Bank of Japan, August 13, 2026
A report by the Bank of Japan showing its assets, liabilities, and net assets as of August 13, 2026. Total assets and total liabilities and net assets were both 642,971,477,644 thousand yen. Assets...
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Corporate Goods Price Index (July 2026 Flash)
The Bank of Japan's Research and Statistics Department released the Corporate Goods Price Index (July 2026 Flash) on August 13, 2026, presenting domestic corporate goods prices, export prices, and...
47th Policy Evaluation Council with 46th Policy Evaluation System Subcommittee
Overview of the 47th Policy Evaluation Council meeting held on July 16, 2026. Held jointly with the 46th Policy Evaluation System Subcommittee, the meeting addressed the appointment of the acting...
Prime Minister Takaichi Holds Fourth Call with Iran’s President
Prime Minister Takaichi held her fourth telephone call with Iranian President Pezeshkian, conveying Japan’s position on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, easing military tensions, and reaching an early...
10th Emergency Response Meeting on the 2026 Kumamoto Earthquake
On August 12, 2026, Prime Minister Takaichi attended the 10th Emergency Disaster Response Headquarters meeting on the 2026 Kumamoto Earthquake. She instructed the government as a whole to accelerate...
Corporate Spending Linkages Through Supply Chains
A Bank of Japan working paper empirically analyzes linkages in corporate spending behavior along supply chains using production network data from Japan’s manufacturing sector, examining both capital...
Mapping Japan’s Manufacturing Supply Chains with Firm-Level Transaction Data
This article identifies the multilayered and extensive supply chain structure of Japan’s manufacturing sector using highly granular interfirm transaction data and quantitatively analyzes its...
Money Stock Preliminary Figures (July 2026)
The Research and Statistics Department of the Bank of Japan released the preliminary money stock figures for July 2026. Yearonyear growth rates in average balances were 2.2% for M1, 2.0% for M2, 1.4%...
June 2026 Balance of Payments (Preliminary): Overview
The Ministry of Finance released the preliminary balance of payments for June 2026. The current account shifted from a surplus in the same month of the previous year to a deficit of 92.3 billion yen,...
Handling the 2026 Q2 Survey After the Noto Peninsula Earthquake
The Ministry of Finance announced that corporations affected by the Kumamoto Earthquake may submit their survey forms for the AprilJune 2026 Corporate Enterprise Statistics Survey by November 27,...