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Welcome to "BOJ from Home." Through this online tour, we offer you a 3-D/virtual reality (VR) viewing experience as you explore the new tour route of the Bank of Japan's Head Office (designated as an Important Cultural Property).
The interior of the Bank's Main Building can be viewed in 3-D on any PC or mobile device.
You can also enjoy an immersive virtual reality experience using VR goggles or glasses.
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(link to an external website):
(1) From the courtyard to the lobby on the first floor (1:34)
(2) Entering the underground vault through the 90 centimeter-thick vault door (2:08)
(3) Octagonal room on the second floor, beneath the dome (0:33)
©Virtual Reality Innovation Organization (Video).
Go on a virtual treasure hunt in the Main Building (available until end-2020)!
©Virtual Reality Innovation Organization.
The Main Building, designated as an Important Cultural Property, is filled with precious items. See if you can find these five treasures in the 3-D/VR videos above!
(1) Horse-watering station
(2) Underground vault
(3) The world's first automatic banknote examination machine
(4) Replica of money trains
(5) Governor's desk and chair
Review of the Benchmark Ratio Used to Calculate the Macro Add-on Balance in Current Account Balances at the Bank of Japan [PDF 185KB]
Release of the Second Public Consultation on Benchmark Reform 
Remarks by Governor KURODA at a Webinar Hosted by the Center on Japanese Economy and Business (CJEB) at Columbia Business School (The Bank of Japan's Responses to the Impact of COVID-19) 
