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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-13-000770
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	N-CSR
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		10
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20121031
FILED AS OF DATE:		20130104
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20130104
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20130104

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			JAPAN EQUITY FUND INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000866095
		IRS NUMBER:				223060893
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1031

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		FORM TYPE:		N-CSR
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-06142
		FILM NUMBER:		13512168

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.
		STREET 2:		1735 MARKET STREET, 32ND FLOOR
		CITY:			PHILADELPHIA
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19103
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2154055700

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.
		STREET 2:		1735 MARKET STREET, 32ND FLOOR
		CITY:			PHILADELPHIA
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19103

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	JAPAN EMERGING EQUITY FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920407
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM N-CSR</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Japan Equity Fund, Inc.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1735 Market Street, 32nd Floor <br>   Philadelphia, PA </font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 9pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:12pt;"><b><i>The Japan Equity Fund, Inc.</i></b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:16pt;"><b>General Information (unaudited)</b></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>The Fund</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The Japan Equity Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The investment objective of the Fund is to outperform over the long term, on a total return basis (including appreciation and dividends), the Tokyo Stock Price Index ("TOPIX"), a composite market-capitalization weighted index of all common stocks listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange ("TSE"). The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing substantially all of its assets in equity securities of companies listed on the TSE or listed on the over-the-counter market in Japan or listed on other stock exchanges in Japan. Daiwa SB Investments (U.S.A.) Ltd. (the "Manager") is the Fund's Investment Manager. Daiwa SB Investments Ltd. is the Fund's Investment Adviser. The Fund implements an "active" portfolio management policy, which is an approach that involves quantitative valuation of securities to identify an appropriate universe of securities from which to select investments, with judgmental analysis then applied to this universe to determine the actual investments to be made by the Fund.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Stockholder Information</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The Fund's shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE"). The Fund understands that its shares may trade periodically on certain exchanges other than the NYSE, but the Fund has not listed its shares on those other exchanges and does not encourage trading on those exchanges.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The Fund's NYSE trading symbol is "JEQ". The Fund's daily net asset value is available by contacting the Fund's administrator Aberdeen Asset Management Inc. by:</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:13pt;">&bull;</font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"> Calling toll free at 1-866-839-5205 in the United States,</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:13pt;">&bull;</font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"> E-mailing InvestorRelations@aberdeen-asset.com, or</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:13pt;">&bull;</font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"> Visiting the website at www.japanequityfund.com.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Also, the Fund's website includes press releases, a monthly market review and a list of the Fund's top ten industries and holdings. The Fund has also placed its Fund governance documents on its website under the section titled "Information", which includes the Fund's proxy voting policies and procedures, its code of ethics and its audit committee charter.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Inquiries</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Inquiries concerning your registered share account should be directed to the American Stock Transfer &amp; Trust Company (the "Plan Agent") at the number noted on the next page. All written inquiries should be directed to The Japan Equity Fund, Inc., c/o Aberdeen Asset Management Inc., 1735 Market Street, 32nd Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19103.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">A description of the policies and procedures that are used by the Manager to determine how to vote proxies relating to the Fund's portfolio securities is available (1) without charge, upon request, by calling toll free </font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1-866-839-5205 in the United States; (2) by visiting www.japanequityfund.com; and (3) as an exhibit to the Fund's annual report on Form N-CSR which is available on the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") at www.sec.gov. Information regarding how the Manager votes these proxies is now available by calling the same number and is available on the Commission's website. The Fund files with the Commission its report on Form N-PX covering the Fund's proxy voting record for the 12-month period ended June 30 by August 30 of the relevant year.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Quarterly Portfolio of Investments</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">A Portfolio of Investments is filed with the Commission as of the end of the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q and is available on the Commission's website at www.sec.gov and the Fund's website at www.japanequityfund.com. Additionally, the Portfolio of Investments may be reviewed and copied at the Commission's Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling (800) SEC- 0330. The quarterly Portfolio of Investments will be made available without charge, upon request, by calling 1-866-839-5205.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Dividend Reinvestment and Cash Purchase Plan</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">A Dividend Reinvestment and Cash Purchase Plan (the "Plan") is available to provide Stockholders with automatic reinvestment of dividends and capital gain distributions in additional Fund shares. The Plan also allows you to make optional annual cash investments in Fund shares through the Plan Agent. A brochure fully describing the Plan's terms and conditions is available on the Fund's website at www.japanequityfund.com and from the Plan Agent by calling (866) 669-9904 or by writing The Japan Equity Fund, Inc., c/o the American Stock Transfer &amp; Trust Company, Operations Center, 6201 15th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11219.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">A brief summary of the material aspects of the Plan follows:</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Who can participate in the Plan?</b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">  If you wish to participate and your shares are held in your name, you may elect to become a direct participant in the Plan by completing and mailing the Enrollment Authorization form on the back cover of the Dividend Reinvestment and Cash Purchase Plan Brochure to the Plan Agent. However, if your shares are held in the name of a financial institution, you should instruct your financial institution to participate in the Plan on your behalf. If your financial institution is unable to participate in the Plan for you, you should request that your shares be registered in your name, so that you may elect to participate directly in the Plan.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>May I withdraw from the Plan?