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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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[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 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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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

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

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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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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Ig Nobel winner makes commemorative speech on campus

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Kiyoshi Mabuchi, professor of Japan's Kitasato University and winner of this year's Ig Nobel Prize for physics, speaks at the university's Sagamihara campus in Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, on Nov. 1, 2014, about his work measuring the extent of friction created when someone steps on a banana skin.

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Japan professor wins Ig Nobel for banana study

NEW YORK, United States - Kiyoshi Mabuchi, professor of Japan's Kitasato University, seen in this undated photo, was awarded the Ig Nobel Prize for physics in New York on Sept. 18, 2014, for his work measuring the friction created when someone steps on a banana skin.

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Banana peel slickness study nets Japanese team Ig Nobel award

CAMBRIDGE, United States - Kiyoshi Mabuchi (L front), a professor of Japan's Kitasato University, holds a banana speaking about the work by a group of researchers, including himself, measuring the friction that occurs when someone steps on a banana peel, which led to the winning of the spoof Ig Nobel Prize for physics in 2014, at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Sept. 18, 2014.

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Banana peel slickness study nets Japanese team Ig Nobel award

CAMBRIDGE, United States - Kiyoshi Mabuchi, a professor of Japan's Kitasato University, holds a bunch of bananas during an interview with Kyodo News at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Sept. 18, 2014. The work by a group of researchers, including himself, measuring the friction that occurs when someone steps on a banana peel, led to the winning of the spoof Ig Nobel Prize for physics in 2014, which was awarded the same day at the university.

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Shipment of vaccines against new flu begins in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 9, 2009 shows bottles of vaccines to fight against the new strain of influenza produced by the Kitasato Institute in Saitama Prefecture. The institute and three other Japanese drug makers started shipping the vaccines the same day.

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Shipment of vaccines against new flu begins in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Workers cover boxes containing vaccines to fight against the new strain of influenza at the Kitasato Institute in Saitama Prefecture on Oct. 9, 2009. The institute and three other Japanese drug makers started shipping the vaccines the same day.

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Shipment of vaccines against new flu begins in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Boxes containing vaccines to fight against the new strain of influenza are kept at the Kitasato Institute in Saitama Prefecture on Oct. 9, 2009 for shipment. The institute and three other Japanese drug makers started shipping the vaccines the same day.

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Taguchi wins Ig Nobel Prize for cutting waste using panda feces

CAMBRIDGE, United States - Fumiaki Taguchi, professor emeritus at the graduate school of medical sciences in Kitasato University, makes a speech during the Ig Noble awards ceremony at Harvard University's historic Sanders Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Oct. 1, 2009. Taguchi is among this year's winners of the Ig Nobel Prize for developing a method to cut kitchen refuse using bacteria derived from giant panda feces.

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Group says remains may not be those of Russian emperor

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Tatsuo Nagai, a professor of forensics at the graduate school of Kitasato University in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, shows results of gene testing of human remains believed to be those of Nicholas II, the last Russian emperor. Based on the test results, a group led by Nagai has claimed that the remains may likely be those of someone else.

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2 Japanese Nobel laureates in Stockholm

Japanese Nobel laureates Takaaki Kajita (L), professor at the University of Tokyo and a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics, and Satoshi Omura, special professor emeritus of Kitasato University and a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, hold a joint news conference at a hotel in Stockholm on Dec. 8, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 Japanese Nobel laureates in Stockholm

Japanese Nobel laureates Takaaki Kajita (L), professor at the University of Tokyo and a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics, and Satoshi Omura, special professor emeritus of Kitasato University and a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, hold a joint news conference at a hotel in Stockholm on Dec. 8, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 Japanese Nobel laureates in Stockholm

Japanese Nobel laureates Takaaki Kajita (L), professor at the University of Tokyo and a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics, and Satoshi Omura, special professor emeritus of Kitasato University and a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, hold a joint news conference at a hotel in Stockholm on Dec. 8, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 Japanese Nobel laureates in Stockholm

Japanese Nobel laureates Takaaki Kajita (L), professor at the University of Tokyo and a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics, and Satoshi Omura, special professor emeritus of Kitasato University and a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, shake hands at a hotel in Stockholm on Dec. 8, 2015, ahead of a news conference. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Omura welcomed by Kitasato students

