The Bank of Japan reported assets of ¥624.98 trillion on Oct. 20, 10.1% below a year earlier and ¥345.3 billion above the total in its Oct. 10 account.
Published Oct. 22, the statement put total assets at 624,977,993,815 thousand yen. The same-date comparison with Oct. 20, 2025, showed a ¥70.22 trillion decline from ¥695.19 trillion. The 10.1% figure reflects the comparison between those two account totals.
Japanese government securities represented ¥504.00 trillion, all reported as Japanese government bonds; Treasury discount bills were zero. On the liability side, current deposits were ¥418.35 trillion and banknotes were ¥113.93 trillion. The account also listed ¥68.42 trillion in loans, excluding lending to the Deposit Insurance Corporation.
From Oct. 10 to Oct. 20, current deposits rose about ¥10.19 trillion, while government deposits fell about ¥8.47 trillion. Both are liability lines in the account. Total assets ended the period ¥345.3 billion higher, and the Oct. 20 release did not explain the transactions behind these shifts.
The BOJ publishes account statements every 10 days, making the two October releases successive snapshots. The 10-day increase does not erase the larger annual decline.
A separate explanation in the BOJ's Sept. 30 account concerned annual changes in that statement. The central bank linked the decline in Japanese government securities to reduced JGB purchases. It said the loan balance fell as fewer loans were extended, mainly through its Loan Support Program. The BOJ also linked lower current deposits to both factors. That earlier explanation was not given as the reason for the Oct. 20 figures.
The BOJ's next policy meeting is scheduled for Thursday and Friday, Oct. 29-30.