</b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">  If your shares are held in your name and you wish to receive all dividends and capital gain distributions in cash rather than in shares, you may withdraw from the Plan without penalty at any time by contacting the Plan Agent. If your shares are held in the name of a financial institution, you should be able to withdraw from the Plan without a penalty at any time by sending written notice to your financial institution. If you withdraw, you or your financial institution will receive a share certificate for all full shares or, if you wish, the Plan Agent will sell your shares and send you the proceeds, after the deduction of brokerage commissions. The Plan Agent will convert any fractional shares to cash at the then-current market price and send you a check for the proceeds.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>How are the dividends and distributions reinvested?</b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">  If the market price of the Fund's shares on the payment date should equal or exceed their net asset value per share, the Fund will issue new shares to you at the </font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>What is the Cash Purchase feature?</b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">  The Plan participants have the option of making semi-annual investments in Fund shares through the Plan Agent. You may invest any amount from $100 to $5,000 semi-annually. The Plan Agent will purchase shares for you on the NYSE or otherwise on the open market on or about February 15th and August 15th of each year. Plan participants should send voluntary cash payments to be received by the Plan Agent approximately ten days before the applicable purchase date. The Plan Agent will return any cash payments received more than thirty days prior to the purchase date. You may withdraw a voluntary cash payment by written notice, if the notice is received by the Plan Agent not less than two business days before the investment date.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Is there a cost to participate?</b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">  There are no Plan charges or brokerage charges for shares issued directly by the Fund. However, each participant will pay a service fee of $2.50 for each investment and a pro rata portion of brokerage commissions for shares purchased on the NYSE or on the open market by the Plan Agent.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>What are the tax implications?</b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">  The automatic reinvestment of dividends and distributions does not relieve you of any income tax which may be payable (or required to be withheld) on such dividends and distributions. In addition, the Plan Agent will reinvest dividends for foreign participants and for any participant subject to federal backup withholding after the deduction of the amounts required to be withheld.</font></p>
<p style="margin:8pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><i>Please note that, if you participate in the Plan through a brokerage account, you may not be able to continue as a participant if you transfer those shares to another broker. Contact your broker or financial institution or the Plan Agent to ascertain what is the best arrangement for you to participate in the Plan.</i></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:16pt;"><b>Stockholder Letter (unaudited)</b></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:12pt;"><b>Dear Stockholders:</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">It is our pleasure on behalf of the Board of Directors to present the Annual Report for The Japan Equity Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") for the year ended October 31, 2012.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Market Review (November 2011 &#150; October 2012)</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The Tokyo market traded virtually sideways for the twelve months ended October 2012, resulting in a return of &#150;0.63% in Japanese yen terms for the year. Japanese equities rallied temporarily over the first three months of the period, due mainly to investors expectations of a more expansive monetary policy coming from the Bank of Japan (BOJ). However, soon after, such expectations subsided and the rally faded away, bringing the market back to the same level at which it had begun the term.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Although the debt situation in Europe continued to receive a lot of attention over the past year, concerns over European debt became somewhat more controllable, at least for most market participants. News from the region ebbed and flowed just as it had last year, but investors responded less intensely, as markets around the world grew more accustomed to the issue. The Chinese economy was also disappointing, as many had expected to see the government launch fiscal measures similar to those seen in 2009 to support the fragile economy. However, the Chinese government did not take any decisive action in the lead up to the transfer of power at the Communist Party conference in November.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">As for Japan's domestic situation, the country's export-laden characteristics had a negative impact on both the economy as well as corporate earnings. Earlier this year, we had expected to see earnings growth of 20% for the 2012 fiscal year, but this figure was reduced to the mid-single digits amid an anemic economic environment. As a result, we can say that the Tokyo market moved in step with this weakening fundamental outlook.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">A sector-based review of developments in the Japanese equity market shows that the real estate, other finance business and pharmaceutical sectors performed relatively well, while pulp &amp; paper and marine transportation names were among the worst performers. During the period, market participants kept their focus on the actions of the BOJ, or at least on the actions the central bank intended to take. Although some pundits blamed the BOJ for its lack of aggressiveness in fighting the deflationary pressure faced by the country, the bank has been busy supplying liquidity to the real estate market by continuing to purchase Japanese real estate investment trusts (J-REITs) and printing money to bolster the currency market. Naturally, real estate companies were the main beneficiaries of these measures, although companies in the other finance business sector such as non-bank financials also outperformed on the back of similar actions. In general, non-banks have been the primary lenders to real estate companies and, hence, they enjoyed the benign business environment created by these loose monetary policies. In other news, shares of pharmaceutical companies rallied for their own specific reasons. Most pharmaceutical manufacturers had struggled with the expiration of various patents and other intellectual properties on major drugs as well as a lack of any new prospective medicines. Recently, however, some of these companies have developed new drugs with great potential, and their shares appreciated accordingly.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">In contrast, a capacity glut and weak demand were the norm for losers over the past twelve months. Companies in the pulp &amp; paper sector hesitated to slash excess paper capacity in response to the declining domestic </font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">consumption trend. Some of these companies also have weak balance sheets and were shunned by investors amid an uncertain market environment. Marine transportation stocks, have been some of the worst performers for two consecutive years, as the supply of shipping company vessels around the world has significantly exceeded real demand.