International Transactions in Securities data from Japan’s Ministry of Finance,for the week ended October 31:

  • Japan Buying Foreign Bonds, Y 806.6B
  • Japan Buying Foreign Stocks, Y 326.1B
  • Foreign Buying Japan Bonds, Y 639.6B
  • Foreign Buying Japan Stocks, Y 904.7B

This data is normally out on Thursday in Japan, but the holiday Monday (November 3) means a Friday release this week.