Japan Foreign Exchange Reserves

Last Release

May 31, 2025

Actual

1,298,100

Units In

USD Million

1,298,200

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Jul 04, 2025

Time to Release

26 Days 17 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
1,424,284 Aug 2021	455 Sep 1957	395,885.06 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 fell slightly by $110 million to $1.298 trillion in May 2025, remaining close to the highest level since mid-2022. Total reserve assets were broken down into foreign currency reserves ($1.12 trillion), IMF reserve position ($11,565 million), SDRs ($60,329 million), gold ($89,147 million) and other reserve assets ($15,944 million). Meanwhile, Japan's finance ministry recently revealed that it conducted no foreign exchange intervention operations for the period from January to March 2025.