iShares MSCI Japan ETF
Developed international stock index ETF · tracks MSCI Japan Index
As of its 2026 Q2 report, iShares MSCI Japan ETF held 182 positions with $21.30B in net assets. Its ten largest holdings made up 28.2% of the fund. The EWJ share class costs 0.49% a year. Over the 12 months to May 2026, EWJ returned 31.4%, with dividends reinvested. In 2026 Q2 it added 3 new positions and exited 6.
The iShares MSCI Japan ETF (the Fund ) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of Japanese equities.
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.
What you own
| Company | Weight | Value | Shares | Reported price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 4.05% | $863.06M | 45.9M | $18.79 |
TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 3.43% | $730.27M | 38.6M | $18.92 |
SoftBank Group Corp. | 3.34% | $711.43M | 15.1M | $47.04 |
Tokyo Electron Limited | 2.87% | $612.04M | 1.8M | $335.37 |
Hitachi, Ltd. | 2.84% | $604.12M | 18.7M | $32.37 |
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | 2.56% | $544.37M | 14.9M | $36.47 |
Sony Group Corporation | 2.54% | $540.35M | 25.1M | $21.57 |
ADVANTEST CORPORATION | 2.39% | $509.73M | 3.1M | $163.50 |
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. | 2.14% | $455.90M | 10.1M | $44.95 |
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | 2.01% | $428.17M | 6.8M | $62.98 |
Reported price is the fund's own reported value divided by its own reported shares at 2026-05-31 — not a live quote, and not what the fund paid.
All 182 holdings, with the share counts as filed, open with a free account.
What the fund is made of
Percentages are of fund net assets. Rounding, liabilities and short positions can make totals differ from 100%.
| Stocks | 99.00% |
| Other | 0.27% |
| Cash & short-term | 0.10% |
| Derivatives | 0.09% |
Derivatives are shown at market value, not notional exposure.
How it has done
EWJ share class · total returns with dividends reinvested
Volatility over the last 12 months: 16.47%. Past returns are a record, not a forecast.
Fees & fund details
iShares MSCI Japan ETF is a developed international equity index ETF that tracks the MSCI Japan Index.
- Asset class
- Equity
- Region
- Developed international
- Management
- Index (passive)
- Fund type
- ETF
- Features
- Master-feeder
- Expense ratio, by class
- 0.49%· EWJ 0.49%
- Portfolio turnover
- 6.00% a year · as of 2025 Q4
Turnover is how much of the portfolio was replaced in a year.
Classified from what the fund holds, not from its name · 2026 Q2. The summary is a paraphrase of the prospectus; the objective is verbatim.
What changed this quarter
Positions that entered or left the fund since its previous filing. Positions that were only resized are not listed.
3 new
6 exited
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