| Table Name | Japan |
| 1.0 Contact Information | |
| 1.1 Name | Yoshiyuki Satake |
| 1.2 Designation (Job Title) | Director |
| 1.3 Organization | Bank of Japan |
| 1.4 Mailing Address | boj-bop@boj.or.jp |
| 1.5 Country | Japan |
| 1.6 Email | yoshiyuki.satake@boj.or.jp |
| 1.7 Telephone | 81-3-3277-2933 |
| 2.0 Concepts, Definitions and Scope | |
| 2.1 Statistical frameworks for the compilation of external debt data | 2013 External Debt Statistics Guide/6th Edition of Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) |
| 2.2 Consistency with the external debt liabilities of the International Investment Position (IIP) | Yes |
| 2.3 Additional Information on Concepts, Definitions and Scope | None |
| 3.0 Sector Classification/Coverage | |
| 3.1 Data coverage for General Government | Fully covered |
| 3.2 Data coverage for Central Bank | Fully covered |
| 3.3 Data coverage for Deposit-taking corporations, except the Central Bank | Broadly covered (non-coverage insignificant) |
| 3.4 Data coverage for Other Sectors | Broadly covered (non-coverage insignificant) |
| 3.5 Data coverage for Other financial corporations | Broadly covered (non-coverage insignificant) |
| 3.6 Data coverage for Nonfinancial corporations | Broadly covered (non-coverage insignificant) |
| 3.7 Data coverage for Households and nonprofit institutions serving households (NPISHs) | Broadly covered (non-coverage insignificant) |
| 3.8 Data coverage for Direct Investment: Intercompany lending | Broadly covered (non-coverage insignificant) |
| 3.9 External debt statistics presented into Public and Publicly Guar. Private Sector and Private Sector Not Publicly Guar. Debt | No |
| 3.10 External debt include both foreign currency and domestic currency denominated debt instruments held by nonresidents | Yes |
| 3.11 Additional comments and explanations on Sector Classification/Coverage | There is an insignificant portion uncovered, because of the threshold of report exemptions. Also, some small parts of QEDS are compiled based on accumulated data of ITRS reports. The ITRS in Japan has a threshold of JPY 30million. |
| 4.0 Debt Instrument Classification/Coverage | |
| 4.1 Data coverage for Currency and deposits | Broadly covered (non-coverage insignificant) |
| 4.2 Data coverage for Debt Securities | Broadly covered (non-coverage insignificant) |
| 4.3 Data coverage for Loans | Broadly covered (non-coverage insignificant) |
| 4.4 Data coverage for Trade credit and advances | Broadly covered (non-coverage insignificant) |
| 4.5 Data coverage for Other debt liabilities | Broadly covered (non-coverage insignificant) |
| 4.6 Data coverage for Special drawing rights (allocations) | Fully covered |
| 4.7 Data coverage for Debt liabilities of direct investment enterprises to direct investors | Broadly covered (non-coverage insignificant) |
| 4.8 Data coverage for Debt liabilities of direct investors to direct investment enterprises | Broadly covered (non-coverage insignificant) |
| 4.9 Data coverage for Debt liabilities to fellow enterprises | Broadly covered (non-coverage insignificant) |
| 4.10 Arrears (including interest that accrues on arrears) reported in the same debt instrument | Yes |
| 4.11 Arrears separately identified in the memorandum items | No |
| 4.12 Classification of maturity for short-term/long-term debt instruments | Original Maturity |
| 4.13 Additional comments and explanations on Debt Instrument Classification/Coverage | (i) SDR allocations are included from 2003Q1. (ii) There is an insignificant portion uncovered, because of the threshold of report exemptions. All the debt instruments covered in QEDS of Japan are based on 2013EDS Guide/BPM6 classifications. |
| 5.0 Valuation and Basis of Recording | |
| 5.1 Main valuation method for debt securities (in main table) | Market Value and Nominal Value |
| 5.2 Main valuation method for debt securities (in memorandum items) | Not reporting debt securities in memorandum items. |
| 5.3 Other methods and weights used for valuation of debt securities | Tradable instruments are valued at the market values as much as possible. If it is not possible, they are valued at the book value. |
| 5.4 Basis for compiling external debt statistics | Accrual Basis |
| 5.5 Inclusion of accrued interest costs that are not paid | Yes - Figures of debt securities at the end of Mar., June, and Sep. are estimated based on the market price acquired from information venders. As the accrued interest is included in the market price of debt securities usually, in that sense, accrued interest is included in QEDS in Japan. |
