TABLE-Foreign investors bought Japan stocks in week to May 3

TOKYO, May 12 (Reuters) - Foreign investors bought a net
417.2 billion yen ($4.1 billion) of Japanese stocks in the week
ended May 3, capital flows data released by Japan's Ministry of
Finance showed on Monday.

But foreign investors sold a hefty 859.1 billion yen of
Japanese bonds in the week, which followed a heavy sell-off in
government bonds on April 25 when the main futures contract
suffered its biggest one-day plunge in five-years.

Details of net investments were as follows (in billion yen).
FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN JAPAN: (net)

stocks bonds bills
Apr 27-May 3 417.2 -859.1 -583.5
April 20-26 300.8r -588.0 403.6
JAPANESE INVESTMENT ABROAD: (a minus sign indicates net selling
and inflow of funds into Japan)

stocks bonds bills
Apr 27-May 3 9.7 -14.0 2.0
April 20-26 11.3 -36.0r -104.1
Note:
- As of the Jan. 14 release, the ministry changed its
calculation methods for weekly capital flows to match its balance
of payments figures.
- Bonds include beneficiary certificates.
- Figures are based on contracts and are rounded.