Fund · iShares MSCI Japan ETF · measured from SEC filings
EWJ holdings
EWJ reports 181 holdings and behaves like 69.9 equally weighted ones, computed from its SEC Form N-PORT filing for 2026-05-31. The fact sheet publishes the first number; this page computes the second, and traces it across 27 quarters of filings.
Measured concentration
as of 2026-05-31Computed by this site from the fund's SEC Form N-PORT filing; what the measure does not tell you · every fund in one table · hold it with other funds? X-ray the mix. Pricing: 3.66% at a quoted market price (level 1), 2 issuer countries.
What stands out
as of 2026-05-31EWJ's largest investment is Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc at 4.05% of net assets. Toyota Motor Corp and Softbank Group Corp follow; the three together are 10.82%. Ten companies are 28.34% of the fund; the other 171 share the rest. Among the 721 equity funds measured here, EWJ behaves like 69.9 holdings against a median of 42.4 — 1.6 times the median. Across 27 quarterly filings EWJ has become more concentrated: it behaved like 99.8 at 2019-11-30 and 69.9 at 2026-05-31. Between the 2026-02-28 and 2026-05-31 filings 3 positions were added and 6 dropped; 9.1% of the weight moved.
Each sentence is read from the fund's own SEC filing; the class median is computed across the comparable equity funds on this site. Nothing here is a view on the fund.
Every filing since 2019
27Between 2021-02-28 and 2026-05-31, EWJ went from behaving like 99.8 equally weighted positions to 69.9 — 30% fewer, while its top ten went from 22.23% to 28.34% of net assets. Read across the funds on the concentration-over-time table.
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-31 | 181 | 69.9 | 28.34% | 4.08% |
| 2026-02-28 | 184 | 72.5 | 27.92% | 4.41% |
| 2025-11-30 | 185 | 70.9 | 28.45% | 4.23% |
| 2025-08-31 | 181 | 71.2 | 28.16% | 4.33% |
| 2025-05-31 * | 185 | 70.7 | 28.22% | 4.49% |
| 2025-02-28 | 192 | 71.3 | 28.24% | 4.91% |
| 2024-11-30 * | 192 | 74 | 27.32% | 4.65% |
| 2024-08-31 | 205 | 76.9 | 26.56% | 5.04% |
Earlier filings (19 more, back to 2019-11-30)
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-31 * | 219 | 73.7 | 26.85% | 6.01% |
| 2024-02-29 | 227 | 72.1 | 26.84% | 6.52% |
| 2023-11-30 * | 238 | 81.9 | 24.6% | 5.73% |
| 2023-08-31 | 239 | 87.4 | 23.48% | 5.22% |
| 2023-05-31 * | 239 | 91 | 22.82% | 4.28% |
| 2023-02-28 | 239 | 90.8 | 22.97% | 4.53% |
| 2022-11-30 * | 239 | 91.3 | 22.47% | 4.89% |
| 2022-08-31 | 240 | 91.2 | 22.15% | 5.13% |
| 2022-05-31 * | 261 | 89.2 | 22.94% | 5.29% |
| 2022-02-28 | 260 | 89.9 | 22.88% | 5.29% |
| 2021-11-30 * | 273 | 88.8 | 24.05% | 4.89% |
| 2021-08-31 | 274 | 96.7 | 22.4% | 4.63% |
| 2021-05-31 * | 275 | 98.4 | 22.38% | 4.44% |
| 2021-02-28 | 303 | 99.8 | 22.23% | 3.89% |
| 2020-11-30 * | 320 | 107.1 | 21.05% | 3.68% |
| 2020-08-31 * | 320 | 110 | 20.73% | 3.99% |
| 2020-05-31 * | 324 | 112.2 | 20.21% | 4.29% |
| 2020-02-29 * | 324 | 110.5 | 20.1% | 4.63% |
| 2019-11-30 * | 326 | 117.8 | 19.04% | 4.45% |
One row per filed reporting period, newest first, read from EDGAR. Quarterly because that is the public filing cadence. Rows marked * are published but held out of the comparison above; the methodology page says when and why.
Largest positions, as filed
as of 2026-05-31The 15 largest of 181 positions in EWJ's Form N-PORT, weight as a share of net assets, securities-lending collateral excluded. Every position, every quarter: EWJ.csv.gz.
| # | Position | Weight | Cumulative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 4.08% | 4.1% |
| 2 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 3.45% | 7.5% |
| 3 | SoftBank Group Corp. | 3.36% | 10.9% |
| 4 | Tokyo Electron Limited | 2.89% | 13.8% |
| 5 | Hitachi, Ltd. | 2.85% | 16.6% |
| 6 | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | 2.57% | 19.2% |
| 7 | Sony Group Corporation | 2.55% | 21.8% |
| 8 | ADVANTEST CORPORATION | 2.41% | 24.2% |
| 9 | Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. | 2.15% | 26.3% |
| 10 | Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | 2.02% | 28.3% |
| 11 | Mitsubishi Corporation | 1.96% | 30.3% |
| 12 | FAST RETAILING CO., LTD. | 1.90% | 32.2% |
| 13 | KEYENCE CORPORATION | 1.88% | 34.1% |
| 14 | Recruit Holdings Co.,Ltd. | 1.81% | 35.9% |
| 15 | MITSUI & CO., LTD. | 1.58% | 37.5% |
By country of issuer
as of 2026-05-31Share of EWJ's own investments by the issuer country the filer reported (incorporation, not revenue). Each country links to every fund that holds it.
| Country | Share |
|---|---|
| Japan | 99.96% |
| United States | 0.04% |
Returns the fund reported
2019-09 – 2026-05Monthly total returns from Item B.5 of EWJ's own filings, 81 months on record. Not computed here and not from a price feed.
