Japan HousingFinance Agency plans to issue up to ¥310.1 billion of residentialmortgage-backed pass-through notes, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services saidApril 14.

The agency is expected to set the issue amount in mid-April.

S&P Ratings andS&P Global Market Intelligence are owned by McGraw Hill Financial Inc.

As of April 14, US$1was equivalent to ¥109.18.