Susumu Kojima, mayor of Saitama Prefecture's Fukaya, the hometown of industrialist Eiichi Shibusawa (1840-1931), rings the bell at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo during an event on July 3, 2024, as Japan begins issuing three new banknotes the same day, including a 10,000 yen note featuring Shibusawa, widely known as the "father of Japanese capitalism." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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