Skip to main content

Bank of Japan Accounts (February 29, 2020)

March 3, 2020
Bank of Japan

Assets (thousand yen)
Gold 441,253,409
Cash1 189,440,192
Japanese government securities 492,367,030,311
Commercial paper2 2,181,875,852
Corporate bonds3 3,293,988,430
Pecuniary trusts (stocks held as trust property)4 742,010,316
Pecuniary trusts (index-linked exchange-traded funds held as trust property)5 28,871,892,677
Pecuniary trusts (Japan real estate investment trusts held as trust property)6 557,466,064
Loans (excluding those to the Deposit Insurance Corporation) 48,758,560,000
Foreign currency assets7 6,746,608,066
Deposits with agents8 10,280,402
Others 760,482,339
Total 584,920,888,063
Liabilities and Net Assets (thousand yen)
Banknotes 109,103,511,223
Current deposits 401,841,009,635
Other deposits9 29,715,866,519
Deposits of the government 32,303,599,139
Payables under repurchase agreements 23,314,301
Others10 2,549,263,383
Provisions 6,132,203,037
Capital 100,000
Legal and special reserves 3,252,020,822
Total 584,920,888,063
  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, such as (1) loans by U.S. dollar funds-supplying operations against pooled collateral and (2) 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 at the beginning of the fiscal year, net income for the previous fiscal year is also included prior to its appropriation.

(Annex Table 1)

Breakdown of Japanese government securities (thousand yen)
Japanese government bonds 479,764,003,921
Treasury discount bills 12,603,026,390

(Annex Table 2)

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* 9,085,595,350
Fund-Provisioning Measure to Stimulate Bank Lending 41,034,100,000
Total 50,119,695,350
  • The figure for the loans other than those pursuant to the special rules for the U.S. dollar lending arrangement is included in "Loans" as Assets, and that for the loans pursuant to the special rules for the U.S. dollar lending arrangement is included in "Foreign currency assets" as Assets.

(Annex Table 3)

Annex Table 3 (thousand yen)
Loans by Funds-Supplying Operations against Pooled Collateral (including funds provided under the fixed-rate method), Funds-Supplying Operation to Support Financial Institutions in Disaster Areas and Funds-Supplying Operation to Support Financial Institutions in Disaster Areas of the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake 1,246,600,000