This is the current issue . The 2000 yen note was first issued on July 19 , 2000 to commemorate the 26th G8 summit in Okinawa and the 2000 millennium year as well . Pictured on the front of the note is Shureimon , a famous gate in Naha , Okinawa near the site of the summit . The other side features a scene from '' The Tale of Genji '' and the author Murasaki Shikibu on the lower right corner . The motif of the scene was taken from the 12th century illuminated handscrolls of the novel kept at the Tokugawa Art Museum in Nagoya . The image of Murasaki Shikibu is taken from the Gotoh edition of the Murasaki Shikibu Diary Emaki held at the Gotoh Museum
26th G8 summit
26th G8 summit
Banknotes of the Japanese yen