Japanese investors sold US and German bonds, bought French debt in June

TOKYO, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Japanese investors sold U.S. and German bonds and bought French debt in June, data from Japan's Ministry of Finance showed on Wednesday.

The investors sold a net 455.8 billion yen ($4.09 billion) of U.S. bonds and also offloaded a net 77.7 billion yen of German paper during the month, the data showed.

They also bought a net 563.6 billion yen of French debt in June. ($1 = 111.3500 yen) (Reporting by the Tokyo markets team Editing by Shri Navaratnam)