National Printing Bureau

Japanese government agency, produces banknotes
Organization government_agency Q130035
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National Printing Bureau

Summary

National Printing Bureau is a government agency[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of government_agency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • National Printing Bureau is located in Tokyo[3].
  • National Printing Bureau is in the country of Japan[4].
  • National Printing Bureau's image is recorded as Kyodo News (former head office).jpg[5].
  • National Printing Bureau's instance of is recorded as government agency[6].
  • National Printing Bureau's instance of is recorded as printing company[7].
  • National Printing Bureau's main regulatory text is recorded as Q108865962[8].
  • National Printing Bureau's headquarters location is recorded as Kyodo Tsushin Kaikan[9].
  • National Printing Bureau's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 172096416[10].
  • National Printing Bureau's GND ID is recorded as 10081724-5[11].
  • National Printing Bureau's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as nr2004005778[12].
  • National Printing Bureau's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA15210798[13].
  • National Printing Bureau's IMDb ID is recorded as co0462319[14].
  • National Printing Bureau's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00924996[15].
  • National Printing Bureau's child organization or unit is recorded as Banknote & Postage Stamp Museum[16].
  • National Printing Bureau's child organization or unit is recorded as National Printing Bureau Tokyo Hospital[17].
  • National Printing Bureau's Commons category is recorded as National Printing Bureau (Japan)[18].
  • +1871-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of National Printing Bureau[19].
  • National Printing Bureau's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0cmf055[20].
  • National Printing Bureau's parent organization or unit is recorded as Ministry of Finance of Japan[21].
  • National Printing Bureau's official website is recorded as https://www.npb.go.jp/[22].
  • National Printing Bureau's product or material produced is recorded as banknote of the Japanese yen[23].
  • National Printing Bureau's product or material produced is recorded as Official Gazette[24].
  • National Printing Bureau's product or material produced is recorded as Q11555012[25].
  • National Printing Bureau's product or material produced is recorded as revenue stamp[26].
  • National Printing Bureau's OpenCorporates ID is recorded as jp/6010405003434[27].

Body

Founding

+1871-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of National Printing Bureau[19].

Identity

National Printing Bureau's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '独立行政法人国立印刷局'}[28].

Operations

National Printing Bureau's headquarters location is recorded as Kyodo Tsushin Kaikan[9]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Ministry of Finance of Japan[21]. Subsidiaries include Banknote & Postage Stamp Museum[16], a numismatic museum[29], in Japan[30], founded in 1971[31] and National Printing Bureau Tokyo Hospital[17], a hospital[32], in Japan[33].

Ownership

Products include banknote of the Japanese yen[23], Official Gazette[24], Q11555012[25], and revenue stamp[26].

Why It Matters

National Printing Bureau ranks in the top 5% of government_agency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . Q108865962. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Japan Search. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . CiNii Research. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . Q108865962. wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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