By RYOKO TAKAHASHI/ Staff Writer
May 3, 2023 at 16:41 JST
A sample of the new banknotes with three-dimensional hologram technology (Ryoko Takahashi)
The Bank of Japan's three new banknotes feature three new faces as well as unprecedented currency technology to prevent counterfeiting.
The new 10,000-yen, 5,000-yen and 1,000-yen bills will be issued in the first half of fiscal 2024.
For the first time, the central bank displayed all three new banknotes together for the media.
The new 10,000-yen banknote features Eiichi Shibusawa, known as the father of Japan’s capitalism.
The 5,000-yen bill shows a portrait of Umeko Tsuda, a pioneer in women’s education who founded Tsuda University in Tokyo.
The 1,000-yen banknote features Shibasaburo Kitasato, a pioneer in serotherapy treatment.
The bills are the same size as the current banknotes.
A total of 3.03 billion new banknotes will be printed in fiscal 2023.
To deter counterfeiters, the new bills will feature three-dimensional holograms, the first on any currency in the world. The orientation of the portrait in the hologram changes if the banknote is tilted to the left or right.
The new bills also use high-dimension watermarks and special ink that becomes luminous under ultraviolet radiation.
The numbers written on the new banknotes are bigger and easier to read.
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