TOKYO — Japan issued its first new banknotes in two decades Wednesday, yen packed with 3D hologram technology to fight counterfeiting. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida praised as historic the state ...

The Bank of Japan's three new banknotes feature three ... To deter counterfeiters, the new bills will feature three-dimensional holograms, the first on any currency in the world.

Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) has announced the development of a programmable ...

The notes use printed patterns to generate holograms of the portraits facing different directions, depending on the angle of view, employing a technology that Japan's National Printing Bureau says ...