1 KRW = 0.11862 JPY
Updated Oct 26, 2026, 3:48 AM UTC
since 1999
The Japanese Yen to South Korean Won exchange rate is 8.4304 (Oct 26, 2026, 3:48 AM UTC): 1 JPY buys 8.4304 KRW, and 1 KRW buys 0.11862 JPY. That is 0.09% below the previous close. Over the last 52 weeks it has traded between 8.3961 KRW (October 21, 2026) and 9.6392 KRW (June 5, 2026). It is 10.5% lower than a year ago. Over the last ten years it has fallen 23%. The highest daily close since 1999 was 16.2743 KRW on March 2, 2009.
Uses the live mid-market rate. Physical metal, cards and money transfers usually cost more.
| JPY | KRW |
|---|---|
| 1 | 8.4304 |
| 5 | 42.1522 |
| 10 | 84.3043 |
| 25 | 210.761 |
| 50 | 421.522 |
| 100 | 843.043 |
| 250 | 2,107.61 |
| 500 | 4,215.22 |
| 1,000 | 8,430.43 |
| 5,000 | 42,152.16 |
| 10,000 | 84,304.32 |
| KRW | JPY |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0.11862 |
| 5 | 0.59309 |
| 10 | 1.1862 |
| 25 | 2.9654 |
| 50 | 5.9309 |
| 100 | 11.8618 |
| 250 | 29.6545 |
| 500 | 59.3089 |
| 1,000 | 118.618 |
| 5,000 | 593.089 |
| 10,000 | 1,186.18 |
| Year | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9.2071 | 9.6392 | 8.3961 | 8.4304 | −8.5% |
| 2025 | 9.3500 | 10.2189 | 9.1618 | 9.2181 | −1.9% |
| 2024 | 9.2416 | 9.5908 | 8.5410 | 9.3965 | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 9.7252 | 10.0632 | 8.5547 | 9.1704 | −4.0% |
| 2022 | 10.3738 | 10.6697 | 9.3293 | 9.5554 | −7.5% |
| 2021 | 10.5195 | 10.8703 | 10.1062 | 10.3262 | −2.2% |
| 2020 | 10.6635 | 11.7381 | 10.4179 | 10.5622 | −0.6% |
| 2019 | 10.2870 | 11.6363 | 10.0600 | 10.6300 | +4.7% |
| 2018 | 9.4691 | 10.2863 | 9.3898 | 10.1547 | +7.1% |
| 2017 | 10.2817 | 10.5291 | 9.4732 | 9.4782 | −7.9% |
| 2016 | 10.0002 | 11.6545 | 9.9283 | 10.2862 | +5.3% |
| 2015 | 9.1743 | 10.0814 | 8.9081 | 9.7718 | +7.1% |
| 2014 | 9.9857 | 10.6743 | 9.1221 | 9.1221 | −9.0% |
| 2013 | 12.2123 | 12.2193 | 10.0255 | 10.0255 | −19.0% |
| 2012 | 15.0146 | 15.1166 | 12.3773 | 12.3773 | −17.2% |
| 2011 | 13.8049 | 15.6514 | 12.6973 | 14.9570 | +8.4% |
| 2010 | 12.4414 | 14.1968 | 11.7237 | 13.7976 | +10.2% |
| 2009 | 14.4750 | 16.2743 | 12.5111 | 12.5191 | −14.1% |
| 2008 | 8.4001 | 15.9858 | 8.4001 | 14.5797 | +74.5% |
| 2007 | 7.7864 | 8.6362 | 7.4609 | 8.3546 | +7.0% |
| 2006 | 8.5825 | 8.6229 | 7.8046 | 7.8046 | −8.5% |
| 2005 | 10.0992 | 10.1706 | 8.5273 | 8.5273 | −15.5% |
| 2004 | 11.1697 | 11.2151 | 10.0477 | 10.0966 | −9.5% |
| 2003 | 10.0176 | 11.2001 | 9.7561 | 11.1536 | +11.5% |
| 2002 | 9.9206 | 10.2776 | 9.6192 | 9.9992 | −0.7% |
| 2001 | 11.1062 | 11.2446 | 10.0125 | 10.0718 | −8.5% |
| 2000 | 11.0955 | 11.0955 | 10.1151 | 11.0086 | −0.6% |
| 1999 | 10.4580 | 11.6216 | 9.4831 | 11.0705 | — |
From daily closes (UTC). The current year runs to the latest close.
| Month | Average | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | 8.4619 | 8.6167 | 8.3961 | 8.4304 | −2.3% |
| Sep 2026 | 8.6867 | 8.8801 | 8.5373 | 8.6331 | +0.8% |
| Aug 2026 | 8.8354 | 9.1081 | 8.5646 | 8.5646 | −4.9% |
| Jul 2026 | 9.1748 | 9.5857 | 8.7989 | 9.0090 | −5.6% |
| Jun 2026 | 9.5202 | 9.6392 | 9.4080 | 9.5475 | +1.0% |
| May 2026 | 9.4216 | 9.5353 | 9.2702 | 9.4573 | +0.2% |
| Apr 2026 | 9.3131 | 9.5049 | 9.2408 | 9.4341 | −1.3% |
| Mar 2026 | 9.3956 | 9.5599 | 9.2862 | 9.5599 | +3.4% |
| Feb 2026 | 9.3346 | 9.4523 | 9.1100 | 9.2446 | −1.3% |
| Jan 2026 | 9.2987 | 9.3987 | 9.2071 | 9.3659 | +1.6% |
| Dec 2025 | 9.4111 | 9.5287 | 9.1913 | 9.2181 | −2.1% |
| Nov 2025 | 9.4117 | 9.5345 | 9.2726 | 9.4137 | +1.6% |
The Japanese Yen to South Korean Won exchange rate is 8.4304 (Oct 26, 2026, 3:48 AM UTC): 1 JPY buys 8.4304 KRW, and 1 KRW buys 0.11862 JPY. That is 0.09% below the previous close.
100 JPY is 843.043 KRW at the live rate (Oct 26, 2026, 3:48 AM UTC), and 100 KRW is 11.8618 JPY.
The highest daily close in our data since 1999 is 16.2743 KRW, on March 2, 2009. The lowest is 7.4609 KRW, on July 6, 2007.
JPY/KRW is a cross rate: the JPY price in US dollars divided by the KRW price in US dollars. Both legs update continuously from interbank, exchange and central-bank sources, so JPY/KRW moves when either market moves.
Yes. Call /latest with base=KRW and currencies=JPY for the live rate, /convert to convert an amount, and /timeframe for daily history since 1999. A free API key is enough to start.
curl "https://metalapi.com/api/v1/latest?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&base=KRW¤cies=JPY"{
"success": true,
"base": "KRW",
"rates": {
"JPY": 0.1186178853,
"KRWJPY": 8.430431866
}
}rates.JPY is how much JPY one KRW buys; rates.KRWJPY is the price of one JPY in KRW.