Cherry Blossoms at Japan Mint head office in Osaka

People wearing face masks stroll under cherry blossoms near the Japan Mint head office in Osaka on April 13, 2022. The office opened the famous cherry blossom viewing spot to the general public after it was off-limits in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Cherry Blossoms at Japan Mint head office in Osaka

People wearing face masks stroll under cherry blossoms near the Japan Mint head office in Osaka on April 13, 2022. The office opened the famous cherry blossom viewing spot to the general public after it was off-limits in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Cherry Blossoms at Japan Mint head office in Osaka

People stroll under cherry blossoms near the Japan Mint head office in Osaka on April 12, 2022. The office opened the famous cherry blossom viewing spot for elderly and disabled people to enable them to avoid large crowds ahead of its opening to the general public the following day.

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Cherry Blossoms at Japan Mint head office in Osaka

Photo shows cherry blossoms near the Japan Mint head office in Osaka on April 12, 2022. The office opened the famous cherry blossom viewing spot for elderly and disabled people to enable them to avoid large crowds ahead of its opening to the general public the following day.

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Cherry Blossoms at Japan Mint head office in Osaka

People stroll under cherry blossoms near the Japan Mint head office in Osaka on April 12, 2022. The office opened the famous cherry blossom viewing spot for elderly and disabled people to enable them to avoid large crowds ahead of its opening to the general public the following day.

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World's largest gold coins to go on sale Oct. 7

TOKYO, Japan - A woman poses with the world's largest gold coin created by the Austrian Mint at the Austrian Embassy in Tokyo on Oct. 6. The face value of the coin, weighing about 31 kilograms and measuring about 37 centimeters in diameter, is set at 100,000 euros (about $122,870 or 13.5 million yen). (Kyodo)

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People view cherry blossoms at Osaka mint

OSAKA, Japan - People enjoy cherry blossoms at the mint in Osaka on April 13. (Kyodo)

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(1)Memorial 1000 yen coin minted for Winter Asian Games

OSAKA, Japan - The Finance Ministry's mint offices in Osaka and Tokyo began minting memorial 1000 yen silver coins Dec. 6 for the Winter Asian Games to be held in February in Aomori. The back of the coin is shown at right. (Kyodo)