TABLE-Foreign investors net buyers of Japan shares for last week

TOKYO, July 17 (Reuters) - Foreign investors remained netbuyers of Japanese stocks for the week ending on July 12, capital flows data showed on Thursday. Foreigners bought a net 446.0 billion yen worth of shares inthe week through Jul. 12, after buying a net 611.5 billion yenin the week before that. Japanese investors bought a net 759.3 billion yen of foreignbonds in the latest week after buying a net 1,659.1 billion yenthe week before. Details of net investments were as follows (in billion yen):

FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN JAPAN: (net) stocks bonds bills July 6 - July 12 +446.0 +170.4 -710.2 June 29 - July 5 +611.5r -167.8r +447.3

JAPANESE INVESTMENT ABROAD: (net; a minus sign indicates net selling and inflows of funds into Japan)

stocks bonds bills July 6 - July 12 -767.9 +759.3 -114.1 June 29 - July 5 -514.4r +1,659.1r +73.6

Notes: - An "r" denotes a revised figure. - Bonds include beneficiary certificates. - Figures are based on contracts and are rounded. - The MOF's capital flows data can be found in English at: http://www.mof.go.jp/international_policy/reference/itn_transactions_in_securities/week.pdf

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