[Orangedog]

It's bigger than that. Starwind posted a thread on this last night.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1045763/posts

[lchoro]

I think that's the statuatory borrowing limit. The amount to be borrowed next year for currency manipulation is equal to the difference in next year's limit from the current year's, or 40 trillion yen.

"Seeking to assert its firepower in the currency markets, the finance ministry said it would raise the ceiling on the amount it could borrow for intervention by Y21,000bn to Y100,000bn ($930bn) for the period until March, and by Y61,000bn to Y140,000bn for the year starting in April. "