Japan Foreign Exchange Reserves

Last Release

Mar 31, 2025

Actual

1,272,500

Units In

USD Million

1,253,300

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

May 08, 2025

Time to Release

27 Days 1 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
1,424,284 Aug 2021	455 Sep 1957	394,020.88 USD Million	1957-2025	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

Japan’s foreign reserves increased by $19.23 billion to $1.27 trillion in March 2025, hitting the highest level since April last year. Total reserve assets were broken down into foreign currency reserves ($1.1 trillion), IMF reserve position ($10,265 million), SDRs ($58,537 million), gold ($84,728 million) and other reserve assets ($15,641 million). In a recent disclosure, Japan's finance ministry revealed it conducted no foreign exchange intervention operations for the period from October through December 2024.