Foreigners remained net sellers of Japanese stocks for the fifth straight week that ended on Jan. 4, as concerns about slowing global growth weighed on investor sentiment. In a holiday-curtailed week, overseas investors sold a net 77.34 billion yen ($713.73 million) worth of Japanese stocks, including cash equities and futures, data from Japanese stocks exchanges showed.

Foreign investors were net sellers of 7.52 trillion yen worth of Japanese equities in 2018, the most in at least five years, and their first net annual sales in three years.

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