TABLE-Foreign investors remain net buyers of Japanese shares for week ended August 2

TOKYO, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Foreign investors remained net buyers of Japanese stocks for the week ended on August 2, capital flows data showed on Friday.

Foreigners bought a net 193.0 billion yen worth of shares in the week through August 2, after buying a net 743.3 billion yen in the week before that.

Japanese investors sold a net 526.3 billion yen of foreign bonds in the latest week after selling a net 326.3 billion yen the week before.

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

FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN JAPAN:

(net)

Stocks Bonds Bills

July 27-August 2 +193.0 -87.5 +1,198.5

July 20-July 26 +743.3 -184.6 -1,950.7

JAPANESE INVESTMENT ABROAD:

(net; a minus sign indicates net selling and inflows of funds into Japan)

Stocks Bonds Bills

July 27-August 2 -752.1 -526.3 -80.8

July 20-July 26 +207.3r -326.3r +57.5

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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- Older weekly data are omitted if there are no revisions