They acquired a net 2.08 trillion yen (US$13.26 billion), the most since April 12, worth of Japanese long-term bonds, data from Japan’s Ministry of Finance showed on Thursday.

The 40-year JGB auction last week held a bid-to-cover ratio, a measure of demand, of 2.76, the highest since a sale in March 2025.

Foreigners also purchased a net 1.13 trillion yen worth of Japanese short-term bills, logging the first weekly net purchase in three weeks.

Japanese stocks saw foreign inflows for a sixth consecutive week, totalling 494.6 billion yen.

The Nikkei hit a record high of 54,782.83 earlier in the week, but traders witnessed some consolidation on Thursday amid a sell-off in technology shares on concerns over hefty valuations.

Japanese investors, meanwhile, purchased a net 713.7 billion yen worth of foreign long-term debt securities in the most recent week as they registered their largest weekly net purchase since Sept 20, 2025.

They also invested 454.6 billion yen in foreign stocks, booking a fourth weekly net purchase in five.