Japan Foreign Exchange Reserves

Last Release

Oct 31, 2024

Actual

1,239,000

Units In

USD Million

1,254,900

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Dec 06, 2024

Time to Release

27 Days 23 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
1,424,284 Aug 2021	455 Sep 1957	389,591.02 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 declined to $1.24 trillion in October 2024 from $1.25 trillion in September which was the highest in five months. Total reserve assets were broken down into foreign currency reserves ($1.08 trillion), IMF reserve position ($10,476 million), SDRs ($58,506 million), gold ($74,367 million) and other reserve assets ($15,130 million). The finance ministry also revealed that it spent 5.53 trillion yen to support the currency via in foreign exchange intervention operations in July.