TABLE-Japan end-Sept foreign reserves $945.601 bln

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TOKYO, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Japan's official foreign reserves
amounted to $945.601 billion at the end of September, up from
$932.157 billion at the end of August, the Ministry of Finance
said on Friday.

Details were as follows (in billion dollars):
JAPAN OFFICIAL RESERVE ASSETS SEPT AUG

TOTAL 945.601 932.157

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1 Foreign currency reserves 922.538 910.867
(a) Securities 797.037 785.602
(Of which issuer is headquartered in Japan) 0 0
(b) Deposits 125.501 125.265

Deposits with other central banks and BIS 6.156 6.411

Deposits with banks headquartered in Japan 25.328 25.458

(Of which bank branches located abroad) 0 0

Deposits with bks headquartered outside Jpn 94.017 93.396

(Of which bank branches located in Japan) 94.017 93.384
2 IMF Reserve Position 1.466 1.490
3 Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) 2.962 2.917
4 Gold stocks 18.279 16.533

(in million troy ounces) 24.6 24.6
5 Other reserve assets 0.356 0.350

The data is consistent with the IMF's Special Data
Dissemination Standard (SDDS), which was established in 1996 to
promote increased transparency by providing guidance on the
dissemination of economic and financial data for countries that
have or may seek access to international capital markets.

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