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CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20081113
FILED AS OF DATE:		20081010
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20081010
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20081010

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			JAPAN SMALLER CAPITALIZATION FUND INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000859796
		IRS NUMBER:				133553469
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		DEF 14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-05992
		FILM NUMBER:		081118320

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2 WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER
		STREET 2:		BUILDING B, 22ND FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10281-1712
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8008330018

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		STREET 1:		2 WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER
		STREET 2:		BUILDING B, 22ND FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10281-1712

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		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	JAPAN OTC EQUITY FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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Financial Center, Building B, New York, New York, on Thursday, November 13,
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term to expire in 2011 and until their successors are duly elected and qualify;
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Proxy Statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation of proxies on
behalf of the Board of Directors of Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc., a
Maryland corporation (the &#8220;Fund&#8221;), to be voted at the 2008 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders of the Fund (the &#8220;Meeting&#8221;) to be held at the offices of Nomura
Securities International, Inc., Two World Financial Center, Building B, New
York, New York, on Thursday, November 13, 2008, at 10:30 A.M.&#160;&#160;The
approximate mailing date of this Proxy Statement is October 10,
2008.</font></div>
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properly executed proxies received prior to the Meeting will be voted at the
Meeting in accordance with the instructions marked thereon or otherwise as
provided therein.&#160;&#160;Unless instructions to the contrary are marked,
proxies will be voted FOR the election of two Class II Directors (Proposal
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may be revoked at any time prior to the exercise thereof by giving written
notice to the Secretary of the Fund at the Fund&#8217;s address indicated above, by
submitting a subsequently executed proxy or by voting in person at the
Meeting.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Only
shareholders can attend the Meeting and any adjournment or postponement
thereof.&#160;&#160;To gain admittance, if you are a shareholder of record, you
must bring a form of personal identification to the Meeting, where your name
will be verified against our shareholder list.&#160;&#160;If a broker or other
nominee holds your shares and you plan to attend the Meeting, you should bring a
recent brokerage statement showing your ownership of the shares, as well as a
form of personal identification.</font></div>
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of Directors has fixed the close of business on September 19, 2008 as the Record
Date for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at
the Meeting and at any adjournment or postponement
thereof.&#160;&#160;Shareholders on the Record Date will be entitled to one vote
for each share held, with no shares having cumulative voting
rights.&#160;&#160;As of September 19, 2008, the Fund had outstanding 21,242,170
shares of Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share.</font></div>
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of Directors of the Fund knows of no business other than the election of two
Class II Directors to be considered at the Meeting.&#160;&#160;If any other
matter is properly presented, it is the intention of the persons named in the
enclosed proxy to vote in accordance with their best judgment.</font></div>
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Fund sends annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders.&#160;&#160;The Fund
will furnish, without charge, a copy of its most recent annual and semi-annual
report succeeding such annual report to shareholders upon request to the Fund at
Two World Financial Center, Building B, New York, New York 10281 (or call
1-800-833-0018).</font></div>
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Fund&#8217;s Board of Directors is divided into three classes of Directors serving
staggered three-year terms and until their successors are elected and
qualified.&#160;&#160;Each year the term of office of one class will
expire.&#160;&#160;The term of office for Directors in Class II expires at the
Meeting and when their successors are duly elected and qualify.&#160;&#160;Each
of the two Class II Director nominees proposed in this Proxy Statement for
election to the Board of Directors is currently a Director of the
Fund.&#160;&#160;The other current Directors consist of one Class I Director and
two Class III Directors, whose terms expire in 2010 and 2009, respectively, and
when their successors are duly elected and qualify.</font></div>
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any vacancy occur on the Board of Directors, the remaining Directors would be
able to fill such vacancy by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining
Directors in office, even if the remaining Directors do not constitute a quorum,
subject to any applicable requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended (the &#8220;Investment Company Act&#8221;).&#160;&#160;Any Director elected by the
Board to fill a vacancy would hold office until the remainder of the full term
of the class of Directors in which the vacancy occurred and until a successor is
elected and qualifies.&#160;&#160;If the size of the Board is increased,
additional Directors will be apportioned among the three classes to make all
classes as nearly equal as possible.</font></div>
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1.&#160;&#160;Nominees Proposed for Election as Class II Directors</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Shigeru
