QuestionHow many banknotes are paid out and received by the Bank? How many banknotes are being circulated in Japan?

The total amount of banknotes that were paid out and received by the Bank in 2024 was 112.5 trillion yen (17.6 billion banknotes).

At the end of December 2024, the amount outstanding of banknotes in circulation -- for example, the amount held by households, firms, and financial institutions -- was 124.1 trillion yen (18.7 billion banknotes). If these banknotes were stacked up, they would reach a height of approximately 1,870 kilometers -- equivalent to 495 times the height of Mount Fuji (3,776 meters). If placed side by side, the banknotes would reach a length of around 2.91 million kilometers -- long enough to circle the globe about 73 times, or eight times the distance from the earth to the moon.