A supermarket in AEON Mall Morioka Minami, a shopping center in Morioka city, Iwate Prefecture, reported to police that a fake 1 million yen note (US$10,000) that looked like a real 10,000 yen note (US$100) was found in the till. The police are treating the case as fraud.
"Zeitaku" or toy banknotes are usually printed on one side only leaving the bottom blank. Also in this case there is a smiling historical literary figure Fukuzawa Yukichi, whose image on the real ￥10,000 note is a more serious visage. Seven clients used 10,000 yen note last Sunday. Among them, a shopper paid with the fake note and received more than ￥8,000 in change.
The fake 1 million yen note, which are also used for post-it notes and memos, is reportedly available in online toy shops. Police are not treating these notes as counterfeit money, as the real 1 million yen note is nowhere to be seen.
Two Japanese high school students were arrested on November 4th for exchanging a fake 1 million yen note for 10 real 1,000 yen notes in Suita, Osaka.
Another suspect purchased fried chicken with a fake 1 million yen note at a convenience store in downtown Nagoya last October. Though the suspect fled the scene without being caught red-handed, he later got busted for allegedly swindling money.
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