Okurasho Insatsukyoku Seizo

 Photograph of the FE and the leading members of the Paper Money Office. From the left: E. Chiossone, K.-A. Brueck, Sada Seiji (director of the engraving department), B. Liebers, Furuya Ginjirō (engraver).

 

Ministry of Finance Printing Bureau [Okurasho Insatsukyoku Seizo], Oji Plant, Kita-Ku, Tokyo North. 
Founded: 11 September 1871 as the Paper Money Office under the Ministry of Finance.
First stamp(s) traced by compiler: 1872 for Japan.
Name changed 2003 - see National Printing Bureau. 
Main printing process(es): Litho, gravure.

Japan's Paper Money Office was the predecessor to the Ministry of Finance Printing Bureau, which was renamed the Paper Money Bureau (Shihei Ryo) in 1871. They commenced printing postage stamps in 1872.

In March 1963, a new plant exclusively for the production of postage stamps and stationery came on-line.

In addition to stamp printing for Japan and several other countries, the Bureau also produces bank notes, securities and revenue stamps, together with official government publications and forms.