iShares MSCI Japan ETF

iShares, Inc. · Series S000004249 · 1 share classes

Equity fund · 100% stocks
One fund, 1 share classes:EWJ
$20.31B NAV
185 positions · as of 2026-02-28 · filed 2026-04-23
data updated 2026-08-17

Fund profile

As filed in the prospectus · 2025 Q4

The iShares MSCI Japan ETF (the Fund ) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of Japanese equities.

Strategy · summarised

The fund tracks the MSCI Japan Index, which measures large- and mid-capitalization Japanese equities, using representative sampling to hold a portfolio with investment characteristics similar to the index rather than all its constituents. Because the fund may not hold all index components, its returns may diverge from the index. The fund generally invests at least 80% of assets in index securities or depositary receipts, with up to 20% in derivatives, cash, and non-index securities to aid tracking.

Expenses
0.49%one share class
Share classExpense ratio
EWJ0.49%

Portfolio turnover 6.00% · as of 2025 Q4

Allocation

Asset groups · long / short shown separately, never netted · 2026 Q1

100.07%
of net assets
Stocks99.86%
Cash & short-term0.16%
Other0.03%
Derivatives0.01%

Derivatives are shown at market value, not notional exposure.

Latest quarter

What changed since the fund's previous filing

2026Q1 vs 2025Q4: 1 new2 exited

New: TOPIX INDX FUTR MAR26

Exited: SCSK Corporation, TOPIX INDX FUTR DEC25

Return profile

Total return as filed — price change plus distributions reinvested · trailing figures to Feb 2026

1-year
3-year
5-year
Volatility
Worst 3-yr fall
Cumulative return· Mar 2023 – Feb 2026

Holdings

By % of NAV · equity positions carry filed share counts · every resolvable issuer links to its company page

Issuer%NAVValue
TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION4.41%$895.96M
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.4.09%$830.43M
Hitachi, Ltd.2.88%$585.06M
Sony Group Corporation2.72%$551.57M
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.2.66%$539.72M
ADVANTEST CORPORATION2.54%$516.17M
Tokyo Electron Limited2.42%$492.14M
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.2.13%$433.04M
Mitsubishi Corporation2.09%$424.38M
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.1.96%$398.94M
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Reported price is the fund's own reported value divided by its own reported shares at 2026-02-28 — not a live quote, and not what the fund paid.

Top 10 positions are 27.90% of net assets, top 25 48.14%, across 185 issuers.

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