Japan’s Finance Ministry and the Bank of Japan say they plan to place into circulation three kinds of new banknotes in July 2024 with the most recent anti-counterfeiting applied sciences.
Finance Minister Suzuki Shunichi made the announcement after inspecting the National Printing Bureau in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Suzuki stated the circulation of latest banknotes is scheduled to start within the first half of July subsequent yr. He requested monetary establishments and personal sector companies to proceed their preparations.
The face of the brand new 10,000-yen be aware shall be Shibusawa Eiichi, who is known as the daddy of the trendy Japanese economic system.
The new 5,000-yen be aware will function Tsuda Umeko, who was the primary Japanese lady to review overseas. She attended faculties within the United States.
The new 1,000-yen be aware could have a portrait of Kitasato Shibasaburo, a bacteriologist who developed a treatment for tetanus.
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