Money and banking in Japan: The cash is big, the banks are very rigid, and everything we thought we knew about (consumer) banking had to be relearned in Japan, which does it in a completely different way. Transcript K: So, lately I’ve been thinking about banking and bill paying, which we kind off talked...
As many people–and all residents of Japan–know, Japan uses two different systems for counting years: the CE (Western) system and the Japanese Era system. A few years ago, the current Emperor, Akihito, petitioned the government to allow him to step down. (Traditionally, an Emperor’s reign ends only at his death, with no provision for...