TOKYO, Feb 8 (Reuters) - The balance of outstanding loans
held by most Japanese banks rose 0.4 percent in January from a
year earlier, Bank of Japan data showed on Friday. [JPBNK=ECI]

Loans held by the country's four main categories of banks,
including "shinkin", or credit unions, stood at 455.4 trillion
yen ($4.237 trillion).

Excluding special factors such as loan write-offs, the loan
balance rose 1.1 percent from the same month a year earlier.

Following is a table of Japanese bank loans data
(preliminary, with year-on-year percentage changes; some previous
figures may be revised):

JAN DEC NOV
Banks including shinkin +0.4 +0.1 +0.6
Banks excluding shinkin +0.5 +0.1 +0.6
To view the full tables, go to
here

(Reporting by Hideyuki Sano)