Japan Foreign Exchange Reserves

Last Release

Feb 28, 2025

Actual

1,253,300

Units In

USD Million

1,240,600

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Apr 04, 2025

Time to Release

26 Days 18 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
1,424,284 Aug 2021	455 Sep 1957	393,112.42 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 $12.65 billion to $1.25 trillion in February 2025, hitting the highest level in five months. Total reserve assets were broken down into foreign currency reserves ($1.09 trillion), IMF reserve position ($10,124 million), SDRs ($57,649 million), gold ($77,098 million) and other reserve assets ($15,396 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.