TOKYO, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Foreign investors remained net

buyers of Japanese stocks last week for an 11th consecutive

week, while Japanese investors resumed their net buying of

foreign bonds, capital flows data released on Thursday showed.

Foreigners purchased a net 248.6 billion yen ($2.7

billion)worth of shares in the week through Jan. 26, after they

bought a net 196.2 billion yen in the previous week.

Japanese investors took in a net 663.1 billion yen of

foreign bonds in the latest week after unloading a net 35.1

billion yen the week before.

Details of net investments were as follows (in billion yen):

FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN JAPAN:

(net)

stocks bonds bills

Jan 20 - Jan 26 +248.6 -228.8 -521.5

Jan 13 - Jan 19 +196.2 +481.0r -1,091.1

JAPANESE INVESTMENT ABROAD:

(net; a minus sign indicates net selling and inflows of

funds into Japan)

stocks bonds bills

Jan 20 - Jan 26 -254.1 +663.1 -66.0

Jan 13 - Jan 19 -235.2r -35.1r +37.2

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://link.reuters.com/syk43s

- The MOF's portfolio flows data can be found in English at:

http://link.reuters.com/tyk43s

($1 = 91.020 Japanese yen)

(Reporting by Tokyo Markets Team; Editing by Chris Gallagher)

Keywords: JAPAN ECONOMY/CAPFLOW

(tokyo.markets@thomsonreuters.com)(+81-3-6441-1872)

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