"Japan's longest foreign bond-buying binge since November continued last week..but Japanese investors' appetite for overseas debt faded. Japanese buyers took in a net 233.2 billion yen ($2.37 billion) of foreign bonds in the week through July 27, the fourth straight week of net purchases, capital flows data compiled by the Ministry of Finance showed."
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Japanese net buying of foreign bonds slows in latest week
July 31st 2013
Reuters.com