Shinohara and Chor Weng Tan have been nominated to serve as Class II Directors
for a term expiring at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held in 2011 and
until their successors are duly elected and qualify.&#160;&#160;Mr. Shinohara
has served as a Director of the Fund since 2007.&#160;&#160;Mr. Tan has served
as a Director of the Fund since it commenced operations in 1990.&#160;&#160;The
nominees have indicated an intention to serve if elected and have consented to
be named in this Proxy Statement.</font></div>
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authority is withheld in the proxy or properly revoked, it is the intention of
the persons named in the accompanying form of proxy to vote each proxy for the
election of Messrs. Shinohara and Tan as Class II Directors.</font></div>
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of Directors knows of no reason why either of the Class II Director nominees
will be unable to serve, but in the event of any such unavailability, the
proxies received will be voted for such substitute nominee(s) as the Board of
Directors may recommend.&#160;&#160;Mr. Tan is not an &#8220;interested person&#8221; of the
Fund within the meaning of the Investment Company Act.&#160;&#160;It is
currently expected that any such substitute nominee for Mr. Tan will similarly
not be an &#8220;interested person&#8221; of the Fund.</font></div>
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following table contains information about the nominees for election as Class II
Directors.</font></div>
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and other information relating to the Class II Director nominee who is an
&#8220;interested person,&#8221; as defined in the Investment Company Act, of the Fund is
set out below.</font></div>
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                                                              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">President
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      Inc. from 2006 to 2007; previously Chief Fund Analyst at Nomura Funds
      Research and Technologies Co., Ltd.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">____________</div>
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      the resignation of a prior director of the Fund, the Board of Directors
      elected Mr. Shinohara as a Class II Director of the Fund, effective June
      30, 2007. If Mr. Shinohara is elected by the shareholders and qualifies,
      he will serve as a Class II Director for a three-year term expiring at the
      Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held in 2011 and until his successor
      is elected and qualified or until his earlier registration or
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      Act, of the Fund based on his positions with NAM-U.S.A. Mr. Shinohara is a
      director of Korea Equity Fund, Inc. for which NAM-U.S.A. acts as manager
      and for which Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd. (&#8220;NAM&#8221;) acts as investment
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&#8220;interested person,&#8221; as defined in the Investment Company Act, of the Fund is
set out below.</font></div>
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                                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">6245
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                                                                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">
                                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Director
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                                                              </td>
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                                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Retired
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                                                              </td>
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                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">If
      Mr. Tan is elected by the shareholders and qualifies, he will serve as a
      Class II Director for a three-year term expiring at the Annual Meeting of
      Shareholders to be held in 2011 and until his successor is elected and
      qualified or until his earlier registration or
  removal.</font></div>
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                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Mr.
      Tan is also a director of Korea Equity Fund, Inc. for which NAM-U.S.A.
      acts as manager and NAM acts as investment adviser, and is a member of the
      Audit and Nominating Committees of Korea Equity Fund, Inc. and a member of
      the Audit and Nominating Committees of the
Fund.</font></div>
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      Inc.</font></div>
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      2010)</font>&#160;</div>
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                                                                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">William
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                                                                            <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">111
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      06830</font></div>
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      I Director&#160;</font></div>
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                                                                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Director
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      1993</font></div>
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      registered investment companies consisting of 2
      portfolios</font></div>
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              <td>
                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Mr.
      Barker serves as a Class I Director for a term expiring at the Annual
      Meeting of Shareholders to be held in 2010 and until his successor is
      elected and qualified or until his earlier resignation or
      removal.</font></div>
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              <td>
                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Mr.
