Japan Foreign Exchange Reserves

Last Release

Dec 31, 2024

Actual

1,230,700

Units In

USD Million

1,239,000

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Feb 06, 2025

Time to Release

26 Days 23 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
1,424,284 Aug 2021	455 Sep 1957	391,342.81 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

Japan’s foreign reserves declined by $8.28 billion to $1.12 trillion in December 2024, hitting the lowest level since July. Total reserve assets were broken down into foreign currency reserves ($1.08 trillion), IMF reserve position ($10,199 million), SDRs ($57,197 million), gold ($71,013 million) and other reserve assets ($15,169 million). In a recent disclosure, Japan's finance ministry revealed it spent 5.53 trillion yen in July for foreign exchange interventions aimed at supporting the yen.