Japan’s currency is called the Yen, and depending on exchange
rate fluctuations is approximately exchanged at around $1.20 US
for 100 Yen, $1.20 Australian for 100 Yen or about 1 Euro for
100 Yen. The currency is made up of coins and notes, with the
coins being in 1, 5, 10, 50, 100, and 500 denominations. The
smallest note is 1000 yen which is about 10 dollars, the next
size is 2000 then 5000, 10000. The easiest way to think of the
currency is to imagine a decimal point before the last two
digits, then it is similar in size to US or Australian currency,
e.g. 1000 yen would be 10.00. The coins are fairly interesting
with the Y1 coin being made of very light aluminium and the Y5 a
silver coloured coin and Y50 a bronze coin having a hole in the
middle. The notes like the US are all very similar, all being of
a bluish colour with a slight accent of another colour. The
notes have been withdrawn and changed several times in recent
years to be replaced with higher security notes which are harder
to counterfeit. The