      Barker is also a director of Korea Equity Fund, Inc., for which NAM-U.S.A.
      acts as manager and NAM acts as investment adviser, and is a member of the
      Audit and Nominating Committees of Korea Equity Fund, Inc. and a member of
      the Audit and Nominating Committees of the
Fund.</font></div>
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              <td>
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      addition to the Fund, the &#8220;Fund Complex&#8221; includes Korea Equity Fund,
      Inc.</font></div>
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III Directors</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Non-Interested
Directors</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Each of
the Class III Directors is not an &#8220;interested person,&#8221; as defined in the
Investment Company Act, of the Fund. Biographical and other information relating
to the Class III Directors is set out below.</font></div>
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      2009)</font></div>
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                                                                                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Owner,
      Buck Capital Management (private investment management firm) since 2005;
      Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, National Life Group
      (insurance holding company) from 2000 to 2005; Chief Executive Officer,
      Sentinel Advisors Company (investment adviser) from 1996 to
      2005</font></div>
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              </td>
              <td>
                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Each
      Class III Director serves for a three-year term expiring at the Annual
      Meeting of Shareholders to be held in 2009 and until his successor is
      elected and qualified or until his earlier resignation or
      removal.</font></div>
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                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Each
      Class III Director is also a director of Korea Equity Fund Inc. for which
      NAM-U.S.A. acts as manager and NAM acts as investment adviser, and is a
      member of the Audit and Nominating Committees of Korea Equity Fund, Inc.
      and a member of the Audit and Nominating Committees of the
      Fund.</font></div>
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              <td>
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      addition to the Fund, the &#8220;Fund Complex&#8221; includes Korea Equity Fund,
      Inc.</font></div>
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Information Concerning Directors</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">Committees and Directors&#8217;
Meetings</font>.&#160;&#160;The Board of Directors has a standing Audit
Committee and a standing Nominating Committee, each of which consists of the
Directors who are not &#8220;interested persons&#8221; of the Fund within the meaning of the
Investment Company Act and are &#8220;independent&#8221; as defined in the New York Stock
Exchange listing standards.&#160;&#160;The principal responsibilities of the
Audit Committee and the Nominating Committee are described below.&#160;&#160;The
Fund has no standing Compensation Committee.&#160;&#160;The non-interested
Directors have retained independent legal counsel to assist them in connection
with their duties.</font></div>
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the fiscal year ended February 29, 2008, the Board of Directors held six
meetings, the Audit Committee held three meetings and the Nominating Committee
held one meeting.&#160;&#160;Each Director attended at least 75% of the
aggregate number of meetings of the Board of Directors held during the period
for which he served and, if a member, of the aggregate number of meetings of the
Audit and Nominating Committees held during the period for which he
served.</font></div>
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Committee</font>.&#160;&#160;The following is a report by the Fund&#8217;s Audit
Committee regarding the responsibilities and functions of the Audit
Committee.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Pursuant
to the Audit Committee Charter adopted by the Fund&#8217;s Board of Directors on
August 6, 2003, the Audit Committee&#8217;s principal responsibilities are to: (i)
select and oversee the Fund&#8217;s independent accountants; (ii) review with the
independent accountants the scope, performance and anticipated cost of their
audit; (iii) discuss with the independent accountants certain matters relating
to the Fund&#8217;s financial statements, including any adjustment to such financial
statements recommended by such independent accountants, or any other results of
any audit; (iv) ensure that the independent accountants submit on a periodic
basis a formal written statement as to their independence, discuss with the
independent accountants any relationships or services disclosed in the statement
that may impact the objectivity and independence of the Fund&#8217;s independent
accountants and recommend that the Board take appropriate action in response to
this statement to satisfy itself of the independent accountants&#8217; independence;
and (v) consider the comments of the independent accountants and management&#8217;s
