Japan's SBI Shinsei Bank, partly owned by the government, said Friday that it has repaid 100 billion yen ($663 million) to the state, about one-third of the total its predecessor received in a bailout ...

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,'' he told reporters at the Bank of Japan. While the new bills were ...

Mizuki Saito, 27, is suspected of using a counterfeit 10,000 yen bill on Feb 10 to purchase coffee and cigarettes at a convenience store in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward. The police said Saito has admitted to ...