You may have looked at the faces printed on Japanese yen currency and assumed ... The current ¥10,000 banknote features Yukichi Fukuzawa, a writer, educator and journalist who founded the ...

For the past 32 years, the sombre visage of a kimono-clad, middle-aged man has gazed at the world from Japan's 10,000 yen note. The man is Yukichi Fukuzawa, a famed educator and journalist who was ...

Not necessarily because of any personal affection for the esteemed educator, linguist, and entrepreneur, but because since 1984, Fukuzawa has appeared on the 10,000 ... and 1,000-yen bill with ...