responses thereto with respect to the quality and adequacy of the Fund&#8217;s
accounting and financial reporting policies and practices and internal
controls.&#160;&#160;A copy of the Audit Committee Charter was attached as an
exhibit to the Fund&#8217;s 2007 Proxy Statement.</font></div>
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Committee has received written disclosures and the letter required by
Independence Standards Board Standard No. 1 from Ernst &amp; Young LLP (&#8220;Ernst
&amp; Young&#8221;), the Fund&#8217;s independent accountants, and discussed with Ernst
&amp; Young certain matters required to be discussed by Statement on Auditing
Standards No. 61.&#160;&#160;The Audit Committee has considered whether the
provision of non-audit </font></div>
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by Ernst &amp; Young is compatible with maintaining the independence of those
accountants.&#160;&#160;At its meeting held April 17, 2008, the Audit Committee
reviewed and discussed the audit of the Fund&#8217;s financial statements with Fund
management and Ernst &amp; Young.&#160;&#160;The Audit Committee discussed with
Ernst &amp; Young their independence and considered whether the provision of
services by Ernst &amp; Young to the Fund and to NAM-U.S.A. and its affiliates
was compatible with maintaining Ernst &amp; Young&#8217;s
independence.&#160;&#160;Based upon these reviews and discussions, the Audit
Committee recommended to the Board of Directors that the Fund&#8217;s audited
financial statements be included in the Fund&#8217;s Annual Report to shareholders for
the fiscal year ended February 29, 2008.</font></div>
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Committee&#8217;s Charter for the Fund requires the Audit Committee (a) to pre-approve
all auditing services to be provided to the Fund by the Fund&#8217;s independent
accountants; (b) to pre-approve all non-audit services, including tax services,
to be provided to the Fund by the Fund&#8217;s independent accountants in accordance
with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;1934 Act&#8221;); provided,
however, that the pre-approval requirement with respect to the provision of
non-audit services to the Fund by the Fund&#8217;s independent accountants may be
waived by the Audit Committee under the circumstances described in the 1934 Act
and (c) to pre-approve non-audit services to be provided to the Fund&#8217;s
investment adviser (and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common
control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the Fund)
if the engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of
the Fund.</font></div>
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      by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the
    Fund</font></font></td>
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      G. Barker, Jr.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">Nominating Committee; Consideration
of Potential Director Nominees</font>.&#160;&#160;The principal purpose of the
Nominating Committee is to select and nominate the independent (i.e.,
non-interested) Directors of the Fund.&#160;&#160;It evaluates candidates&#8217;
qualifications for Board membership and, with respect to nominees for positions
as independent directors, their independence from the Fund&#8217;s manager and its
affiliates and other principal service providers.&#160;&#160;The Committee
periodically reviews director compensation and will recommend any appropriate
changes to the Board as a group.&#160;&#160;This Committee also reviews and may
make recommendations to the Board relating to those issues that pertain to the
effectiveness of the Board in carrying out its responsibilities in governing the
Fund and overseeing the management of the Fund.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
Nominating Committee will consider potential director candidates recommended by
Fund shareholders provided that the proposed candidates satisfy the director
qualification requirements provided in the Nominating Committee&#8217;s Charter; are
not &#8220;interested persons&#8221; of the Fund or the Fund&#8217;s investment adviser within the
meaning of the Investment Company Act; and are &#8220;independent&#8221; as defined in the
New York Stock Exchange listing standards.&#160;&#160;A copy of the Nominating
Committee Charter was attached as an exhibit to the Fund&#8217;s 2007 Proxy
Statement.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Shareholders
recommending potential director candidates must substantiate compliance with
these requirements at the time of submitting their proposed director candidate
to the attention of the Fund&#8217;s Secretary.&#160;&#160;Notice to the Fund&#8217;s
Secretary should be provided in accordance with the deadline specified in the
Fund&#8217;s Bylaws and include the information required by the Fund&#8217;s
Bylaws.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
Nominating Committee identifies prospective candidates from any reasonable
source and has the ability to engage third-party services for the identification
and evaluation of potential nominees.&#160;&#160;Generally, the Committee meets
annually to identify and evaluate nominees for Director and make its
recommendations to the Board.&#160;&#160;The Committee may meet more frequently
if vacancies on the Board occur during a given year.&#160;&#160;In identifying
