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Japan Foreign Exchange Reserves

Name: Japan Foreign Exchange Reserves
Creator: Ministry of Finance Japan – International Reserves/Foreign Currency Liquidity
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Month-end official reserve assets of Japan — foreign currency securities and deposits, IMF reserve position, SDRs, gold and other reserve assets — and other foreign currency assets, in US$ millions, since April 2000.

Source: Ministry of Finance Japan – International Reserves/Foreign Currency LiquidityLast updated: Sep 22, 2026, 13:27Curated by Bui Thanh PhucAbout this data ↓

Indicator	08-2026	07-2026	06-2026	05-2026	04-2026	03-2026	02-2026	01-2026	12-2025	11-2025	10-2025	09-2025	08-2025	07-2025	06-2025	05-2025	04-2025	03-2025	02-2025	01-2025	12-2024	11-2024	10-2024	09-2024	08-2024	07-2024	06-2024	05-2024	04-2024	03-2024	02-2024	01-2024	12-2023	11-2023	10-2023	09-2023	08-2023
Official reserve assets5	1,207,524	1,287,099	1,287,476	1,305,874	1,382,994	1,374,734	1,410,699	1,394,750	1,369,775	1,359,358	1,347,378	1,341,268	1,324,210	1,304,436	1,313,782	1,298,139	1,298,249	1,272,511	1,253,281	1,240,631	1,230,715	1,238,999	1,238,950	1,254,898	1,235,749	1,219,077	1,231,495	1,231,572	1,278,977	1,290,606	1,281,484	1,291,792	1,294,637	1,269,707	1,238,000	1,237,248	1,251,171
Foreign currency reserves2	994,976	1,089,617	1,090,515	1,093,913	1,169,438	1,161,819	1,179,900	1,170,099	1,164,196	1,157,683	1,150,642	1,148,726	1,142,468	1,127,328	1,135,273	1,121,154	1,120,741	1,103,340	1,093,014	1,081,367	1,077,137	1,083,794	1,080,471	1,097,895	1,082,641	1,069,813	1,086,471	1,086,534	1,135,713	1,149,888	1,145,242	1,156,169	1,159,849	1,136,445	1,107,024	1,109,903	1,122,386
Securities	839,559	927,332	928,581	931,678	1,007,241	1,000,090	1,018,350	1,008,357	1,003,757	996,419	989,345	987,914	981,399	965,568	975,254	961,262	961,015	943,250	933,151	921,498	917,567	924,013	921,125	938,409	923,634	911,134	928,214	927,579	978,004	994,868	989,583	1,000,806	1,005,227	982,657	961,749	973,710	986,675
Deposits3	155,417	162,285	161,934	162,235	162,197	161,729	161,550	161,742	160,439	161,264	161,297	160,812	161,069	161,760	160,019	159,892	159,726	160,090	159,863	159,869	159,570	159,781	159,346	159,486	159,007	158,679	158,257	158,955	157,709	155,020	155,659	155,363	154,622	153,788	145,275	136,193	135,711
Deposits with foreign central banks and the BIS	154,983	161,853	161,504	161,800	161,761	161,297	161,113	161,304	159,971	160,831	160,865	160,376	160,634	161,330	159,582	159,464	159,298	159,672	159,454	159,460	159,124	159,368	158,927	159,062	158,584	158,261	157,841	158,536	157,294	154,602	155,241	154,944	154,200	153,369	144,862	135,780	135,292
Deposits with banks headquartered in Japan	409	407	405	410	411	407	412	413	411	408	407	411	410	405	412	403	403	393	384	384	384	388	394	399	398	393	391	394	390	393	393	394	397	394	388	388	394
Deposits with banks headquartered outside Japan1	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	57	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	62	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25
Of which: located in Japan	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25
IMF reserve position	11,420	11,377	11,314	11,512	11,265	11,137	11,300	11,364	11,262	11,179	11,191	11,266	11,259	11,084	11,764	11,565	11,609	10,265	10,124	10,137	10,199	10,276	10,476	10,841	10,714	10,623	10,587	10,659	10,662	10,747	10,776	10,849	10,597	10,536	10,426	10,498	10,617
SDRs	61,170	60,728	60,387	60,894	61,049	60,447	61,245	61,428	60,840	60,511	60,354	60,898	60,916	60,089	60,910	60,329	60,081	58,537	57,649	57,221	57,197	57,565	58,506	59,593	59,146	57,888	56,818	56,930	56,251	56,109	56,512	55,591	57,508	57,090	56,067	55,826	55,104
Gold1	124,103	109,520	109,505	123,646	125,425	125,343	142,042	135,502	117,172	113,993	109,109	104,045	93,270	89,726	89,416	89,147	89,813	84,728	77,098	76,485	71,013	72,106	74,367	71,533	68,361	65,993	63,399	63,870	62,748	60,229	55,705	55,846	56,095	55,362	54,314	50,876	52,829
Gold, volume	27.2	27.2	27.2	27.2	27.2	27.2	27.2	27.2	27.2	27.2	27.2	27.2	27.2	27.2	27.2	27.2	27.2	27.2	27.2	27.2	27.2	27.2	27.2	27.2	27.2	27.2	27.2	27.2	27.2	27.2	27.2	27.2	27.2	27.2	27.2	27.2	27.2
Other reserve assets	15,855	15,857	15,755	15,909	15,817	15,988	16,212	16,357	16,305	15,992	16,082	16,333	16,297	16,209	16,419	15,944	16,005	15,641	15,396	15,421	15,169	15,258	15,130	15,036	14,887	14,760	14,220	13,579	13,603	13,633	13,249	13,337	10,588	10,274	10,169	10,145	10,235
Other foreign currency assets1	35,285	33,915	34,123	34,501	33,520	34,247	31,952	32,381	32,455	34,493	35,407	35,829	35,716	36,448	36,463	36,768	38,764	38,679	38,583	38,736	38,761	39,045	40,103	39,717	39,999	39,528	40,503	40,759	42,032	41,885	41,709	42,064	41,622	41,988	42,868	42,936	44,003
Loans to the Japan Bank for International Cooperation	34,958	33,617	33,836	34,269	33,189	33,960	31,668	32,098	32,162	34,256	34,954	35,437	35,344	36,178	36,276	36,629	38,334	38,288	38,244	38,432	38,479	38,795	39,432	39,101	39,505	39,129	40,118	40,458	41,297	41,223	41,190	41,635	41,226	41,682	42,108	42,267	43,458

Latest reading

Official reserve assets stood at 1,207,524 US$ million in Aug 2026. That is −6.2% from Jul 2026 and −8.8% from a year earlier. The series on this page is monthly and runs from Apr 2000 to Aug 2026. Source: Ministry of Finance Japan – International Reserves/Foreign Currency Liquidity.

Latest: 1,207,524 US$ million; Aug 2026
vs previous period: −6.2%; Jul 2026
vs a year earlier: −8.8%