Japan launches new banknotes

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)

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.

New Zealand reports 1st Omicron BA.5 variant

STORY: New Zealand reports 1st Omicron BA.5 variant DATELINE: May 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:47 LOCATION: Wellington CATEGORY: HEALTH/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of airport and international arrivals (file) STORYLINE: New Zealand reported its first case of Omicron BA.5 variant at the border amid 12,392 community cases during the weekend, said the Ministry of Health in a statement on Sunday. A person who has traveled from South Africa to New Zealand has been confirmed as having the BA.5 variant of Omicron. This is the first known detection of the variant in New Zealand, said the ministry. According to the ministry, this follows the detection of BA.4 on May 1, also in a person who had traveled from South Africa. It can take weeks or months to assess the severity of each new variant or sub-variant, so the Ministry of Health will continue to monitor the emerging evidence closely, it is said. Microbiologist Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles from the University of Auckland was worried about "all versions of Omi

Nobel laureate Omura gets honorary doctorate from alma mater

Nobel laureate Omura gets honorary doctorate from alma mater

Japanese microbiologist Satoshi Omura (L), a co-winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine, receives a "special honorary doctorate" from his alma mater, the University of Yamanashi, in Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, on Oct. 26, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Nobel laureate Omura views exhibit of documents on his college life

Nobel laureate Omura views exhibit of documents on his college life

Japanese microbiologist Satoshi Omura (R), a co-winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine, smiles on Oct. 26, 2015, as he views a special exhibit of documents related to his student life at his alma mater, the University of Yamanashi, in Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan. (Kyodo) ==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)