In this case, the subsidies will push down the household's bill for August by ¥1,040. For city gas bills, the program will provide ¥17.5 yen per cubic meter in August and September and ¥10 yen ...

The 1,000 yen note, worth about $6.20, portrays physician and bacteriologist Shibasaburo Kitasato, who was instrumental in the research of tetanus and the bubonic plague.

Tokyo – A Japanese bus driver with 29 years of service lost his retirement package after being fired for stealing 1,000 yen (S$9.20) from passengers’ fares.. Kyoto city sacked the man, who was ...

Mizuki Saito, 27, is suspected of using a counterfeit 10,000 yen ($68) bill on Feb. 10 to purchase coffee and cigarettes at a convenience store in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward.