Overall bank lending in Japan was up 4.2 percent on year in November, the Bank of Japan said on Monday - coming in at 652.547 trillion yen. That was up from 4.1 percent in October.

Excluding trusts, lending was up 4.5 percent at 573.647 trillion yen - accelerating from 4.4 percent in the previous month.

Lending from trusts rose an annual 1.5 percent to 78.899 trillion yen - roughly steady from the previous month.

Lending from foreign banks surged 24.2 percent on year at 5.956 trillion yen.

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