Bank of Japan Releases Ten-Day Accounts for October 10, 2026

The Bank of Japan released its Bank of Japan Accounts (October 10, 2026) on October 14, 2026, reporting total assets of 624,632,707,190 thousand yen as of October 10, 2026. Total liabilities and net assets were reported at the same 624,632,707,190 thousand yen.

The report is the latest in the Bank’s “Bank of Japan Accounts (Every Ten Days)” statistical series, with 2026 releases covering the 10th, 20th, and final day of each month, according to the Bank’s 2026 release index. The previous report, covering September 30, 2026, was released on October 7, 2026, and the report covering September 20, 2026 was released on September 25, 2026.

Holdings of Government Securities and Other Assets

Japanese government securities accounted for 503,634,998,862 thousand yen of the asset side. A breakdown in Annex Table 1 lists Japanese government bonds at 503,634,998,862 thousand yen and treasury discount bills at zero.

Loans, excluding those to the Deposit Insurance Corporation, totaled 68,415,800,000 thousand yen. Pecuniary trusts holding index-linked exchange-traded funds as trust property totaled 36,953,484,972 thousand yen; these are beneficiary interests in index-linked exchange-traded funds purchased through a trust bank. Pecuniary trusts holding Japan real estate investment trusts as trust property totaled 650,554,806 thousand yen, representing investment equity issued by real estate investment corporations purchased through a trust bank.

Foreign currency assets totaled 12,031,877,130 thousand yen. This category comprises 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 loans by U.S. dollar funds-supplying operations against pooled collateral.

Corporate bonds totaled 1,038,785,719 thousand yen, a category that includes bonds issued by real estate investment corporations. Other asset lines included gold at 441,253,409 thousand yen; cash at 431,063,722 thousand yen, defined as coins reserved for circulation; deposits with agents at 10,843,745 thousand yen; and others at 1,024,044,820 thousand yen. Deposits with agents are held at agents that conduct operations relating to treasury funds and Japanese government securities on the Bank’s behalf and are reserved for such operations.

Banknotes, Deposits, and Other Liabilities

Banknotes in circulation totaled 114,033,833,895 thousand yen, and current deposits totaled 408,161,721,227 thousand yen. Other deposits totaled 42,325,633,979 thousand yen and consist of deposits held by foreign central banks and others. Deposits of the government came to 12,731,230,688 thousand yen, while payables under repurchase agreements came to 30,995,052,100 thousand yen.

The “others” liability line of 1,556,258,599 thousand yen includes miscellaneous liabilities and current income, meaning net accumulated profits; the report notes that for reports at the beginning of the fiscal year, net income for the previous fiscal year is also included prior to its appropriation. Provisions totaled 10,956,633,388 thousand yen, capital was 100,000 thousand yen, and legal and special reserves totaled 3,872,243,310 thousand yen.

Annex Table 2 reports 35,664,500,000 thousand yen in loans outstanding under the Fund-Provisioning Measure to Stimulate Bank Lending, listed as the total for the Bank’s Loan Support Program. Annex Table 3 reports 32,751,300,000 thousand yen in combined loans by Funds-Supplying Operations against Pooled Collateral, the Funds-Supplying Operation to Support Financial Institutions in Disaster Areas, and Funds-Supplying Operations to Support Financing for Climate Change Responses.

The September 30, 2026 accounts, released on October 7, 2026, showed total assets of 625,025,331,750 thousand yen, with Japanese government securities of 504,007,989,212 thousand yen, current deposits of 416,595,336,544 thousand yen, deposits of the government of 5,236,712,635 thousand yen, and payables under repurchase agreements of 27,664,220,917 thousand yen.

In that earlier release, the Bank stated that total assets at the end of September 2026 were 625.0 trillion yen, an approximate decrease of 70.2 trillion yen, or 10.1 percent, from the corresponding balance of 695.2 trillion yen at the end of September 2025. The Bank attributed the year-on-year decline in Japanese government securities, down 52.7 trillion yen or 9.5 percent, to the reduction of the purchase amount of JGBs, and the decline in loans, down 15.4 trillion yen or 18.4 percent, mainly to a decrease in loans provided through the Loan Support Program. It attributed the 85.5 trillion yen, or 17.0 percent, decrease in current deposits to both the reduced JGB purchases and the decrease in Loan Support Program loans, and the 16.8 trillion yen, or 154.9 percent, increase in payables under repurchase agreements to increased sales of JGBs to the government under repurchase agreements.

A footnote to the September 30 report states that end-of-term figures as of March 31 and September 30 are preliminary and that final figures are released in May and November in the Bank’s financial statements.