Japan Mint

The  is an Incorporated Administrative Agency.  It is a special type of semi-governmental entity in Japan.独立行政法人一覧 ("The List of Independent Administrative Institutions"), 2009; retrieved 2012-2-4.

The mint has its Head office in Osaka with branches in Tokyo and Hiroshima.

History
The Meiji government established the Japan Mint.

In the early Meiji era, paper currency was printed by Dondorf and Naumann in Germany.Boling, Joseph E.  "Building a National Currency -- Japan, 1868-1899,"  1996.

A proposal to construct a banknote manufacturing plant in Japan was approved in December 1874. A two-story Western red brick building was completed in October 1876.National Archives of Japan, Digital Gallery, Drawings,  Japan Mint ; retrieved 2012-2-9.

The Mint became an Incorporated Administrative Agency on April 1, 2003.Japan Mint,  History ; retrieved 2012-2-9.

 Related pages 
 List of Independent Administrative Institutes in Japan
 Japanese yen

References

 Other websites 
 http://www.mint.go.jp/eng/index.html , http://www.mint.go.jp/index.html 
 Building a national currency (1868-1899) 

Category:Organizations based in Osaka
Category:Independent Administrative Institutions of Japan