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JGBS: The Bank of Japan said Tuesday it will increase the upper end of its

short-, medium- and long-term government bond buying operations in July but left

the frequency of all bond buying operations unchanged. The zones (incl amounts):

--1 to 3 years (JPY250-JPY600 bln in July vs. JPY200-JPY500 bln in June)

--3 to 5 years (JPY200-JPY500 bln in July vs. JPY200-JPY450 bln in June)

--5 to 10 years (JPY250-JPY600 bln in July vs. JPY250-JPY550 bln in June)

--10 to 25 years (JPY50-JPY200 bln in July vs. JPY50-JPY200 bln in June)

--More than 25 years (zero-JPY50 bln in July vs. zero-JPY50 bln in June)

* The frequencies of operations in each zone in July plans vs June actual.

--1 to 3 years: 6 times (6 times)

--3 to 5 years: 6 times (6 times)

--5 to 10 years: 5 times (5 times)

--10 to 25 years: 2 times (2 times)

--More than 25 years: 2 times (2 times)