currency

A fun and cheap souvenir for kids: 100-yen shop play money featuring Japan’s brand-new yen bills!

The new play money is also a great tool for grown-ups to practice using Japanese money.

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Japanese ramen restaurants under pressure from new yen banknotes

Times are tougher than undercooked noodles.

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Osaka Expo 1,000-yen coins go on sale for the low price of 13,800 yen

It’s a steal any way you look at it.

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New 800-yen bill artist concept brings Shiba Inu to canvas of Japanese currency

Previous 500-yen Shiba design also gets a sakura spring makeover.

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Japan’s awesomely adorable cat pseudo-currency is actually usable at one very special place【Pics】

Available in 100, 500, and 1,000-yen denominations.

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Yamanashi man arrested for making fake money and tricking people into picking it up

Chalk up another victory for the fun police.

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How to spot the new sophisticated counterfeit bills circulating in Japan

These bills come complete with the watermark, but with two tiny flaws.

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