PUBLIC DEBT
	Internal Debt J$M	External * Debt US$M	Total Debt J$M
Jan. 1997	60,977.26	3,418.90	197,254.61
Feb.	60,449.29	3,415.20	196,749.92
Mar.	60,024.41	3,402.50	196,372.46
Apr.	61,650.80	3,376.20	196,293.66
May	62,552.49	3,349.70	190,879.50
June	63,155.68	3,340.50	182,511.75
July	66,661.95	3,349.70	186,145.75
Aug.	66,867.77	3,339.50	183,750.27
Sept.	73,394.91	3,292.50	188,895.81
Oct.	72,306.78	3,261.00	186,604.83
Nov.	73,267.96	3,224.60	186,451.42
Dec.	77,703.83	3,231.90	190,917.29
Jan. 1998	79,539.03	3,192.30	190,343.76
Feb.	86,411.16	3,139.50	196,419.24
Mar.	85,181.16	3,170.30	196,363.58
Apr.	91,631.50	3,156.10	203,546.81
May	91,823.95	3,231.60	205,770.17
June	92,729.37	3,247.80	207,604.06
July	92,365.64	3,381.40	212,303.90
Aug.	95,068.05	3,340.90	214,070.91
Sept.	96,695.63	3,350.20	217,403.34
Oct.	102,176.05	3,338.40	222,525.37
Nov.	102,542.69	3,271.90	221,050.91
Dec.	101,351.16	3,277.60	221,278.54
Jan. 1999	103,059.35	3,327.30	224,738.71
Feb.	99,410.03	3,249.50	217,301.89
Mar.	101,540.24	3,223.10	219,215.62
Apr.	100,670.77	3,216.10	218,154.90
May	107,986.52	3,170.20	223,508.61
June	108,176.27	3,325.70	229,298.26
July	112,528.33	3,319.80	233,435.45
Aug.	109,845.11	3,302.20	230,573.54
Sept.	113,133.84	3,303.00	234,486.06
Oct.	117,394.85	3,342.90	241,617.01
Nov.	119,447.62	3,289.30	242,302.98
Dec.	119,955.00	3,306.40	242,820.82
Jan. 2000	178,341.08	2,971.00	256,595.92
Feb.	175,493.13	3,133.10	260,447.11
Mar.	175,322.89	3,164.80	262,300.68
Apr.	176,599.59	3,098.20	269,054.29
May	177,180.28	3,054.70	270,474.29
June	181,578.24	3,053.70	271,903.87
July	189,222.18	3,018.60	273,692.66
Aug.	189,666.93	3,003.80	279,304.13
Sept.	184,338.05	3,208.60	282,971.93
Oct. **	181,507.96	3,208.80	287,252.11
Nov.	184,795.15	3,265.20	293,203.21
Dec.	187,520.18	3,375.30	301,975.69
Jan. 2001	193,616.74	3,492.00	303,569.84
Feb.	190,384.79	3,636.80	307,367.26
Mar.	215,084.05	3,624.30	308,687.83
Apr.	294,963.13	3,625.70	307,282.78
May	282,209.01	3,971.40	306,362.55
June	285,665.99	3,944.40	311,392.58
July	286,340.07	3,909.50	318,116.25
Aug.	292,701.21	3,923.70	319,461.41
Sept.	292,142.04	3,901.60	328,178.54
Oct.	297,661.94	3,881.80	325,069.67
Nov.	299,496.33	3,840.40	333,198.34
Dec.	295,165.43	4,146.00	341,197.44
Jan. 2002	297,181.62	4,107.50	353,450.07
Feb.	301,860.27	4,098.60	356,882.77
Mar.	300,201.53	4,135.30	380,463.92
Apr.	302,293.04	4,144.90	443,343.35
May	305,116.45	4,156.10	447,040.51
June	310,741.77	4,463.90	449,252.55
July	313,724.75	4,264.30	448,415.00
Aug.	329,216.58	4,221.20	455,317.44
Sept.	330,621.57	4,230.80	454,316.76
Oct.	342,251.63	4,224.40	461,523.14
Nov.	340,470.41	4,292.90	464,321.68
Dec.	351,106.70	4,347.50	474,058.35
Jan. 2003	356,821.37	4,389.10	492,494.67
Feb.	363,846.42	4,152.50	492,723.20
Mar.	366,158.14	4,180.40	497,082.69
Apr.	379,373.85	4,178.80	500,882.44
May	384,086.59	4,198.00	506,013.80
June	388,125.88	4,165.30	527,287.50
July	393,970.28	4,133.00	520,576.53
Aug.	396,498.27	4,096.60	536,097.10
Sept.	402,317.57	4,129.10	539,075.76
Oct.	404,949.93	4,164.20	551,085.12
Nov.	410,984.43	4,185.10	554,505.00
Dec.	417,834.25	4,192.10	572,695.43
Jan. 2004	427,363.66	4,169.30	590,072.27
Feb.	419,899.69	4,459.10	587,017.86
Mar.	417,571.31	4,529.00	601,229.63
Apr.	417,358.67	4,665.60	617,074.15
May	420,503.45	4,745.40	634,203.83
June	429,251.39	4,773.50	634,253.44
July	439,633.64	5,029.50	638,492.57
Aug.	437,141.89	4,838.00	639,817.17
Sept.	438,123.74	4,856.90
Oct.	439,614.97	5,075.20
Nov.	444,214.55	5,118.90
Dec.	446,961.93	5,120.40
Jan. 2005	449,259.38	5,069.80	762870.49
Feb.	451,895.37	5,062.90	765332.09
Mar.	449,247.56	5,044.40	759696.63
Apr.	456,393.56	5,055.20	768035.12
May	466,840.52	4,968.10	773420.84
June	467,233.59	4,952.20	773501.89
July	471,668.82	5,282.40	800379.95
Aug.	472,452.67	5,327.40	804017.79
Sept.	478,188.57	5,293.50	811124.78
Oct.	478,118.97	5,452.00	827289.57
Nov.	478,436.17	5,407.80	828181.1
Dec.	480,099.16	5,375.50	827253.89
Jan. 2006	489,967.92	5,398.70	842255.27
Feb.	486,690.28	5,621.90	854123.99
Mar.	482,712.52	5,567.40	847351.26
Apr.	489664.97	5622.32	858646.59
May	490098.32	5639.65	860782.36
Jun	502404.45	5611.53	872956.78
Jul	510481.97	5617.45	881183.11
Aug	513805.41	5618.38	884420.72
Sep	520394.81	5619.32	891581.8
Oct	530109.25	5622.95	903982.01
Nov	539864.26	5827.13	929541.34
Dec	536673.14	5795.64	925842.83
Jan. 2007	527998.13	5760.19	917113.94
Feb.	521305.93	5746.97	909513.75
Mar.	513930.86	6035.34	923126.91
Apr.	536441.87	6065.2	949360.69
May	535788.09	6031.1	947247.83
Jun	500100.28	6130.82	920523.1
Jul	544839.92	6163.47	969430.27
Aug	546490.38	6178.1	977903.4
Sep	552027.91	5980.52	973125.89
Source: BOJ
* Medium and Longterm Public and Publicly Guaranteed External Debt