JAPAN PRESS: Japan Post Bank bought U.S. Treasuries..

JAPAN PRESS: Japan Post Bank bought U.S. Treasuries for the first
time since its October 2007 privatization launch by acquiring about Y300
billion worth in the October-December quarter of 2009, the Nikkei
reported. With Japanese government bonds composing about 80% of the
nearly Y190 trillion in assets it collects through postal savings
deposits, the Japan Post Holdings Co. unit seeks to diversify its
investments.