Officials described the massive coin collection as an “extremely rare” find, according to the Japanese outlet NHK. The face value of the coins is 1 sen, the equivalent of one-one hundredth of ...

The recent find of perhaps as many as half a million coins planned to be circulated in Japan during the latter part of World War II may not hold much monetary worth, but the story behind them is of ...

KYOTO—As many as 500,000 ceramic coins produced during the ... said a representative from the Japan Mint, despite the 1 sen originally being worth just one-100th of 1 yen.

OSAKA--The Japan Mint plans to soon release special collector coin sets to commemorate 25 years since the popular "Neon Genesis Evangelion" animated TV series first aired. The coin sets are ...