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Bank of Japan Accounts (February 20, 2013)

February 22, 2013
Bank of Japan

Assets(thousand yen)
Gold 441,253,409
Cash 1 320,174,491
Japanese government securities 119,913,359,107
Commercial paper 2 1,758,584,955
Corporate bonds 3 3,047,310,074
Pecuniary trusts (stocks held as trust property) 4 1,409,805,570
Pecuniary trusts (index-linked exchange-traded funds held as trust property) 5 1,494,093,914
Pecuniary trusts (Japan real estate investment trusts held as trust property) 6 116,042,929
Loans (excluding those to the Deposit Insurance Corporation) 26,657,191,000
Foreign currency assets 7 4,927,697,291
Deposits with agents 8 21,339,270
Others 454,720,433
Total 160,561,572,448
Liabilities and Net Assets(thousand yen)
Banknotes 82,050,275,441
Current deposits 45,041,059,084
Other deposits 9 589,948,274
Deposits of the government 2,126,613,497
Payables under repurchase agreements 24,141,365,836
Others 10 662,561,154
Provisions 3,237,012,172
Capital 100,000
Legal and special reserves 2,712,636,985
Total 160,561,572,448
  1. Coins reserved for circulation.
  2. Comprises the following types, in dematerialized or physical form: (1) commercial paper issued by domestic corporations; (2) commercial paper issued by foreign corporations with guarantees (dematerialized only); (3) asset-backed commercial paper; and (4) commercial paper issued by real estate investment corporations.
  3. Includes bonds issued by real estate investment corporations.
  4. Stocks purchased from financial institutions through a trust bank.
  5. Beneficiary interests in index-linked exchange-traded funds purchased through a trust bank.
  6. Investment equity issued by real estate investment corporations purchased through a trust bank.
  7. Foreign currency deposits held at foreign central banks and the Bank for International Settlements, securities issued by foreign governments, foreign currency mutual funds, and foreign currency loans (loans by U.S. dollar funds-supplying operations against pooled collateral and loans pursuant to the special rules for the U.S. dollar lending arrangement to enhance the fund-provisioning measure to support strengthening the foundations for economic growth conducted through the loan support program).
  8. Deposits held at agents that conduct operations relating to treasury funds and Japanese government securities on behalf of the Bank of Japan. These deposits are reserved for such operations.
  9. Deposits held by foreign central banks and others.
  10. 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.

(Annex Table 1)

Breakdown of Japanese government securities *(thousand yen)
Japanese government bonds 65,917,479,846
Treasury discount bills 15,675,656,975
  • Excludes the amounts of Japanese government bonds and Treasury discount bills shown in Annex Table 2. "Japanese government securities" shown as Assets is the sum of "Japanese government bonds" shown in Annex Table 1 and Annex Table 2 and "Treasury discount bills" shown in Annex Table 1 and Annex Table 2."

(Annex Table 2)

Asset Purchase Program
The table below represents the asset item amounts outstanding under the Bank's Asset Purchase Program.
(thousand yen)
Japanese government bonds *1 26,042,101,030
Treasury discount bills *1 12,278,121,255
Commercial paper 1,758,584,955
Corporate bonds 3,047,310,074
Index-linked exchange-traded funds 1,494,093,914
Japan real estate investment trusts 116,042,929
Funds-Supplying Operations against Pooled Collateral *2 22,873,700,000
Total 67,609,954,160
  1. *1The figure is included in "Japanese government securities" as Assets. "Japanese government securities" shown as Assets is the sum of "Japanese government bonds" shown in Annex Table 1 and Annex Table 2 and "Treasury discount bills" shown in Annex Table 1 and Annex Table 2.
  2. *2The figure is included in "Loans" as Assets.

(Annex Table 3)

Loan Support Program
The table below represents the loan amounts outstanding under the Bank's Loan Support Program.
(thousand yen)
Fund-Provisioning Measure to Support Strengthening the Foundations for Economic Growth * 3,530,269,840
Total 3,530,269,840
  • Comprises the loans pursuant to the following: (1) main rules, (2) special rules for equity investments and asset-based lending, (3) special rules for small-lot investments and loans, and (4) special rules for the U.S. dollar lending arrangement. The figures for the loans pursuant to the first three of those are included in "Loans" as Assets. The figure for loans pursuant to the special rules for the U.S. dollar lending arrangement is included in "Foreign currency assets" as Assets.

(Annex Table 4)

Annex Table 4(thousand yen)
Loans by Funds-Supplying Operations against Pooled Collateral (excluding Funds-Supplying Operations against Pooled Collateral shown in Annex Table 2) and Funds-Supplying Operation to Support Financial Institutions in Disaster Areas 436,200,000