Cross-checked against a series computed separately from prices: median difference 0.26 percentage points over 81 months, which is roughly the distributions. Every month with the filing it came from: EWJ.json · all funds.
Who borrows EWJ's shares
2026-05-31The fund lends its holdings, and Item B.4.a of the filing names every firm holding them. At 2026-05-31, $13m was out to 2 borrowers, 0.06% of net assets. The largest, MORGAN STANLEY & CO LLC, held 82.2% of it.
| Borrower | On loan | Share of the loan |
|---|---|---|
| MORGAN STANLEY & CO LLC | $11m | 82.2% |
| HSBC BANK PLC | $2m | 17.8% |
Cash collateral reported against the loan: 0.06% of net assets, 98.4% of the amount lent. That is a floor on the collateral, not the whole of it — collateral the fund does not hold as a position is not in this filing, so a figure under 100% is not evidence of under-collateralisation. How that figure behaves across all funds. Every quarter EWJ has filed, with each borrower: EWJ.json · all funds.
Since the previous filing
2026-02-28 → 2026-05-31184 positions became 181: 3 added (0.9% of the fund at the later date), 6 dropped (0.7% at the earlier date). Half the sum of all weight changes, a turnover proxy: 9.1%. Positions are matched on identifiers, so a security whose identifier changed shows as one drop and one add. Every filing of EWJ compared this way, as a feed: changes.xml · all funds: filings received.
| Largest increases | 2026-02-28 | 2026-05-31 | Largest decreases | 2026-02-28 | 2026-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SoftBank Group Corp. | 1.88% | 3.36% | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 4.41% | 3.45% |
| Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | 0.84% | 2.02% | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. | 1.97% | 1.46% |
| Kioxia Holdings Corporation | 0.49% | 1.50% | ITOCHU Corporation | 1.66% | 1.38% |
| Recruit Holdings Co.,Ltd. | 1.18% | 1.81% | Nintendo Co., Ltd. | 1.20% | 0.95% |
| Tokyo Electron Limited | 2.42% | 2.89% | AEON CO.,LTD. | 0.61% | 0.37% |
| TDK CORPORATION | 0.58% | 0.97% | CHUGAI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. | 0.87% | 0.64% |
New: IBIDEN CO.,LTD. (0.66%), SHIMIZU CORPORATION (0.16%), TOPIX INDX FUTR JUN26 (0.09%). Gone: TOYOTA INDUSTRIES CORPORATION (0.40%), Trend Micro Incorporated (0.08%), KOBE BUSSAN CO., LTD. (0.07%), Tokyo Metro Co., Ltd. (0.06%), SG HOLDINGS CO.,LTD. (0.06%), TOPIX INDX FUTR MAR26 (0.01%).
Asset categories and pricing
as of 2026-05-31| Asset category (as filed) | Share of investments |
|---|---|
| equity EC | 99.54% |
| unknown unknown | 0.27% |
| short-term investment STIV | 0.10% |
| derivative DE | 0.09% |
3.7% of EWJ is carried at a quoted market price (fair-value level 1). Categories and levels are the filer's, from Form N-PORT; what a low level-1 share does and does not mean is in the measure's page.
Derivative exposure and counterparties
as of 2026-05-31A position count cannot describe a fund that uses derivatives, because a swap is filed at its unrealised gain, not its exposure. These are the notionals the fund itself reported, against net assets of $21.30B. Notional of an interest-rate or currency swap is not equity exposure.
Full detail for every fund that files derivatives: leverage.json (CC BY 4.0).
Neighbours by effective holdings, equity funds
10Every measured equity fund lined up by how many holdings it behaves like; these sit either side of EWJ (69.9). Same filings, same arithmetic. Position in this list says nothing about which fund is better.
| Fund | Reports | Behaves like | Top ten | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOBL ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF | 73 | 68.5 | 16.58% | 2026-05-31 |
| BBJP JPMorgan BetaBuilders Japan ETF | 175 | 68.6 * | 28.8% | 2026-07-31 |
| KNG FT Vest S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Target Income ETF | 70 | 68.8 | 16.25% | 2026-07-31 |
| IUS Invesco RAFI Strategic US ETF | 543 | 69 | 29.54% | 2026-05-31 |
| SEIV SEI Enhanced U.S. Large Cap Value Factor ETF | 127 | 69.7 | 25.86% | 2026-06-30 |
| PIZ Invesco Dorsey Wright Developed Markets Momentum ETF | 100 | 70 | 25.64% | 2026-07-31 |
| GCOW Pacer Global Cash Cows Dividend ETF | 101 | 70.1 | 20.57% | 2026-07-31 |
| DBJP Xtrackers MSCI Japan Hedged Equity ETF | 175 | 70.3 | 28.1% | 2026-05-29 |
| SPGP Invesco S&P 500 GARP ETF | 76 | 70.6 | 19.67% | 2026-07-31 |
| XSMO Invesco S&P SmallCap Momentum ETF | 108 | 70.8 | 24.1% | 2026-07-31 |
Essays that examine EWJ
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