Bank of Japan
The Bank of Japan (日本銀行, Nippon Ginkō, BOJ), also known as Nichigin (日銀), is the central bank of Japan.[1] The main offices of the bank are in Chuo, Tokyo.[2]
| Bank of Japan 日本銀行 (in Japanese) | |||
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| Headquarters | Chuo, Tokyo, Japan | ||
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| Coordinates | 35°41′10″N 139°46′17″E / 35.6861°N 139.7715°E | ||
| Established | 1882 | ||
| Governor | Masaaki Shirakawa | ||
| Central bank of | Japan | ||
| Currency | Japanese yen | ||
| ISO 4217 Code | JPY | ||
| Base borrowing rate | 0%-0.10% | ||
| Website | www.boj.or.jp | ||
| Preceded by | First National Bank | ||
History
Matsukata Masayoshi founded the Bank of Japan in 1882 (Meiji 15).[3] The bank was adapted from a Belgian banking model.[4]
Changes based on other national banks were made part of bank regulations.[5] BOJ was given a monopoly on controlling Japan's money supply in 1884.[6]
The Bank of Japan issued its banknotes in 1885 (Meiji 18). In 1897, Japan joined the gold standard.[7]
Location
The Bank of Japan is headquartered in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, on the site of a former gold mint (the Kinza). It is near the Tokyo's Ginza district[8] The Neo-baroque Bank of Japan building in Tokyo was designed by Tatsuno Kingo in 1896.
Bank Of Japan Media
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The Osaka branch of the Bank of Japan is seen in the top right of this 1930 aerial photograph. The wide street in front of the bank is part of the Mido-Suji.
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Aerial view (1984) with original building and eastern extension (green roofs), new building (top), and southern annex (bottom left)
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Nippon Bank at Tokyo.
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The same building, photographed in 2019
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Bank of Japan Headquarters Extension Part, at Chuo-ku Tokyo Japan, designed by Uheiji Nagano in 1932-1937.
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The 1970s extension behind the original building
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Related pages
Notes
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2002). "Nihon Ginkō" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 708.
- ↑ Bank of Japan (BOJ), Location. Retrieved 2011-12-8.
- ↑ Roberts, George E. (1900). Annual report of the Director of the Mint (US), p. 393.
- ↑ Vande Walle, Willy et al. "Institutions and ideologies: the modernization of monetary, legal and law enforcement 'regimes' in Japan in the early Meiji-period (1868-1889)" (abstract). FRIS/Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 2007. Retrieved 2012-10-17.
- ↑ Longford, Joseph Henry. (1912). Japan of the Japanese, p. 289.
- ↑ Cargill, Thomas et al. (1997). The political economy of Japanese monetary policy, p. 10.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Banks" at p. 70.
- ↑ The name of Tokyo's Ginza district means "silver mint".
More reading
- Werner, Richard A. (2003). Princes of the Yen: Japan's Central Bankers and the Transformation of the Economy. Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe. ISBN 9780765610485; OCLC 471605161
Other websites
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- Bank of Japan official site (in English); [1] (in Japanese)
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