and evaluating a potential nominee to serve as an independent Director of the
Fund, the Nominating Committee will consider, among other factors: (i) whether
the individual has any material relationships that could create any appearance
of impropriety with respect to or a lack of independence from NAM-U.S.A. or any
of its affiliates; (ii) whether the individual has the integrity, independence
of mind and personal qualities to fulfill the fiduciary duties of an independent
Director of the Fund and to protect the interests of Fund shareholders; (iii)
the individual&#8217;s corporate or other business experience in significant positions
which demonstrate sound business judgment; (iv) whether the individual has
financial and accounting experience; (v) the individual&#8217;s ability to attend at
least four regular meetings a year and (vi) whether the individual can add to
the balance of experience of the present independent Directors.&#160;&#160;The
standard of the Nominating Committee is to treat all equally qualified nominees
in the same manner.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
Independent Directors have adopted a policy that Independent Directors may serve
up to age 72.&#160;&#160;The Independent Directors serving prior to July 2006
may serve up to the age of 82, provided that they continue to meet the criteria
set forth above.</font></div>
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accordance with its Charter, the Nominating Committee met and considered
nominations for Class II Directors of the Fund.&#160;&#160;No nominee
recommendation was received from shareholders.&#160;&#160;The Nominating
Committee determined to nominate Messrs. Shinohara and Tan for re-election as
Directors of the Fund.&#160;&#160;The Nominating Committee may modify its
policies and procedures for director nominees and recommendations from time to
time in response to changes in the Fund&#8217;s needs and circumstances, and as
applicable legal or listing standards change.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">Communications with the Board of
Directors</font>.&#160;&#160;Shareholders may send written communications to the
Fund&#8217;s Board of Directors or to an individual Director by mailing such
correspondence to the Secretary of the Fund (addressed to Two World Financial
Center, Building B, New York, New York</font></div>
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communications must be signed by the shareholder and identify the class and
number of shares held by the shareholder.&#160;&#160;Properly submitted
shareholder communications will, as appropriate, be forwarded to the entire
Board or to the individual Director.&#160;&#160;Any shareholder proposal
submitted pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the 1934 Act, must continue to meet all
the requirements of Rule 14a-8.&#160;&#160;See &#8220;Additional Information&#8212;Proposals
of Shareholders&#8221; below.</font></div>
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Meetings</font>.&#160;&#160;The Fund has no formal policy regarding director
attendance at shareholder meetings.&#160;&#160;All of the members of the Board
of Directors then in office were present at the Fund&#8217;s 2007 annual meeting of
shareholders.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">Compliance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font>.&#160;&#160;Section 16(a) of the 1934 Act
requires the officers and directors of the Fund and persons who own more than
10% of a registered class of the Fund&#8217;s equity securities to file reports of
ownership and changes in ownership on Forms 3, 4 and 5 with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the &#8220;SEC&#8221;), the New York Stock Exchange and the Boston
Stock Exchange.&#160;&#160;Officers, directors and greater than 10% shareholders
are required by SEC regulations to furnish the Fund with copies of all Forms 3,
4 and 5 that they file.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Based
solely on the Fund&#8217;s review of the copies of such forms, and amendments thereto,
furnished to it during or with respect to its most recent fiscal year, and
written representations from certain reporting persons that they were not
required to file Form 5 with respect to the most recent fiscal year, the Fund
believes that all of its officers, directors, greater than 10% beneficial owners
and other persons subject to Section 16 of the 1934 Act due to the requirements
of Section 30 of the Investment Company Act (i.e., any advisory board member,
investment adviser or affiliated person of the Fund&#8217;s investment adviser), have
complied with all filing requirements applicable to them with respect to
transactions during the Fund&#8217;s most recent fiscal year, except that Forms 3 for
two current Directors, Rodney A. Buck and David B. Chemidlin, were filed by the
Fund on their behalf subsequent to their due dates.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">Compensation of
Directors</font>.&#160;&#160;NAM-U.S.A. pays all compensation of all Directors
of the Fund who are affiliated with NAM-U.S.A. or any of its
affiliates.&#160;&#160;The Fund pays to each Director not affiliated with NAM
U.S.A. or any of its affiliates an annual fee of $10,000 plus $1,000 per Board
or committee meeting attended, together with such Director&#8217;s actual
out-of-pocket expenses relating to attendance at meetings.&#160;&#160;Mr.
