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The Fund employs a passive managemen investment approach, through physical acquisition of securities, and seeks to track the performance of the FTSE Japan Index. The Index is comprised of large and mid-sized company stocks in Japan. The Fund attempts to track the performance of the Index by investing in all constituent securities of the Index in the same proportion as the Index. Where not practicable to fully replicate, the Fund will use a sampling process.
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The Fund employs a passive management – or indexing – investment approach, through physical acquisition of securities, and seeks to track the performance of the FTSE Japan Index (the “Index”). The Index is comprised of large- and mid-sized company stocks in Japan. The Fund attempts to track the performance of the Index by investing in all constituent securities of the Index in the same proportion as the Index. Where not practicable to fully replicate, the Fund will use a sampling process. The Fund may use derivatives to reduce risk or cost and may generate extra income through securities lending. The Fund’s base currency is USD, and income is reinvested in the share price.
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Key takeaways

£VJPN pays dividends to shareholders (a distributing fund), while £VJPB reinvests them (an accumulating fund); £VJPN is also larger, at £3.2 billion versus £1.6 billion. Both track the FTSE Japan Index, are managed by Vanguard, trade in GBP on the London Stock Exchange, and charge 0.1% annually.

Fund highlights

Fund comparison highlights
Fund name
Vanguard FTSE JapanVanguard FTSE Japan
GBP
GBP
USD
USD
DistributingAccumulating
Fund size
£2.4B£1.2B
1.000.76
Last price
£37.71£35.59
0.10%0.10%
Fund manager
VanguardVanguard
Benchmark
FTSE Japan IndexFTSE Japan Index
Risk
Ticker
£VJPN£VJPB
Primary listing
LSELSE
Documents
Costs disclosure document
Costs disclosure document
Market data provided by CBOE Europe and Deutsche Börse.

Performance

CumulativeRolling yearsLump sum investment

Sector exposure

ChartTable
£VJPN
£VJPB

Top holdings

Mitsubishi Ufj Financial Group Inc

3.93%

Toyota Motor Corp

2.99%

Tokyo Electron Ltd

2.54%

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc

2.45%

Advantest Corp

2.42%

Hitachi Ltd

2.36%

Softbank Group Corp

2.36%

Recruit Holdings Co Ltd

2.21%

Sony Group Corp

2.17%

Other

76.58%

Mitsubishi Ufj Financial Group Inc

3.93%

Toyota Motor Corp

2.99%

Tokyo Electron Ltd

2.54%

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc

2.45%

Advantest Corp

2.42%

Hitachi Ltd

2.36%

Softbank Group Corp

2.36%

Recruit Holdings Co Ltd

2.21%

Sony Group Corp

2.17%

Other

76.58%

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