Japanese biologist Satoshi Omura (R), a professor emeritus at Kitasato University, receives a warm welcome from students at the school in Tokyo on Oct. 6, 2015, a day after he received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with two scientists from Ireland and China. The students lauded the 80-year-old Omura's achievement, saying that it inspires them to work harder in their own research. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Omura returns home after winning Nobel medicine prize

Japanese biologist Satoshi Omura (C), a professor emeritus at Kitasato University, receives a warm welcome from students at the school in Tokyo on Oct. 6, 2015, a day after he received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with two scientists from Ireland and China. The students lauded the 80-year-old Omura's achievement, saying that it inspires them to work harder in their own research. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Omura shares Nobel medicine prize with 2 others

Japanese scientist Satoshi Omura smiles during a news conference at Kitasato University in Tokyo on Oct. 5, 2015, after the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute announced that Omura, Ireland-born William Campbell and China's Youyou Tu shared this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Omura shares Nobel medicine prize with 2 others

Japanese scientist Satoshi Omura speaks at a news conference at Kitasato University in Tokyo on Oct. 5, 2015, after the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute announced that Omura, Ireland-born William Campbell and China's Youyou Tu shared this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Omura shares Nobel medicine prize with 2 others

Japanese scientist Satoshi Omura smiles during a news conference at Kitasato University in Tokyo on Oct. 5, 2015, after the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute announced that Omura, Ireland-born William Campbell and China's Youyou Tu shared this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Omura shares Nobel medicine prize with 2 others

Japanese scientist Satoshi Omura is congratulated by students at Kitasato University in Tokyo on Oct. 5, 2015 as he walks to a press conference. Earlier the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute announced that Omura, Ireland-born William Campbell and China's Youyou Tu shared this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Omura shares Nobel medicine prize with 2 others

Japanese scientist Satoshi Omura (L), a recipient of this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, talks with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe by phone during a news conference at Kitasato University in Tokyo on Oct. 5, 2015. Earlier the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute announced that Omura shared the prize with Ireland-born William Campbell and China's Youyou Tu. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Omura shares Nobel medicine prize with 2 others

Japanese scientist Satoshi Omura speaks at a news conference at Kitasato University in Tokyo on Oct. 5, 2015, after the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute announced that Omura, Ireland-born William Campbell and China's Youyou Tu shared this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan univ. hospital doctors successfully operate on newborn's heart

Masahiro Ishii (L) and other doctors at Kitasato University Hospital in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, west of Tokyo, announce on May 28, 2015, a successful operation on a newborn infant with a serious heart problem. A case of aortico-left ventricular tunnel was detected in an examination before the baby's birth. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Nobel laureates Omura, Noyori hold talks

Kitasato University professor emeritus Satoshi Omura (R), who won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, talks with Ryoji Noyori, the 2001 winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, in Tokyo, on Oct. 9, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nobel prize winner Omura makes hospital full of art works

Photo taken on Oct. 6, 2015, shows paintings on the wall at the Kitasato University Medical Center in Kitamoto, Saitama Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo. Satoshi Omura, professor emeritus at the university who won this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine together with Irish and Chinese scientists, proposed to fill the hospital walls with paintings to heal patients' minds. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nobel laureate Omura known for covering hospital walls with paintings

This undated photo shows Japanese biologist Satoshi Omura who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Irish and Chinese scientists on for their discoveries concerning therapies for parasitic diseases. Omura, professor emeritus at Kitasato University in Tokyo, is known for his initiative to decorate walls at the Kitasato University Medical Center with paintings to help ease patients' feelings. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shipment of vaccines against new flu begins in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Workers cover boxes containing vaccines to fight against the new strain of influenza at the Kitasato Institute in Saitama Prefecture on Oct. 9, 2009. The institute and three other Japanese drug makers started shipping the vaccines the same day. (Kyodo)

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Shipment of vaccines against new flu begins in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Boxes containing vaccines to fight against the new strain of influenza are kept at the Kitasato Institute in Saitama Prefecture on Oct. 9, 2009 for shipment. The institute and three other Japanese drug makers started shipping the vaccines the same day. (Kyodo)