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Performance/Attribution Analysis</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Table 1: Performance vs. the Benchmark (TOPIX), USD base</font></p>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Latest 12-Months<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>(As of October 31, 2012)<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>%</b></font></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Japan Equity Fund (time weighted return)</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="101" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;4.91</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><sup>(1)</sup></font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Benchmark (TOPIX)</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;5.17</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Outperformace</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.26</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:18pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Table 2: Attribution Analysis Summary, JPY base (Latest 12-Months) &#150; Equity Only</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Portfolio (Equity Only) </font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;1.15</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;0.63</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Underperformance</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;0.52</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Sector Selection</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;0.03</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Stock Selection</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;0.49</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Others</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.00</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Underperformance</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;0.52</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:11pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><sup>1</sup>&nbsp;&nbsp;Due to fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, this value may differ from the total investment return based on net asset value at beginning and end of year, assuming reinvestment of dividends, provided in the Financial Highlights section of the Fund's Annual Report.</font></p>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Relative<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Return<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>(A) &#150; (B)<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>% </b></font></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">2011</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">November</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;5.17</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;5.12</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;0.05</font></p></td>
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<tr>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">December</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.09</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.52</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;0.43</font></p></td>
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<tr>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">2012</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">January</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">5.94</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="43" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">5.50</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="47" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.44</font></p></td>
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</tr>
<tr>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">February</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">5.21</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">4.78</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="47" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.43</font></p></td>
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<tr>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">March</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1.07</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.32</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="47" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.75</font></p></td>
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</tr>
<tr>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">April</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;4.55</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="43" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;4.70</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.15</font></p></td>
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<tr>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">May</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="43" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;8.95</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="43" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;7.97</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="47" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;0.98</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="61" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">June</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="43" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">6.16</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">6.51</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="47" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;0.35</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="61" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">July</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="43" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;2.31</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="43" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;2.99</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="47" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.68</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="61" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">August</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="43" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;2.99</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="43" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;1.18</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="47" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;1.81</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="61" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">September</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="43" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">2.74</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">2.09</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.65</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">October</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;1.00</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;1.94</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.94</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:18pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Table 4: Attribution Analysis Breakdown, JPY base (Latest 12M) &#150; Equity Portion Only</font></p>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Port<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Weight<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>% </b></font></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Bench<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Weight<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>% </b></font></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Port<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Return<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>% </b></font></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Bench<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Return<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>% </b></font></td>
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<td colspan="3" width="64" align="center" valign="bottom" style="padding:6.5pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Sector<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Selection<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Effect<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>% </b></font></td>
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<td colspan="3" width="64" align="center" valign="bottom" style="padding:6.5pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Stock<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Selection<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Effect<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>% </b></font></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Fishery, Agriculture &amp; Forestry</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.00</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.10</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.00</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;12.52</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.01</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.00</font></p></td>