Barker, who has been designated by the Independent Directors to serve as Lead
Director, is paid an additional $5,000 annually.&#160;&#160;Such fees and
expenses aggregated $100,532 for the fiscal year ended February 29,
2008.</font></div>
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following table sets forth for the periods indicated compensation (not including
expense reimbursements) paid by the Fund to its Directors and the aggregate
compensation paid to the Directors by all U.S. registered investment companies
managed by NAM-U.S.A. or advised by NAM:</font></div>
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      Because the funds in the Fund Complex do not share a common fiscal year,
      the information relating to compensation from the Fund Complex paid to the
      Directors is provided as of December 31,
2007.</font></div>
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            </tr>
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            </tr>
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              <td>
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      directorship term of Mr. Terasaki expired on his resignation effective May
      31, 2007 and the term of Mr. Wallace expired in October
    2007.</font></div>
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            </tr>
        </table>
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Officers of the Fund are elected and appointed by the Directors and hold office
until they resign, are removed or are otherwise disqualified to serve. Certain
biographical and other information relating to the officers of the Fund is set
out below:</font></div>
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      Research and Asset Management Inc. from 2006 to 2007; previously, Chief
      Fund Analyst at Nomura Funds Research and Technologies Co.,
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      Director and Chief Administrative Officer of NAM-U.S.A. since 2008; Senior
      Marketing Executive of NAM from 2005 to 2008; Senior Marketing Executive
      of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. from 2003 to 2005; Vice President and Legal
      Officer of NAM-U.S.A. from 2001 to 2003.</font></div>
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      2007.</font></div>
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      Vice President of NAM-U.S.A. from 2002 to 2007; Vice President and
      Compliance Officer of Munich Re Capital Management Corp. (asset management
      firm) from 2001 to
2002.</font></div>
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      address of each officer listed above is Two World Financial Center,
      Building B, New York, New York
10281.</font></div>
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                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Elected
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Ownership</font>.&#160;&#160;Information relating to the share ownership by each
Director nominee and each current Director at October 9, 2008, is set out
below:</font></div>
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                                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><font style="DISPLAY: inline">Director and Nominees</font></font></div>
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                                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Stock
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                                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><font style="DISPLAY: inline">Beneficially Owned</font></font></div>
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                                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Range
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                                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><font style="DISPLAY: inline">Securities in the Fund</font></font></div>
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                                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Securities
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                                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Funds
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                                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Overseen
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                                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><font style="DISPLAY: inline">Director or Nominee</font></font></div>
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                              </td>
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                              <td valign="top" width="10%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
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                              <td valign="top" width="20%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
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                              <td valign="top" width="20%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
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                            <tr>
                              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%">
                                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">William
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                              </td>
                              <td align="left" valign="top" width="10%">
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                              </td>
                              <td align="left" valign="top" width="10%">
                                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
                              </td>
                              <td valign="top" width="20%">
                                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">None</font></div>
                              </td>
                              <td valign="top" width="20%">
                                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">None</font></div>
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                            </tr>
                            <tr>
                              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%">
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                              <td align="left" valign="top" width="10%">
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                              <td align="left" valign="top" width="10%">
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                              </td>