| 6.0 Data sources/Compiling Organizations | |
| 6.1 Main data source(s) for the external debt statistics | Data for loans, currency and deposits, other liabilities in banking sector are compiled using reports on assets and liabilities positions submitted by banks. Trade credit in other sectors are compiled using a survey on trade credits, which covers major trading and manufacturing companies in Japan. For compilation of the other data, IIP and BOP data are used. |
| 6.2 Link(s) to national website where the external debt statistics are being disseminated | Bank of Japan - http://www.boj.or.jp/en/statistics/br/bop_06/index.htm/ and Ministry of Finance - http://www.mof.go.jp/english/international_policy/reference/iip/index.htm |
| 6.3 Link(s) to relevant metadata that currently exists and is consistent with your external debt statistics | http://dsbb.imf.org/Pages/SDDS/DQAFBase.aspx?ctycode=JPN&catcode=EXD00 |
| 6.4 Primary agency responsible for compiling external debt statistics | Both Bank of Japan and Ministry of Finance - The MOF is responsible to compile the data for QEDS under Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act (FEFTA) of 1949, most recently amended in 2009 MOF entrusts to the BOJ acceptance of the relevant reports and compiling the QEDS. |
| 6.5 Primary agency responsibile for disseminating external debt statistics | Both Bank of Japan and Ministry of Finance - QEDS is disseminated under the joint signatures of the MOF and the BOJ. |
| 7.0 Periodicity and Timeliness | |
| 7.1 Frequency of external debt statistics compilation | Quarterly |
| 7.2 Frequency of external debt statistics dissemination | Quarterly |
| 7.3 Timeliness of the publication of the external debt statistics | Preliminary estimates are released on the 6th business day of the 3rd month after the end of the reference quarter. |
| 7.4 Additional comments on Periodicity and Timeliness | None |
| 8.0 Revision Policy | |
| 8.1 Data revision policy | Regular schedule - Second preliminary estimates are released on the 6th business day of the 6th month after the end of the reference quarter. In addition, annually revised figures are disseminated in June of the next year. The figures are revised around two years. |
| 9.0 Unit of Measure | |
| 9.1 Unit of Measure | Data are in USD. |
| 10.0 Reference Period | |
| 10.1 Reference Period | (i) Data are available starting from 2003Q1. (ii) Data converted through generic conversion from 2003 EDS Guide/BPM5 to 2013 EDS Guide/BPM6 basis by the World Bank from 2003Q1 to 2013Q2. (iii) Data reported by country on a 2013 EDS Guide/BPM6 basis starting from 2013Q3. (iv) As per 2013 EDS Guide/BPM6 methodology, data includes SDR allocations sourced from IMF (the creditor) for period 2003Q1 to 2009Q2, and reported by the country from 2009Q3 onward. |
| 11.0 Table Reporting | |
| 11.1 Table 1 - Gross External Debt Position: by Sector (Prescribed component) | Yes |
| 11.2 Table 2 - Gross External Debt Position: Foreign Currency and Domestic Currency Denominated Debt (Encouraged component) | No |
| 11.3 Table 3 - Debt-Service Payment Schedule for Outstanding External Debt as of End-Period: by Sector (Encouraged component) | No |
| 11.4 Table 4-Gross External Debt Position:Principal and Interest Payments Due in 1 Yr or less -by Sector (Encouraged component) | No |
| 11.5 Table 1.1 - Gross External Debt Position: Debt Securities - Reconciliation of Nominal and Market Value | No |
| 11.6 Table 1.2 - Gross External Debt Position: Other Sectors | No |
| 11.7 Table 1.3 - Gross External Debt Position: Public Sector Debt and Publicly-Guaranteed Private Sector Debt | No |
| 11.8 Table 1.4 - Gross External Debt Position: Arrears by Sector | No |
| 11.9 Table 1.5 - Net External Debt Position: by Sector | No |
| 11.10 Table 1.6 - Gross External Debt Position: Reconciliation of Positions and Flows | No |
| 11.11 Table 2.1 - Gross External Foreign Currency and Foreign-Currency-Linked Debt Position | No |
| 11.12 Table 3.1 - Gross External Debt Position: Short-Term Remaining Maturity - by Sector | No |
| 11.13 Table 3.2 - Debt-Service Payment Schedule for Outstanding External Debt as of End-Period: by Sector and Instrument | No |
| 12.0 Metadata Update | |
| 12.1 Metadata last updated | 12/14/2016 |