The portrait of 10,000 yen issued in 2024 is SHIBUSAWA Eiichi(1840-1931), who was born to the son of a farmer and established the first bank in Japan. In addition, he was involved in about 500 hundred leading business establishments. His business philosophy is highly evaluated even today.

His philosophy is written in the book “Rongo to Soroban.”

The English version is available. Rongo means Analects of Confucious and Soroban means abacus, or it means human nature’s logic for business is important. In short, you can make a profit, working for the benefit of people and society. He also made efforts for welfare, such as building a home for the aged.

He said, “The economy is borderless.” Diplomacy is done between nations, but economic activities are carried out between peoples. It is said that he wanted economic activities to be more dynamic without depending on the government. He also said, “Experience is a kind of study.” He has served the last Tokugawa