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Japan Government Debt Outstanding

Name: Japan Government Debt Outstanding
Creator: Ministry of Finance Japan – Outstanding of Government Bonds, Borrowings and Government Guaranteed Debts
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Source: Ministry of Finance Japan – Outstanding of Government Bonds, Borrowings and Government Guaranteed DebtsLast updated: Sep 22, 2026, 14:31Curated by Bui Thanh PhucAbout this data ↓

Indicator	Q2-2026	Q1-2026	Q4-2025	Q3-2025	Q2-2025	Q1-2025	Q4-2024	Q3-2024	Q2-2024	Q1-2024	Q4-2023	Q3-2023	Q2-2023
Total government debt3	13,466,833	13,438,426	13,421,720	13,335,914	13,321,872	13,237,155	13,176,365	13,104,385	13,110,421	12,971,615	12,864,520	12,756,116	12,763,155
Government bonds (JGBs)5	12,117,466	12,072,188	11,976,396	11,919,162	11,891,047	11,828,849	11,735,559	11,659,798	11,601,357	11,571,009	11,460,589	11,312,492	11,340,985
General bonds5	11,108,839	11,042,984	10,944,874	10,882,168	10,856,647	10,797,344	10,710,047	10,653,140	10,595,603	10,536,526	10,437,786	10,274,129	10,266,311
Of which: reconstruction bonds	42,076	42,076	45,544	45,544	45,544	45,544	48,757	48,757	48,757	48,757	40,572	50,547	50,547
Of which: GX economy transition bonds	51,173	48,486	43,141	40,143	37,145	37,028	34,970	31,470	27,974	24,478
Long-term (10 years or more)	8,579,217	8,522,558	8,477,649	8,414,807	8,387,709	8,344,266	8,276,876	8,232,295	8,170,289	8,084,264	8,024,061	7,936,770	7,859,214
Medium-term (2 to 5 years)	2,118,626	2,080,430	2,062,228	2,066,283	2,043,859	2,027,999	2,023,092	1,998,849	1,972,318	1,945,267	1,928,729	1,917,363	1,869,100
Short-term (one year or less)	410,996	439,997	404,996	401,079	425,079	425,079	410,079	421,996	452,996	506,996	484,996	419,997	537,997
Fiscal Investment and Loan Program (FILP) bonds2	882,854	909,214	917,859	924,338	922,526	914,069	926,854	910,959	908,151	945,989	932,846	945,984	982,841
Long-term (10 years or more)	734,470	744,862	753,508	763,326	733,367	715,960	727,213	690,035	676,317	688,735	675,593	688,731	690,583
Medium-term (2 to 5 years)	148,383	164,352	164,352	161,011	189,159	198,108	199,641	220,924	231,834	257,253	257,253	257,253	292,258
Subsidy bonds	699	712	480	233	27	412	412	416	415	799	796	819	813
Government bonds issued to the Development Bank of Japan (crisis response)	13,247	13,247	13,247	13,247	13,247	13,247	13,247	13,247	13,247	13,247	13,247	13,247	13,247
Government bonds issued to the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation	38,534	38,997	39,282	39,641	39,992	40,232	22,162	22,801	23,317	23,954	24,854	26,580	26,673
Borrowings2	405,374	443,243	441,328	411,758	429,830	469,310	468,812	445,593	464,073	485,613	480,939	450,634	466,179
Long-term (over one year)	90,419	83,687	86,557	86,557	89,706	90,000	92,821	92,822	95,674	95,914	98,633	98,634	101,202
Short-term (one year or less)	314,955	359,557	354,770	325,201	340,124	379,310	375,990	352,771	368,399	389,699	382,306	351,999	364,977
Financing bills	943,994	922,995	1,003,996	1,004,994	1,000,996	938,996	971,995	998,994	1,044,991	914,993	922,993	992,991	955,992
Government-guaranteed debt	274,346	272,275	275,382	272,406	279,171	286,808	294,351	293,360	298,154	295,424	291,290	296,388	302,659

Latest reading

Total government debt stood at 13,466,833 100 million yen in Q2 2026. That is +0.2% from Q1 2026 and +1.1% from a year earlier. The series on this page is quarterly and runs from Q3 2021 to Q2 2026. Source: Ministry of Finance Japan – Outstanding of Government Bonds, Borrowings and Government Guaranteed Debts.

Latest: 13,466,833 100 million yen; Q2 2026
vs previous period: +0.2%; Q1 2026
vs a year earlier: +1.1%

About this data

Quarter-end outstanding debt of the Japanese central government — general bonds by maturity, reconstruction and GX transition bonds, FILP bonds, borrowings and financing bills — and government-guaranteed debt, in 100 million yen. The source file keeps only the latest five years; earlier quarters are retained from previous loads. Source: Ministry of Finance Japan.