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How many currencies are there in Japanese yen? Who is the character on each note?

The Japanese yen is the official currency of Japan, which is set at 187 1. Its paper money is called Japanese paper money, with four denominations: 1000, 2000, 5000 and 10000. The mint has 1, 5, 10, 50, 100 and 500.

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The printing level of Japanese yen is relatively high, especially in papermaking, which uses the unique product "Sanya pulp" in Japan.

"As a raw material, paper is tough, has a special luster and is pale yellow. The larger the denomination, the darker the color. The following is the information about the current paper money in Japan.

Face value 1000

◎ Before: Hideki Noguchi, Doctor of Medicine of Japan ◎ After: Mount Fuji and the national flower of Japan-cherry blossoms.

Face value 5000

◎ Before: Japanese female novelist Higuchi Ichiyo ◎ After: the decorative painting Iris by Japanese artist Sadako Ogata.

Face value 10000

◎ Before: Japanese writer and educator Fukuzawa Yukichi ◎ After: Phoenix sculpture on the roof of Byodoin Temple Phoenix Hall.

Face value 2000

("Okinawa G8 Summit and Millennium" commemorative banknote) ◎ Front: the ceremonial gate in Ryukyu Village, Naha City, Okinawa Prefecture, with "the country of etiquette" engraved on the door ◎ Back: two illustrations in the 38th story of Genji, one is the scene where Guangyuan meets the cold spring source, the other is the text part, and the two illustrations overlap; At the bottom right, the image of Murasaki shikibu in The Purple Diary, which was drawn at the beginning of the Kamakura period in13rd century, is selected.