June 7, 2004
Bank of Japan
Policy Planning Office

With the introduction of the securities lending facility to provide the markets with a secondary source of Japanese Government Securities, the Bank has established a new item, "Securities lending as a secondary source of JGSs," starting from the data for May 2004 released today.

For further information, please contact: Masaki(Mr.) Tel:+81-3-3277-1263 or Fujiwara(Mr.) Tel:+81-3-3277-2184 Planning Division I, Policy Planning Office, Bank of Japan