The Yellow Monkey, often abbreviated as Yemon (イエモン), was a Japanese rock band active from 1988 to 2001, before officially disbanding on July 7, 2004.

The band's name was derived from the ethnic slur that Japanese people look like monkeys, and that Asian people are said to be "yellow" in skin color. The Yellow Monkey is considered an important rock group of Japan, having achieved major success and selling millions of records. The group took part in the first Fuji Rock Festival in 1997, their song "Kyūkon" reached No. 1 on the Oricon weekly single chart in 1998, and in 2003 were ranked number 81 on HMV Japan's list of the 100 most important Japanese pop acts. Outside Japan, the band is best known for their song "Tactics", one of the many ending themes of the Rurouni Kenshin anime.