Photos show the reddish brown coins. “Phantom” coins or “phantom” currency are an unusual type of Japanese Yen coin made of ceramic during the metal shortages of WWII, according to an FAQ ...

The yen strengthened and Japanese government bond yields rose to fresh multi-year highs on Friday after the Bank of Japan ...

A modest bounce in the US Treasury bond yields assists the US Dollar to move away from a two-week low and the USD/JPY pair to ...

The BoJ increased the cost of borrowing by 25 basis points, bringing the benchmark interest rate to 0.5% per annum. This ...

According to a survey done by the Bank of Japan, bank notes and coins circulating among homes and businesses had a value of about 123 trillion yen at the end of 2020--by simple arithmetic ...

Risk assets, including BTC, held steady while the Japanese yen rose after the BOJ hiked rates to the highest in 17 years.

while the 500 yen coin will be redesigned around 2021. The new 10,000 yen note will feature famed industrialist Eiichi Shibusawa. He was a driver of Japanese industry from the 19th through early ...

The Japan Mint said on Oct. 9 that the earthen coins, never issued due to the end ... despite the 1 sen originally being worth just one-100th of 1 yen. (0.6 cents) Measuring 15 millimeters in ...