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Identifying building on Japanese invasion currency of Philippines

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Hello everyone. I have some Japanese invasion currency from the Philippines. On the front is a depiction of some building or monument. I have looked a bunch but keep coming up empty.
I don’t know if it is Japanese or Filipino.
Can someone tell me what this building is?
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It looks like the Rizal Monument in Rizal Park in Manila.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rizal_Monument
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Thank you very much CWO Marc.
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