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<tr>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Mining</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.00</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.73</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.00</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;11.56</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="48" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.08</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="48" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.00</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Construction</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">2.17</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">2.47</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">6.25</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">10.59</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="48" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.02</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="48" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;0.04</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="169" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Foods</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1.01</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">3.88</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">13.26</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">13.70</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="48" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;0.32</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="48" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.00</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="169" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Textiles &amp; Apparel</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.24</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.91</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">2.25</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;10.96</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="48" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.11</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="48" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.01</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Pulp &amp; Paper</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.35</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.35</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;36.89</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;32.18</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="48" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.02</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="48" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;0.09</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Chemicals</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">6.02</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">5.89</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;19.11</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;5.75</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="48" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;0.04</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="48" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;0.91</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="169" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Pharmaceutical</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">2.78</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">4.95</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">12.42</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">15.63</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="48" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;0.57</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="48" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;0.10</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="169" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Oil &amp; Coal Products</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.65</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.83</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">11.3</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;9.20</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="48" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.06</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="48" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.00</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="169" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Rubber Products</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1.66</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.80</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1.11</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1.49</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="48" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;0.02</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="48" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.00</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="169" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Glass &amp; Ceramics Product</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1.59</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1.07</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;5.88</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;16.66</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="48" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;0.20</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="48" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.20</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="169" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Iron &amp; Steel</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1.64</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1.72</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;22.15</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;22.58</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="48" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.04</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="48" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;0.02</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Nonferrous Metals</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">3.38</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1.14</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;8.28</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;8.24</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="48" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;0.26</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="48" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.06</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Metal Products</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.03</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.70</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;2.72</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;3.20</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="48" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.00</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="48" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.01</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="169" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Machinery</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">5.70</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">5.01</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;9.94</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;6.51</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="48" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;0.13</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="48" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;0.30</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="169" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Electrical Appliances</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">13.39</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">13.15</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;15.92</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;16.51</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="48" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.03</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="48" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.14</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="169" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Transport