Japan's Ministry of Finance released weekly capital flows data for the week to July 10, showing Japanese investors net buying of foreign bonds and stocks, while foreign investors net bought Japanese bonds and stocks.

Two-way flows reflect the investment appetite of Japanese institutional investors and foreigners during the week, providing information on cross-border capital movements that can influence JPY exchange rates and asset markets. Specific figures cited by FirstSquawk from official data: Japanese investors net bought ¥1,090.1B of foreign bonds and ¥196.2B of foreign stocks; foreign investors net bought ¥824.5B of Japanese bonds and ¥499.8B of Japanese stocks.