September 7, 2021
Ministry of Finance
Japan's reserve assets totaled $ 1,424,284 million as of August 31, 2021, up $ 37,780 million from the end of July.
Details on the level and composition of Japan's international reserves/ foreign currency liquidity are provided below.
(in US$ millions)
A. Official reserve assets | 1,424,284 | ||||
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(1) Foreign currency reserves | 1,298,020 | ||||
(a) Securities | 1,163,323 | ||||
of which: issuer headquartered in Japan | - | ||||
(b) Deposits with | 134,697 | ||||
(i) Foreign central banks and BIS | 134,036 | ||||
(ii) Banks headquartered in Japan | 561 |
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of which: located abroad | - | ||||
(iii) Banks headquartered outside Japan | 100 |
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of which: located in Japan | 100 |
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(2) IMF reserve position | 14,206 | ||||
(3) SDRs | 62,079 | ||||
(4) Gold | 49,362 | ||||
(volume [in million fine troy ounces]) | (27.20) | ||||
(5) other reserve assets | 617 |
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(a) Financial derivatives | - | ||||
(b) Loans to nonbank nonresidents | - | ||||
(c) Other | 617 | ||||
B. Other foreign currency assets | 41,579 |
(Notes) B. Other foreign currency assets include loans to The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) in total of $ 41,554 million.
Total | Maturity breakdown (residual maturity) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Up to 1 month | More than 1 month and up to 3 months | More than 3 months and up to 1 year | |||
1. Foreign currency loans and securities |
- | - | - | - | |
2. Aggregate short and long positions in forwards and futures in foreign currencies vis-à vis Yen |
29,998 | 5,998 | 12,000 | 12,000 |
|
(a) Short positions(-) |
-2 | -2 | - | - | |
(b) Long positions (+) |
30,000 | 6,000 | 12,000 | 12,000 |
|
3. Other |
- | - | - | - |
Total | Maturity breakdown (residual maturity, where applicable) | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Up to 1 month | More than 1 month and up to 3 months | More than 3 months and up to 1 year | ||||
1. Contingent liabilities in foreign currency |
-4,300 | -550 | -1,000 | -2,750 | ||
(a) Collateral guarantees on debt falling due within 1 year |
-4,300 | -550 | -1,000 | -2,750 | ||
(b) Other contingent liabilities |
- | - | - | - | ||
2. Foreign currency securities issued with embedded options |
- | - | - | - | ||
3. Undrawn, unconditional credit lines provided by: |
- | - | - | - | ||
(a) other national monetary authorities, BIS, IMF, and other international organizations |
- | - | - | - | ||
(b) banks and other financial institutions headquartered in Japan |
- | - | - | - | ||
(c) banks and other financial institutions headquartered outside Japan |
- | - | - | - | ||
4. Undrawn, unconditional credit lines provided to: |
- | - | - | - | ||
(a) other national monetary authorities, BIS, IMF, and other international organizations |
- | - | - | - | ||
(b) banks and other financial institutions headquartered in Japan |
- | - | - | - | ||
(c) banks and other financial institutions headquartered outside Japan |
- | - | - | - | ||
5. Aggregate short and long positions of options in foreign currencies vis-à vis Yen |
- | - | - | - | ||
(a) Short positions |
- | - | - | - | ||
(i) Bought puts |
- | - | - | - | ||
(ii) Written calls |
- | - | - | - | ||
(b) Long positions |
- | - | - | - | ||
(i) Bought calls |
- | - | - | - | ||
(ii) Written puts |
- | - | - | - |
(a) short-term domestic currency debt indexed to the exchange rate |
- | |
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(b) financial instruments denominated in foreign currency and settled by other means(e.g., in Yen) |
- | |
(c) pledged assets |
- | |
(d) securities lent and on repo |
4,698 | |
- lent or repoed and included in Section I |
-188,828 | |
- lent or repoed but not included in Section I |
- | |
- borrowed or acquired and included in Section I |
- | |
- borrowed or acquired but not included in Section I |
193,526 | |
(e) financial derivative assets(net, marked to market) |
205 |
|
- forwards |
- | |
- futures |
- | |
- swaps |
205 |
|
- options |
- | |
- other |
- | |
(f) derivatives(forward, futures, or options contracts)that have a residual maturity greater than one year. |
- |
Notes :
1. Coverage of this template is the monetary authorities and other central government, excluding social security.
2. Current market exchange rates are used for valuation of non-US dollar denominated assets/liabilities.
3. Securities and gold reflect marked to market values.
4. In Section III, the plus (+) sign is used for inflows and the minus (-) sign for outflows, in accordance with International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity: Guidelines for a Data Template, IMF.
5. ABF2 is included under item 1.A.(5)(c) See http://asianbondsonline.adb.org