QuestionHow many banknotes are being circulated in Japan?

At the end of December 2023, the amount outstanding of banknotes in circulation -- for example, the amount held by households, firms, and financial institutions -- was 124.6 trillion yen (18.5 billion banknotes). If these banknotes were stacked up, they would reach a height of approximately 1,854 kilometers -- equivalent to 491 times the height of Mount Fuji (3,776 meters). If placed side by side, the banknotes would reach a length of around 2.89 million kilometers -- long enough to circle the globe about 72 times, or eight times the distance from the earth to the moon.