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

Japanese investors record net purchases of foreign bonds for a third straight

week, with net purchases now lodged in 11 of the 12 most recent weeks. Could

they have been lured by the sell-off in BTPs, with the latest round of Italian

political uncertainty providing an opportunity? If so, they may have been one of

the major helping hands in pushing 10-Year BTP yields to a fresh cycle low after

the blip higher.

- Japanese investors became net sellers of foreign equities for the first week

in 4.

- Foreigners lodged small net selling of Japanese bonds, recording the first

round of net weekly selling since mid-June in the process.

- Foreign investors also recorded a third straight week of net selling in

Japanese equities.

- There was little to note in terms of the 4-week rolling sums across the 4

measures.