                              <td valign="top" width="20%">
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                              <td align="left" valign="top" width="10%">
                                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">--</font></div>
                              </td>
                              <td align="left" valign="top" width="10%">
                                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
                              </td>
                              <td valign="top" width="20%">
                                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">None</font></div>
                              </td>
                              <td valign="top" width="20%">
                                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">None</font></div>
                              </td>
                            </tr>
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                              <td valign="top" width="20%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
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October 9, 2008, the current Directors and officers of the Fund as a group (9
persons) owned an aggregate of less than 1% of the outstanding shares of the
Fund. At such date, all of the officers of the Fund as a group (5 persons) owned
an aggregate of less than 1% of the outstanding shares of Nomura Holdings, Inc.,
the parent company of each of NAM-U.S.A. and NAM.</font></div>
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knowledge of the management of the Fund, there are no persons that are
beneficial owners of more than 5% of the Fund&#8217;s outstanding shares.</font></div>
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INFORMATION</font></div>
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and Methods of Proxy Solicitation</font></div>
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expense of preparation, printing and mailing of the enclosed form of proxy, this
Proxy Statement and the accompanying Notice of Meeting will be borne by the
Fund.&#160;&#160;The Fund will reimburse banks, brokers and others for their
reasonable expenses in forwarding proxy solicitation material to the beneficial
owners of the shares of the Fund.&#160;&#160;In addition to the solicitation of
proxies by mail, proxies may be solicited in person or by
telephone.&#160;&#160;The Fund has retained The Altman Group (&#8220;Altman&#8221;), a firm
that specializes in proxy solicitation services, to assist in the solicitation
of proxies for the Meeting for a fee of approximately $4,000, together with
reimbursement of such firm&#8217;s expenses.&#160;&#160;Altman is obligated to provide
proxy solicitation services including, but not limited to, distribution of
proxies to broker-dealers, telephonic communication with shareholders and
broker-dealers, and monitoring of voting results.</font></div>
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Accountants&#8217; Fees</font></div>
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auditor independence rules require the Fund&#8217;s Audit Committee to pre-approve:
(a) all audit and permissible non-audit services provided by the Fund&#8217;s
independent accountants directly to the Fund and (b) those permissible non-audit
services provided by the Fund&#8217;s independent accountants to NAM-U.S.A. and
entities controlling, controlled by or under common control with NAM-U.S.A., if
the services relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the
Fund.</font></div>
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following table sets forth the aggregate fees paid to Ernst &amp; Young,
independent accountants for the Fund, for the Fund&#8217;s fiscal years ended February
28, 2007 and February 29, 2008 for professional services rendered for: (i) the
audit of the Fund&#8217;s annual financial statements and the review of financial
statements included in the Fund&#8217;s reports to shareholders; (ii) financial
information systems design and implementation services provided to the Fund,
NAM-U.S.A. and entities controlling, controlled by or under common control with
NAM that provide services to the Fund; and (iii) all other non-audit services
provided to the Fund, NAM and entities controlling, controlled by or under
common control with NAM-U.S.A. that provide services to the Fund.&#160;&#160;For
the Fund&#8217;s fiscal year ended February&#160;29, 2008, the independent accountants
did not render any other audit-related services to the Fund, except as described
under clause (i) above.&#160;&#160;The Fund&#8217;s Audit Committee has determined
that the provision of non-audit services under clause (iii) is compatible with
maintaining the independence of the independent accountants from the
Fund.</font></div>
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representative from Ernst &amp; Young is expected to be present in person or by
telephonic conference call at the Meeting and will have the opportunity to make
a statement and to respond to appropriate questions.</font></div>
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Requirements</font></div>
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holders of a majority of the shares of stock of the Fund entitled to vote at the
Meeting, present in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business at the Meeting.&#160;&#160;If, by the time scheduled for
the Meeting, a quorum of the Fund&#8217;s shareholders is not present, or if a quorum
is present but sufficient votes to act upon the proposals are not received from
the shareholders, the chairman of the Meeting may propose one or more
adjournments of the Meeting to permit further solicitation of proxies from
shareholders.&#160;&#160;No additional notice will be provided to shareholders
in the event the Meeting is adjourned unless otherwise required by Maryland
law.</font></div>
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shares represented by properly executed proxies, unless such proxies have
previously been revoked, will be voted at the Meeting in accordance with the
directions on the proxies; if no direction is indicated, the shares will be
voted FOR the election of two Class II Director nominees (Proposal
1).&#160;&#160;Provided that a quorum has been established at the Meeting,
approval of the election of two Class II Directors to the Board of Directors
(Proposal 1) requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares
outstanding and entitled to vote thereon, in person or by
proxy.&#160;&#160;Approval of any other routine matter which may properly come
before the Meeting for consideration requires the affirmative vote of a majority
of the votes cast.</font></div>
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Non-Votes and Abstentions</font></div>