Equipment</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">11.65</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">10.25</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">3.14</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">4.81</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="48" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;0.03</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="48" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;0.25</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Precision Instruments</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.46</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1.43</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;16.34</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;0.70</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="48" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;0.01</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="48" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;0.32</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Other Products</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1.32</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1.56</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">4.42</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;8.55</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="48" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.06</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="48" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.01</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="169" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Wholesale Trade</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">7.05</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">5.56</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">2.89</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">4.66</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="48" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;0.04</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="48" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;0.09</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 9pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:12pt;"><b><i>The Japan Equity Fund, Inc.</i></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Table 4: Attribution Analysis Breakdown, JPY base (Latest 12M) &#150; Equity Portion Only (continued)</font></p>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="60" align="center" valign="bottom" style="padding:6.5pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Port<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Weight<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>% </b></font></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Bench<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Weight<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>% </b></font></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Port<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Return<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>% </b></font></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Bench<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Return<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>% </b></font></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="64" align="center" valign="bottom" style="padding:6.5pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Sector<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Selection<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Effect<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>% </b></font></td>
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<td colspan="3" width="64" align="center" valign="bottom" style="padding:6.5pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Stock<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Selection<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Effect<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>% </b></font></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Retail Trade</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">4.45</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">4.37</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">11.06</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">8.88</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="48" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.01</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="48" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.16</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Banks</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">11.5</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">9.67</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">11.26</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">7.69</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="48" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.15</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="48" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.43</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Other Financing Business</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">2.42</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.85</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">19.35</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">21.55</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.40</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;0.06</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Securities &amp; Commodity Futures</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.76</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1.08</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">46.21</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1.84</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.36</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="48" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.04</font></p></td>
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<tr>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Insurance</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">2.39</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">2.28</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">10.19</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">4.21</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.06</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.14</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Real Estate</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">2.83</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">2.54</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">23.40</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">24.72</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;0.14</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="48" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;0.03</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
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<tr>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Land Transportation</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">3.51</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">4.15</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">4.45</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">11.09</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;0.15</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="48" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;0.07</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="169" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Marine Transportation</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.30</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.36</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">22.57</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;31.18</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="48" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.20</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="48" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.02</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Air Transportation</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.36</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="44" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.30</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">2.51</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;30.64</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;0.02</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.42</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Warehouse &amp; Harbor