Bank of Japan's unrealized loss on gov't bonds hits record 71 bln USD

TOKYO, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- The Bank of Japan (BOJ)'s unrealized losses on its holdings of Japanese government bonds swelled to a record high of 10.5 trillion yen (71.4 billion U.S. dollars) at the end of September, according to its latest financial statement.

The figure marked the BOJ's third straight half-year paper loss on government bonds and the largest since it began valuing them under its current method in