Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, fuels, foodstuffs, chemicals, textiles,
raw materials (2001)
Imports - partners:
China 21%, US 12.7%, Saudi Arabia 5.5%, UAE 4.9%, Australia 4.7%,
South Korea 4.7%, Indonesia 4% (2005)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$864.7 billion (August 2006 est.)
Debt - external:
$1.547 trillion (30 June 2006)
Economic aid - donor:
ODA, $8.9 billion (2004)
Currency (code):
yen (JPY)
Currency code:
JPY
Exchange rates:
yen per US dollar - 116.175 (2006), 110.22 (2005), 108.19 (2004),
115.93 (2003), 125.39 (2002)
Fiscal year:
1 April - 31 March
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