# Japan Trade Balance – Jan 21, 2002: 659.442

> Canonical page: https://fxmacrodata.com/japan/trade-balance/announcements/jpy_trade_balance_2002-01-20
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| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Status | Released |
| Actual | 659.442 |
| Previous | 492.159 |
| Forecast | -- |
| Surprise | -- |
| Reference period | 2001-12-31 |
| Release time (local) | Estimated 2002-01-21 08:50 Asia/Tokyo |
| Release time (UTC) | Estimated 2002-01-20 23:50 UTC |
| Release ID | jpy_trade_balance_2002-01-20 |

Japan Trade Balance came in at 659.442 on Jan 21, 2002, compared with 492.159 previously. See the full release history, chart, Bank of Japan context, and API access for this series.

## Recent release history

| Release date | Actual | Previous | Forecast |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-10-21 | -556.479 | -1,120.64 | -- |
| 2026-09-16 | -1,120.64 | -644.92 | -- |
| 2026-08-20 | -644.92 | -412.258 | -- |
| 2026-07-22 | -412.258 | -395.109 | -- |
| 2026-06-17 | -395.109 | 282.326 | -- |
| 2026-05-21 | 282.326 | 631.234 | -- |
| 2026-04-22 | 631.234 | 36.568 | -- |
| 2026-03-18 | 36.568 | -1,165.80 | -- |
| 2026-02-18 | -1,165.80 | 94.749 | -- |
| 2026-01-22 | 94.749 | 305.991 | -- |
| 2025-12-17 | 305.991 | -242.91 | -- |
| 2025-11-21 | -242.91 | -277.703 | -- |

## API access

```
GET https://api.fxmacrodata.com/v1/announcements/jpy/trade_balance
X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY
```

The endpoint returns the full announcement history for this series, including point-in-time release timestamps.

## Related

- Previous release: https://fxmacrodata.com/japan/trade-balance/announcements/jpy_trade_balance_2001-12-19
- Next release: https://fxmacrodata.com/japan/trade-balance/announcements/jpy_trade_balance_2002-02-19
- Full series and chart: https://fxmacrodata.com/japan/trade-balance
- Machine-readable surfaces index: https://fxmacrodata.com/llms.txt