Starting July 3, 2024, a new series of Bank of Japan notes will be introduced to the country for the 10,000, 5,000 and 1,000 yen bills! All 3 of these bills will now have a 3-D hologram security feature which is being adopted for the first time in Japanese banknotes. Not to worry if you have old bills as they will still be in circulation for the foreseeable future.
The 10,000 yen bill will feature the face of Shibusawa Eiichi on the front, known as the "father of Japanese capitalism" by introducing Western capitalism to Japan after the Meiji Restoration. He will be replacing the previous image of educator Fukuzawa Yukichi. The back of the bill will feature the famous Tokyo Station Marunouchi Building.
The 5,000 yen bill will have the face of Tsuda Umeko, a Japanese educator who founded Tsuda University. At the young age of 7, she became Japan's first female exchange student, traveling to the United States. She will be replacing author Higuchi Ichiyō. The rear will feature Japanese wisteria flowers.
The 1,000 yen bill will have the face of Kitasato Shibasaburō, a Japanese physician and bacteriologist known as the co-discoverer of the infectious agent of bubonic plague in 1894. He will be replacing the image of medical researcher Noguchi Hideyo. The rear will feature the famous “Kanagawa-oki nami ura” (Under the Great Wave off Kanagawa) a Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock print by Katsushika Hokusai.
