The Japanese Dollar
Japanese prices are written in yen and grouped in tens of thousands. Divide the yen by one hundred and read what is left in the denominations you already think in. A ¥350 coffee becomes $3.50.
Convert a price
From a rental site, a menu, anywhere. Yen sign, 円, 万 and full-width digits all work.
JPY ¥3,500,000 
USD $21,704 
NZD NZ$37,797 
EUR €18,921 
GBP £16,401 
AUD A$30,944 
CNY ¥147,259 
KRW ₩33,223,155 
CAD C$30,713 
CHF CHF17,507 
HKD HK$170,097 
SGD S$28,025 
TWD NT$686,574 
THB ฿713,923 
PHP ₱1,317,631 
INR ₹2,048,232 Live rates, updated Sat, 20 Jun 2026
The Japanese number system
Japanese splits big numbers every four digits, not every three. It has hundreds and thousands like English, but the next jump is 万 (ten thousand), then 億 (a hundred million). So 1,000,000 is 百万 - 'a hundred ten-thousands' - and the commas in a written price never match how it is said.
This is not an exchange rate
The Japanese Dollar is a fixed, mental 100-to-1 that turns an unfamiliar price into a familiar shape. To convert real money, use the live rates below.
Drop two zeros, then read it as money
Slide the decimal two places left and the size of any price is obvious at a glance. From there the live rate to your own currency is a small, familiar step - and at roughly 100-to-1 the New Zealand dollar lands closest of all.