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expects that broker-dealer firms holding shares of the Fund in &#8220;street name&#8221; for
the benefit of their customers and clients will request the instructions of such
customers and clients on how to vote their shares on each proposal before the
Meeting.&#160;&#160;The Fund understands that under the rules of the New York
Stock Exchange, broker-dealers may, without instructions from such customers,
clients and beneficial shareholders, grant authority to the proxies designated
by the Fund to vote on certain matters to be considered if no instructions have
been received prior to the date specified in the broker-dealer firm&#8217;s request
for voting instructions.&#160;&#160;Certain broker-dealer firms may exercise
discretion over shares held in their name for which no instructions are received
by voting such shares in the same proportion as they have voted shares for which
they have received instructions.</font></div>
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shares as to which the proxies so designated are granted authority by
broker-dealer firms to vote on the proposals to be considered at the Meeting,
the shares as to which broker-dealer firms have declined to vote (&#8220;broker
non-votes&#8221;), as well as the shares as to which proxies are returned by record
shareholders but which are marked &#8220;abstain&#8221; on any proposal will be included in
the Fund&#8217;s tabulation of the total number of votes present for purposes of
determining whether the necessary quorum of shareholders
exists.&#160;&#160;However, abstentions and broker non-votes will not be counted
as votes cast.&#160;&#160;Therefore, abstentions and broker non-votes will have
the same effect as a vote against the election of Director
nominees.</font></div>
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regard to any other business matters that may properly come before the Meeting
for consideration, it is the intention of the persons named in the enclosed
proxy to use their discretionary voting authority and to vote in accordance with
their best judgment.</font></div>
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of Manager, Investment Adviser and Investment Sub-Advisers</font></div>
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address of NAM-U.S.A. is Two World Financial Center, Building B, New York, New
York 10281.&#160;&#160;The address of NAM is 1-12-1, Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
103-8260, Japan.</font></div>
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of Shareholders</font></div>
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of shareholders intended to be presented at the next Annual Meeting of
Shareholders of the Fund, which is expected to be held in November 2009, must be
received by the Fund for inclusion in its Proxy Statement and form of proxy
relating to that meeting by June 10, 2009.&#160;&#160;Written proposals with
regard to the Fund should be sent to the Secretary of the Fund, Two World
Financial Center, Building B, New York, New York 10281.</font></div>
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wishing to present proposals at the next annual meeting of shareholders of the
Fund that they do not wish to be included in the Fund&#8217;s proxy statement and form
of proxy must send written notice of such proposals to the Secretary of the
Fund, Two World Financial Center, Building B, New York, New York 10281, and such
notice must be received by the Secretary no sooner than June 11, 2009 and no
later than July 13, 2009 in the form prescribed from time to time in the Fund&#8217;s
Bylaws.</font></div>
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Inc.</font></div>
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World Financial Center, Building B</font></div>
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Proxy is Solicited on Behalf of the Board of Directors</font></div>
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undersigned&#160;hereby appoints Kenneth L. Munt and Neil A. Daniele as proxies,
each with the power to appoint his substitute, and hereby authorizes them to
represent and to vote, as designated, on the reverse hereof, all of the shares
of common stock of Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund,&#160;Inc. (the&#160;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8220;</font>Fund<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;</font>) held of
record&#160;by the undersigned on September 19, 2008, at the Annual&#160;Meeting
of Shareholders of the Fund to be held on November 13, 2008 or any adjournment
or postponement thereof.</font></div>
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AND RETURN PROMPTLY USING THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">Please sign exactly as name(s) appear(s) hereon.&#160; When shares
are held by joint owners, both should sign.&#160; When signing as attorney,
executor, administrator, trustee or guardian, please give full title as
such.&#160; If a corporation, please sign in full corporate name by president or
other authorized officer.&#160; If a partnership, please sign in partnership
name by authorized persons.</div>
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will be voted in the manner directed herein by the undersigned
shareholder.&#160; If no direction is made, this proxy will be voted FOR
proposal 1.</font></div>
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COMPLETE, DATE AND SIGN ON REVERSE AND RETURN PROMPTLY USING THE ENCLOSED
ENVELOPE</font></div>
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Board of Directors Recommends a Vote For all Class II Director Nominees, each
for a three-year term.</font></div>
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Shigeru Shinohara&#160;&#160;&#160; For <font size="6" style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13pt;" face="Wingdings">o</font>&#160;Withhold&#160;<font size="6" style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13pt;" face="Wingdings">o</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;02
&#8211; Chor Weng Tan&#160;&#160;&#160; For <font size="6" style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13pt;" face="Wingdings">o</font>&#160;Withhold&#160; <font size="6" style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13pt;" face="Wingdings">o</font>&#160;</font></div>
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the discretion of such proxies, upon such other business as may properly come
before the meeting or any adjournments or postponements thereof.</font></div>
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sign exactly as name(s) appear(s) hereon.&#160;&#160;When shares are held by
joint owners, both should sign. When signing as attorney, executor,
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