Exports - commodities:
motor vehicles, semiconductors, office machinery, chemicals
Exports - partners:
US 24.8%, China 12.1%, South Korea 7.3%, Taiwan 6.6%, Hong Kong
6.3% (2003)
Imports:
$346.6 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, fuels, foodstuffs, chemicals, textiles,
raw materials (2001)
Imports - partners:
China 19.7%, US 15.6%, South Korea 4.7%, Indonesia 4.3% (2003)
Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
$664.6 billion (2003)
Debt - external:
NA (2002 est.)
Economic aid - donor:
ODA, $7 billion (FY03/04)
Currency:
yen (JPY)
Currency code:
JPY