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Shipment of vaccines against new flu begins in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 9, 2009 shows bottles of vaccines to fight against the new strain of influenza produced by the Kitasato Institute in Saitama Prefecture. The institute and three other Japanese drug makers started shipping the vaccines the same day. (Kyodo)

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Taguchi wins Ig Nobel Prize for cutting waste using panda feces

CAMBRIDGE, United States - Fumiaki Taguchi, professor emeritus at the graduate school of medical sciences in Kitasato University, makes a speech during the Ig Noble awards ceremony at Harvard University's historic Sanders Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Oct. 1, 2009. Taguchi is among this year's winners of the Ig Nobel Prize for developing a method to cut kitchen refuse using bacteria derived from giant panda feces. (Kyodo)

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Ig Nobel winner makes commemorative speech on campus

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Kiyoshi Mabuchi, professor of Japan's Kitasato University and winner of this year's Ig Nobel Prize for physics, speaks at the university's Sagamihara campus in Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, on Nov. 1, 2014, about his work measuring the extent of friction created when someone steps on a banana skin. (Kyodo)

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Japan professor wins Ig Nobel for banana study

NEW YORK, United States - Kiyoshi Mabuchi, professor of Japan's Kitasato University, seen in this undated photo, was awarded the Ig Nobel Prize for physics in New York on Sept. 18, 2014, for his work measuring the friction created when someone steps on a banana skin. (Kyodo)

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Banana peel slickness study nets Japanese team Ig Nobel award

CAMBRIDGE, United States - Kiyoshi Mabuchi (L front), a professor of Japan's Kitasato University, holds a banana speaking about the work by a group of researchers, including himself, measuring the friction that occurs when someone steps on a banana peel, which led to the winning of the spoof Ig Nobel Prize for physics in 2014, at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Sept. 18, 2014. (Kyodo)

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New coronavirus

Satoshi Omura (R), one of the recipients of the 2015 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, speaks at Kitasato University in Tokyo on May 6, 2020, about ivermectin, a medicine used to treat parasitic infections. The university plans to conduct clinical trials of ivermectin for its approval to treat coronavirus patients. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nobel Prize winner Omura talks about bacteriologist Kitasato

Photo taken in Tokyo on April 9, 2019, shows Satoshi Omura, professor emeritus at Kitasato University and 2015 Nobel laureate in medicine, posing in front of a bronze statue of the private university's founder Shibasaburo Kitasato, a bacteriologist known as a co-discoverer of the infectious agent of bubonic plague in the 19th century. Kitasato, nominated for the first Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1901, will be featured on Japan's new 1,000 yen bill set for introduction in fiscal 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nobel Prize winner Omura talks about bacteriologist Kitasato

Photo taken in Tokyo on April 9, 2019, shows Satoshi Omura, professor emeritus at Kitasato University and 2015 Nobel laureate in medicine, speaking about the private university's founder Shibasaburo Kitasato, a bacteriologist known as a co-discoverer of the infectious agent of bubonic plague in the 19th century. Kitasato, nominated for the first Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1901, will be featured on Japan's new 1,000 yen bill set for introduction in fiscal 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New Japanese 1,000 yen banknote

Photo shows the front (top) and back of a sample of the new 1,000 yen bill featuring physician and bacteriologist Shibasaburo Kitasato (1853-1931) to be introduced in fiscal 2024. The Japanese government said April 9, 2019, that the country's banknotes will be redesigned for the first time in two decades in 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New Japanese 1,000 yen banknote

Photo taken at the Japanese Finance Ministry in Tokyo on April 9, 2019, shows the front (top) and back of a sample of the new 1,000 yen bill featuring physician and bacteriologist Shibasaburo Kitasato (1853-1931) to be introduced in fiscal 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Group says remains may not be those of Russian emperor

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Tatsuo Nagai, a professor of forensics at the graduate school of Kitasato University in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, shows results of gene testing of human remains believed to be those of Nicholas II, the last Russian emperor. Based on the test results, a group led by Nagai has claimed that the remains may likely be those of someone else.