# Japan Currency in Circulation (banknotes and coins)

Japan Currency in Circulation (banknotes and coins) was 1,187,583 100M JPY in October 2026, down 0.06% from September 2026 and down 2.2% from a year earlier.
That is the lowest reading since September 2020.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1,016,769 100M JPY (Oct 2016) to 1,299,228 100M JPY (Dec 2022), averaging 1,184,404 100M JPY.

- Source agency: Bank of Japan
- Makrognosis code: `JP.CURRENCY.M.NSA`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: 100M JPY
- Coverage: 1996-01-01 to 2026-10-01 (370 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/japan/currency-in-circulation-banknotes-and-coins

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| October 2026 | 1,187,583 100M JPY |
| September 2026 | 1,188,261 100M JPY |
| August 2026 | 1,194,431 100M JPY |
| July 2026 | 1,195,596 100M JPY |
| June 2026 | 1,196,204 100M JPY |
| May 2026 | 1,197,789 100M JPY |
| April 2026 | 1,214,429 100M JPY |
| March 2026 | 1,209,233 100M JPY |
| February 2026 | 1,215,519 100M JPY |
| January 2026 | 1,219,949 100M JPY |
| December 2025 | 1,252,403 100M JPY |
| November 2025 | 1,214,407 100M JPY |
| October 2025 | 1,214,737 100M JPY |
| September 2025 | 1,212,549 100M JPY |
| August 2025 | 1,219,530 100M JPY |
| July 2025 | 1,218,748 100M JPY |
| June 2025 | 1,218,593 100M JPY |
| May 2025 | 1,219,398 100M JPY |
| April 2025 | 1,232,514 100M JPY |
| March 2025 | 1,233,316 100M JPY |
| February 2025 | 1,240,419 100M JPY |
| January 2025 | 1,249,999 100M JPY |
| December 2024 | 1,287,705 100M JPY |
| November 2024 | 1,247,242 100M JPY |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/JP.CURRENCY.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/JP.CURRENCY.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```