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JAPAN: Net Japanese purchases of foreign bonds more than halved in the latest

round of weekly international security flows data, with a net Y724.4bn worth of

net buying lodged as the 4-week rolling sum of the measure increased to ~Y1.8tn,

the highest level seen since early August.

- Elsewhere, Japanese investors were small net sellers of foreign equities,

registering the first week of net selling in 3. Net foreign purchases of

Japanese bonds rose to Y441.1bn in the latest week, while their net selling of

Japanese equities edged up to Y161.3bn. The 4-week rolling sums of the 3

aforementioned measures were little changed.