Japan Foreign Exchange Reserves

Last Release

Sep 30, 2024

Actual

1,254,898

Units In

USD Million

1,235,700

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Nov 07, 2024

Time to Release

1 Months 0 Days 0 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
1,424,284 Aug 2021	455 Sep 1957	388,708.06 USD Million	1957-2024	N/A

In Japan, Foreign Exchange Reserves are the foreign assets held or controlled by the country central bank. The reserves are made of gold or a specific currency. They can also be special drawing rights and marketable securities denominated in foreign currencies like treasury bills, government bonds, corporate bonds and equities and foreign currency loans.

Latest Updates

Reserve assets in Japan increased to $1.25 trillion in September 2024 from $1.24 trillion in August, hitting the highest level since April. Total reserve assets were broken down into foreign currency reserves ($1.1 trillion), IMF reserve position ($10,841 million), SDRs ($59,593 million), gold ($71,533 million) and other reserve assets ($15,036 million). Recent data showed that Japanese authorities spent 5.53 trillion yen to support the currency via intervention in July. An official report also revealed that Japan spent 9,788.5 billion yen from April 26, 2024 to May 29, 2024 in foreign exchange intervention operations.