Foreign investors remained net sellers of Japanese stocks last week for the third week in a row.

Nonresidents sold 78.49 billion yen more than they bought on the Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya stock exchanges, on top of 181.77 billion yen the previous week, according to industry figures.

The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the United States prompted foreign investors to unwind their Japanese portfolios and draw money back to their home markets, brokerage officials noted.