January 22, 2003
Bank of Japan

(thousand yen)

Assets			Liabilities and Capital Accounts
Gold	441,253,409		Banknotes	68,971,897,079
Cash 1	203,164,031		Current deposits	20,204,648,847
Receivables under resale agreements	7,650,792,560		Other deposits 6	1,535,665,528
Bills purchased	28,302,700,000		Deposits of the government	8,308,556,418
Government securities *1	81,481,933,862		Payables under repurchase agreements	14,314,287,263
Pecuniary trust (stocks held as trust property) *2,2	280,076,740		Bills sold	4,612,400,000
Loans (excluding those to the Deposit Insurance Corporation)	193,158,342		Others 7	1,024,363,976
Foreign currency assets 3	4,276,870,230		Reserves 5,8	2,732,042,576
Deposits with agencies 4	338,140,175		Capital	100,000
Others 5	940,612,775		Legal and special reserves 9	2,404,740,437
Total	124,108,702,128		Total	124,108,702,128

*1 Breakdown of government securities
Long-term government bonds	56,610,138,122
Treasury bills and financing bills	24,871,795,740
*2 Total amount of stocks purchased 10	280,076,740

Notes: 1 Coins reserved for circulation.

2 Stocks purchased from financial institutions through a trust bank, and other trust properties. Registered on the date of delivery.

3 Includes foreign currency deposits held at foreign central banks and the Bank for International Settlements, and securities issued by foreign governments.

4 Deposits held at agencies that conduct operations relating to treasury funds and government securities on behalf of the Bank of Japan. These deposits are reserved for such operations.

5 From the report for September 30, 2001, reserve for possible loan losses is registered as deductions under Others in Assets (in previous reports, the reserve was included in Reserves in Liabilities and Capital Accounts).

6 Deposits held by foreign central banks and others.

7 Includes miscellaneous liabilities and current income (net accumulated profits). For reports from April to around mid-May, net income for the previous fiscal year before appropriation is also included.

8 Includes reserves for possible losses on securities and foreign exchange transactions, and reserve for retirement allowances.

9 A legal reserve is maintained to cover possible losses and to pay dividends. The dividends unpaid from the first half of fiscal 1945 to the first half of fiscal 1949 were set aside and recorded as a special reserve.

10 Registered on the date of delivery.