TOKYO, Nov 11 (Reuters) - The balance of outstanding loans held by most Japanese banks rose 2.2 percent in October from a year earlier, Bank of Japan data showed on Tuesday.

Loans held by the country's four main categories of banks, including "shinkin", or credit unions, stood at 460 trillion yen ($4,698 billion).

Excluding special factors such as loan write-offs, the loan balance rose 3.0 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):

Banks including shinkin +2.2 +1.6 +1.8
Banks excluding shinkin +2.5 +1.8 +2.0

To view the full tables, go to http://www.boj.or.jp/en/type/stat/boj_stat/kashi/ (Reporting by Yuzo Saeki; Editing by Rodney Joyce)
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