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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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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