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JAPAN: The latest round of weekly Japanese international security flows data saw

Japanese investors step up the rate of net purchases of foreign bonds, although

this wasn't enough to prevent a pullback in the 4-week rolling sum of the

measure. Elsewhere, Japanese investors sold a modest amount of foreign equities

for a second consecutive week.

- Foreigners sold Japanese bonds after 4 weeks of net buying. The 4-week rolling

sum of net purchases moved higher, as the previous round of net selling dropped

out of the period. Foreigners have only been net sellers of Japanese bonds

during 3 weeks of 2019 thus far. Meanwhile, net foreign purchases of Japanese

equities picked up, totalling Y1.426tn, registering a 4th consecutive week of

net buying in the process.