Japan: cumulative outstanding amount of government bond by type 2023

The cumulative outstanding amount of the public bond in Japan was planned to reach approximately 1.1 quadrillion Japanese yen by the end of the 2023 fiscal year. Due to the impact of the corona disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the overall outstanding amount leaped by about 60 trillion from fiscal 2019 to 2020.

Cumulative outstanding amount of public bond in Japan from fiscal year 2014 to 2023, by type (in trillion Japanese yen)

Characteristic	Special deficit-financing bonds	Construction bonds	Reconstruction bonds
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Release date

December 2022

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Region

Japan

Survey time period

fiscal years 2014 to 2023; the Japanese fiscal year starts on April 1 of the stated year and ends on March 31 of the following year

Special properties

as of the end of the fiscal year

Supplementary notes

Figures from FY 1975 to 2021: settled figures.
Figures from FY 2022: based on the supplementary budget.
Figures from FY 2023: based on the draft budget.

The outstanding amount of the government bond includes construction bonds, special deficit-financing bonds, and reconstruction bonds. The outstanding special deficit-financing bond includes refunding bonds for long-term debts transferred from JNR Settlement Corporation and the National Forest Service, etc., ad-hoc special deficit-financing bonds, tax reduction-related special deficit-financing bonds, and pension-related special deficit-financing bonds.

100 Japanese yen equal 0.70 U.S. dollars or 0.64 euros as of August 2023.

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