Transportation</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.14</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.24</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.96</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">2.54</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.01</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;0.04</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Info &amp; Communication</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">8.21</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">6.64</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;0.02</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;2.30</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.01</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.12</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Electric Power &amp; Gas</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1.29</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">2.89</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;16.38</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;23.12</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.42</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.09</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Services</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.75</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">2.13</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">8.04</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">10.08</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;0.15</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.01</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Total</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">100.00</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">100.00</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;1.15</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;0.63</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;0.03</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#150;0.49</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:6pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Comments:</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">As shown in Table 1, the net asset value (NAV) of the Fund decreased by 4.91% in USD terms during the twelve months from November 2011 to October 2012, while the benchmark (TOPIX index) dropped 5.17% in USD terms. As a result, the portfolio outperformed the benchmark by 0.26% for the period.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Table 2 shows that the performance of the equity portion of the portfolio (excluding expenses and cash positions in JPY terms) was &#150;1.15% versus the benchmark return of &#150;0.63%, which indicates that the Fund underperformed by 0.52% on this basis. Relative to the TOPIX, the sector selection effect was &#150;0.03%, while the stock selection effect was &#150;0.49% (see Table 4 above).</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">In terms of sector selection, the positive effects generated by the Fund's underweight position in the electric power &amp; gas sector (+0.42%) and its overweight in the other financing business sector (+0.40%) were more or less fully offset by a series of negative results, including the Fund's underweights in pharmaceuticals (&#150;0.57%) and food (&#150;0.32%).</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The stock selection effect was negative, with the major detractors including our stock picks in the chemicals (&#150;0.91%) and precision instruments (&#150;0.32%) sectors, although various positive selection effects such as those generated by banks (+0.43%) and air transportation stocks (+0.42%) mitigated the extent of the underperformance.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Major negative contributors for the year included </font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Sumitomo Chemical</b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"> (chemicals) and </font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Nikon</b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"> (precision instruments), while </font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Mizuho Financial Group</b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"> (banks) and </font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Japan Airline</b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"> (air transportation) contributed positively. Specifically, Sumitomo Chemical was directly affected by weakening demand for its petrochemical products, which is a bellwether of the Japanese economy as well as several others throughout Asia. Similarly, Nikon suffered from a significant drop off in its sales of digital cameras. Conversely, Mizuho Financial performed well, thanks to the benign monetary policies of the BOJ as well as other central banks throughout the world's developed markets. Japan Airline, which was re-listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange following an initial public offering a </font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">few months ago, exhibited stable performance, as the once-bankrupt air carrier was a market favorite as a turnaround play.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Outlook &amp; Strategy</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">According to initial estimates, Japan's real GDP shrank by 3.5% over the July-to-September period. There is a high probability that the negative growth will continue from October going forward as well, and it is very likely that the Japanese economy entered a period of contraction during the August-to-October period. What is important to note here is whether this will be a protracted period of contraction or it will end in the near future. The Japanese economy is strongly influenced by the global economy, and the US and Chinese economies are the key drivers of the global economy. The primary reason that Japanese stocks traded within a tight range between August and October is that opinions on the strength of the world economy next year are divided into two distinct camps. Bullish observers hold that the Chinese economy will bottom out in the near term while the US economy will perform well and, as a result, they believe that the global economy will enter into a recovery phase in 2013. Conversely, bearish observers think that the US economy will soon begin to decelerate while the slowdown of the Chinese economy continues. There are concerns that the upcoming "fiscal cliff" faced by the United States, in which large-scale tax cuts implemented during the prior administration will expire, will create downward pressure on the US economy. However, approvals of public investment by the Chinese government have accelerated, and some now expect the Chinese economy to be supported by the aftereffects of this beginning in January of next year. At present, neither the bulls nor the bears have made a decisive argument, so it has become difficult for investors in the Japanese market to either actively chase highs or probe lows.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Our analysis of the positive and negative factors currently surrounding Japanese equity market continues as follows:</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Positives:</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><i>A Bullish US Economy</i></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The US economy remains strong despite the clear and continued deterioration of the global economy. The primary factors propping up the US economy are the bottoming out of home prices, the implementation of QE3 (the third round of quantitative easing) and the recent boom in shale gas development. However, there are also concerns about the impact of the continued deterioration of the Chinese economy as well as the impending fiscal cliff going forward.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">2. &nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><i>BOJ Announcement of Strengthened Quantitative Easing</i></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">On October 30th, the BOJ announced a heightened monetary easing policy, which included the injection of an additional JPY11 trillion into its purchase program for Japanese Government Bonds (JGBs) and other assets. The BOJ's second consecutive month of easing was perceived to be the most aggressive stance the central bank has ever taken on the monetary policy front, as, until now, the BOJ has had a relatively reserved attitude compared to the aggressive monetary easing seen in many other countries around the world. As a side effect, however, this added to the upward pressure on the yen. Observers now expect the BOJ's strengthened stance on easing to contribute to the currency's depreciation going forward.