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JAPAN: The latest round of weekly international security flow data saw a heavy

paring back of Japanese investors' net foreign bond purchases, to Y174.6bn,

after 3 consecutive weeks of net purchases over and above Y1.0tn. Still this

extended the run of weekly net purchases to 4.

- Japanese investors lodged another modest round of net purchases of foreign

stocks in the most recent week (Y148.3bn)

- Foreign investors shed Japanese bonds at the quickest rate seen since the end

of March, dumping Y1.3939tn worth of paper.

- Meanwhile, foreign investors shed a relatively steady net Y494.4bn worth of

Japanese equities, racking up a 3rd consecutive week of net selling.