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Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board Special Data Dissemination Standard (AS PROVIDED TO THE IMF BY THE RESPECTIVE COUNTRY)   Japan Analytical accounts of the central bank (Monetary Base / Balance Sheet of the Bank of Japan: Domestic Claims on Government, Domestic Claims on the Private Sector, and the External Position ) Last Posted: Jul-1-2009 Last Certified: Jul-1-2009 Last Updated: Apr-10-2009 Contact Person(s)          Printer Friendly Page   Dissemination Formats Summary Methodology Access National Summary Data Page Cross-country comparisons: access the DSBB metadata query facility

The Data: Coverage, Periodicity, and Timeliness
Coverage characteristics	5.1.1 Statistical presentation The data for the analytical accounts of the central bank are disseminated in two separate parts: data on the monetary base; and the "Bank of Japan Accounts", which include data on domestic claims on the government (effectively claims on the public sector), domestic claims on the private sector, and the external position (foreign assets and liabilities). The data on the monetary base are in 100 million Yen, and are based on the BOJ's accounting records. The data include cash currency in circulation (banknotes and coins) and current accounts balances. Seasonally adjusted data are also released.
Periodicity	4.1.1 Periodicity 3 times a month in the case of the Bank of Japan Accounts (at the end of the first 10 days, the end of the second 10 days, and at the end of the month). Monthly in the case of the data on the monetary base.
Timeliness	4.1.2 Timeliness On the 2nd or 5th business day after the reference period on the Bank of Japan Accounts.   On the 2nd business day after the end of the reference month in the case of the data on the monetary base.
Access by the Public
Advance dissemination of release calendar	5.1.3 Advance release calendar The precise release dates for the data on the Bank of Japan accounts and the data on the monetary base are generally announced in Statistical Releases and Publications Scheduled for the Next Six Months, which are published every end of quarter, and is available to all. These statistical releases are also available on the following BOJ's Internet websites: http://www.boj.or.jp/  (in Japanese), http://www.boj.or.jp/en/index.htm  (in English). In addition, an advance release calendar which gives one-quarter-ahead notice of the approximate release dates, and provides the precise release dates no later than the last business day of the week prior to release, is disseminated on the Internet on the IMF's DSBB. A notice to this effect is published in the Bank of Japan Statistics.
Simultaneous release to all interested parties	5.1.4 Simultaneous release The data on the monetary base are released in the BOJ press release Monetary Base, which is available to the public at the BOJ's headquarters. The data are subsequently posted on the following BOJ's Internet websites: http://www.boj.or.jp/  (in Japanese) and http://www.boj.or.jp/en/index.htm  (in English). The data on the Bank of Japan Accounts are released and subsequently posted on the following BOJ’s Internet websites http://www.boj.or.jp/  (in Japanese) and http://www.boj.or.jp/en/index.htm (in English).
Integrity
Dissemination of terms and conditions under which official statistics are produced, including those relating to the confidentiality of individually identifiable information	0.1.3 Confidentiality of individual reporters' data Bank of Japan The Article 29 of the Bank of Japan Act, which took effect as of April 1998, clarifies the rules with respect to the confidentiality as follows: (Article 29) The Bank of Japan's officers and employees shall not leak or misappropriate secrets which they have learned in the course of their duties. The same shall apply even after they have left the Bank. 1.3.1 Guidelines for staff behavior Bank of Japan “Rules of Ethical Conduct for Executives and Staff of the Bank of Japan” (available in Japanese only)　is applied to the work of the statistics. The Article 32 of the Bank of Japan Act clarifies the rules with respect to the ethical discipline as follows:  (Article 32 )The Bank of Japan shall, in light of the public nature of its business and in order to ensure the proper execution of their duties by its officers and employees, establish rules on service for its officers and employees, such as rules on the obligations to devote themselves to their duties and to separate themselves from private enterprises, and shall report such rules to the Minister of Finance and, at the same time, make them public. The same shall apply when making any change to the rules. Moreover, the statistical sections have developed rules, notably on data confidentiality.
Identification of internal government access to data before release
Identification of ministerial commentary on the occasion of statistical releases
Provision of information about revision and advance notice of major changes in methodology	4.3.1 Revision schedule The data on domestic claims on government, domestic claims on the private sector, foreign assets, and foreign liabilities are final when first released and are not subject to revision. The data on the monetary base are not regularly revised. However, the seasonally adjusted data series on the monetary base are subject to revision once a year. 1.2.4 Advance notice of major changes in methodology, source data, and statistical techniques. Major changes in methodology are announced at the time the changes are introduced.
Quality
Dissemination of documentation on methodology and sources used in preparing statistics	5.2.1 Dissemination of documentation on concepts, scope, classifications, basis of recording, data sources, and statistical techniques Footnotes in the Financial and Economic Statistics Monthly and the Bank of Japan Statistics specify the underlying instruments and the methodology of the reserve requirement rate change adjustment. (See also summary methodology)
Dissemination of component detail, reconciliations with related data, and statistical frameworks that support statistical cross-checks and provide assurance of reasonableness	4.2.1 Internal consistency The Financial and Economic Statistics Monthly (FESM) and the Bank of Japan Statistics publish data on the detailed components of the balance sheet of the BOJ (Bank of Japan Accounts). Also, the publications  include relevant data Loans and Discounts by the Bank of Japan, which provides sectorial breakdown of loans and discounts to domestic financial institutions. See also the Monetary Base and the Bank of Japan's Transactions, which explains the relation between the monetary base and various transactions conducted by the Bank. 4.2.2 Temporal consistency The Financial and Economic Statistics Monthly (FESM) and the Bank of Japan Statistics  provide the time series data of the items and footnotes, which briefly explain the statistical continuities of items on the balance sheet (retroactive data in the latter publication starts at an earlier period than the former).
Footnotes Last posted: Date IMF staff last posted an update to these metadata on the DSBB. Last certified: Date subscriber last officially certified the accuracy of these metadata. Last updated: Date subscriber last submitted an update of these metadata to the IMF.