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Foreign net buying of Japanese equity

The oldest sentiment gauge in Asian markets. Foreigners are the marginal buyer of Tokyo, so a run of positive weeks is a global risk-on read that arrives without waiting for a price to be interpreted.

Latest
-3,620 ×¥100m
As of
26 Sept 2026
Standard deviations
-0.42
Percentile
26th percentile

30 days to 4 Oct 2026 · -49,425 ×¥100m to 6,900 ×¥100m

The archive behind this

This page shows the last 30 days. Foreign net buying of Japanese equity has 770 readings in the warehouse, back to 31 Dec 2011. A plan opens the rest of it, with CSV export and the analyst.

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Source

Ministry of Finance Japan

Source: Ministry of Finance Japan, "International Transactions in Securities" (https://www.mof.go.jp/english/policy/international_policy/reference/itn_transactions_in_securities/index.htm), used under the Public Data License (Version 1.0).

Non-residents' net purchases of Japanese equities and investment fund shares during the week, in hundred millions of yen. The classic foreign-inflow tell for the Tokyo market, and one of the few weekly readings of global risk appetite that is not a price.

Informational research only. Nothing here is personalised investment advice.