11.   Bonds also got a lift in Asian trading as falling Japanese bonds yields tempted investors to shift money into higher yielding overseas assets.

12.   Bonds also got some help from signs that investor demand remains strong, said a trader at a Japanese securities company.

13.   Bonds also got support as traders continued to buy futures contracts to offset earlier contracts they had entered as a hedge against price declines on their cash bond holdings.

14.   Bonds also got support from talk that institutional investors began actively allocating funds for the new fiscal year, which began yesterday.

15.   Bonds are also getting a lift from continued concern over the outlook for the Japanese economy.

16.   Bonds could also get a lift tomorrow when the Ministry of Finance is expected to sell auction of six-year government bonds, traders and analysts said.

17.   Bonds could also get support as market participants buy cash bonds to deliver against the soon-to-expire September futures contract, traders said.

18.   Bonds could get help as traders buy back futures contracts they had sold as the yen weakened, he said.

19.   Bonds get a boost from bad economic news because as economic growth slows, deflationary pressures increase.

20.   Bonds got a boost after the Economic Planning Agency toned down its outlook in a report released after the morning Cabinet meeting.