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.

5,000 yen and 1,000 yen bills. "I hope the people will like the new bills, and they will help energize the Japanese economy," ...

Shibasaburo Kitasato (1853-1931), a bacteriologist who pioneered serotherapy and developed a treatment for tetanus, is featured on the new 1,000-yen bill.