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JAPAN: Japanese investors reverted to net buying of foreign bonds (~Y869bn) in

the most recent week, although the 4-week rolling sum of the metric moderated as

a large week of net buying dropped out of the sample period. Nonetheless, this

represented the 17th round of net weekly purchases in the most recent 20 weeks.

- Elsewhere, Japanese investors also reverted to net buying of foreign stocks

(~Y321bn), which allowed the 4-week rolling sum of the metric to edge higher.

- Foreign investors were net buyers of Japanese bonds in the most recent week

(~Y400bn) in the wake of last week's record net selling (~Y3.149tn). They

remained net sellers of Japanese equities (~Y221bn) for a 5th consecutive week,

pushing the 4-week rolling sum of the measure deeper into negative territory.