Japan's reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$954.1 billion (31 December 2007 estimate)country comparison to the world: 2
Japan's External Debt:
$1.492 trillion (30 June 2007)country comparison to the world: 8
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
$139.7 billion (2008 estimate)
country comparison to the world: 24
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:
$597 billion (2008 estimate)
country comparison to the world: 9
Japanese Yen - US Dollar Exchange Rates:
yen (JPY) per US dollar - 103.58 (2008 estimate), 117.99 (2007), 116.18 (2006), 110.22 (2005), 108.19 (2004)As of July 2009, 1 U.S. dollar = 94.27 Japanese yen.