Japan Imports
The value of goods Japan buys from the rest of the world each month, converted to yen from the OECD's US dollar-denominated source.
¥11.8tn
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Jan 1970 to Aug 2026
Source: FRED series XTIMVA01JPM667S · goods, seasonally adjusted (OECD).
Japan Imports in context
Worked out from the published series shown above.
In Japan, the imports rose by ¥2.7tn over the year to Aug 2026, from ¥9.13tn in Aug 2025.
That is the highest reading in a record that starts in Jan 1970.
Over the past five years it has ranged from ¥7.22tn in Oct 2021 to ¥11.8tn in Aug 2026.
How this series is defined
Everything you need to check the figure against the source.
- Source
- OECD via FRED
- Series
- XTIMVA01JPM667S
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Unit
- ¥m
- Seasonal adjustment
- Seasonally adjusted
- Latest observation
- Aug 2026
- Revision status
- Latest published estimate, subject to revision
Data refreshed 2026-11-06. Figures are the latest published observations and can be revised.
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