TABLE-Foreign investors bought Japan stocks last week

 TOKYO, June 4 (Reuters) - Foreign investors bought a net
178.9 billion yen ($1.9 billion) of Japanese stocks last week,
capital flows data from Japan's Ministry of Finance showed on
Thursday.

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

              stocks            bonds            bills
  May 24-30      178.9            -219.9            358.4
  May 17-23        4.8r           -271.5r          -536.9
  JAPANESE INVESTMENT ABROAD: (a minus sign indicates net selling
and inflows of funds into Japan)

              stocks            bonds            bills
  May 24-30      137.6             982.0            -66.3
  May 17-23       76.8             641.1             79.4

   Note:

  - "r" notes revised figure

  - As of January 2005, the ministry changed its calculation
methods for weekly capital flows to match its Balance of Payments
figures and previous data are not directly comparable.

  - Bonds include beneficiary certificates.

  - Figures are based on contracts and are rounded.
  (Reporting by Rika Otsuka; Editing by Edwina Gibbs)