Japanes Curency

The yen (円 en / ien'e?) (sign: ¥; code JPY) is the currency of Japan It is the third most-traded currency in the foreign exchange market after the euro and the United States dollar.[citation needed It is also widely used as a reserve currency after the U.S. dollar, the euro and the pound sterling. As is common when counting in East Asia, large quantities of yen are often counted in multiples of 10,000 (man, 万) in the same way as values in Western countries are often quoted in thousands.