JAPAN PRESS: Repeating for NY clients: 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.