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">3. &nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><i>Historically Low Japanese Equity Valuation Levels</i></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The price-to-book ratio (PBR) of the TOPIX stood at 0.92x as of the end of October, which represents a historically low level. This also amounts to a historically high spread of 1.77% between the TOPIX's dividend yield (2.54%) and the long-term interest rate (0.77%), which implies that stock prices are significantly discounted at the moment.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Negatives:</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><i>Continued Downward Revisions to Corporate Earnings Forecasts</i></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">There has recently been a conspicuous deterioration in the overall profitability of Japanese corporations, as evidenced by the JPY765 billion loss projected by </font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Panasonic</b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"> and the JPY450 billion loss expected by </font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Sharp </b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">with net profit forecasts for the fiscal year ending March 2013.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">2. &nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><i>Prolonged Economic Sluggishness in China and Other Emerging Countries</i></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">China has decided to pursue a policy of monetary easing and has earmarked 1 trillion Yuan for a series of economic support measures. However, the country's economic deceleration has not stopped. The after effects of the real estate bubble and the impact of Europe's economic stagnation are now beginning to come to the forefront. China is not alone, however, as emerging economies overall have clearly experienced some degree of deceleration, including Brazil, India, Russia and Indonesia.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">3. &nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><i>Continued Boycott of Japanese Products in China</i></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">In September, there were a number of intense anti-Japan demonstrations in China, and the boycotting of various Japanese products has continued ever since. As a result, the 40% to 50% YoY reduction in Japanese automobile sales in China that lasted through September and October will continue into the foreseeable future.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">4. &nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><i>No Sign of Resolution to Southern Europe's Debt Crisis</i></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The Southern European debt crisis seems to have eased for the time being following the European Central Bank's (ECB) announcement of unlimited sovereign bond purchases and the inauguration of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM). However, a true solution remains far off in the distance, and there are persistent concerns that the recent instability will soon re-emerge.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Regarding our sector allocation strategy, we remain somewhat overweight in cyclical stocks, as we forecast a gradual recovery of the global economy to begin early next year. However, considering the increased likelihood of a risk scenario in which the global economy will continue to slowdown, we are investing in such a way that we believe will limit the sector allocation risk in the portfolio to some extent.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">In the latest quarter, we continued our policy of increasing value risk. In particular, we increased our allocation to small-cap stocks, of which there are many that exhibit deep value characteristics. Small caps are trading at extreme discounts compared to their large-cap peers, and we expect them to continue to outperform on a relative basis due to the attention they have gathered for their acquisition prices. Our policy, then, will be to actively invest in deep-value small-cap names that are less vulnerable to any continued deterioration in the global economy and that are able to maintain relatively healthy earnings profiles.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Fund Performance</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">During the year ended October 31, 2012, the Fund's market price on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") ranged from a low of $4.83 per share on June 12, 2012 to a high of $5.74 on April 2, 2012. The Fund's NYSE market price closed at $5.00 per share on October 31, 2012.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The NYSE market price in relation to the Fund's net asset value per share during the year ended October 31, 2012, ranged from a high discount of 13.84% on November 23, 2011 to a low discount of 6.20% on November 3, 2011, and ended the period at a discount of 11.82%.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The Fund has not invested in derivative securities. Although foreign currency hedging is permitted, the Fund has not engaged in any foreign currency hedging.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">We thank you for your support of The Japan Equity Fund, Inc. and your continued interest in the Japanese economy and marketplace.</font></p>
<p style="margin:6pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Sincerely,</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>YOSHIAKI UEMATSU</b></font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:16pt;"><b>Portfolio of Investments</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 11.5pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>As of October 31, 2012</b></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS&#151;98.1%</b></font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>COMMON STOCKS&#151;98.1%</b></font></p></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Airlines&#151;4.5%</b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>*</b></font></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">37,500</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1,785,043</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">3,637,909</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="201" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Auto Manufacturers&#151;8.3%(a)</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="7" width="225" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">23,000</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Daihatsu Motor Co. Ltd.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">402,530</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">62,000</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">597,686</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">65,300</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Honda Motor Co. Ltd.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1,963,129</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">209,000</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Isuzu Motors Ltd.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1,105,522</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">69,300</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Toyota Motor Corp.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">2,672,010</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="7" width="335" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">6,740,877</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="201" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Auto Parts &amp; Equipment&#151;4.2%(a)</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="7" width="225" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">5,500</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Aisin Seiki Co. Ltd.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">160,624</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">87,700</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Bridgestone Corp.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">2,048,585</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">82,500</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Keihin Corp.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">996,002</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">22,000</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Sumitomo Electric <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Industries Ltd.</font></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">236,669</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="7" width="335" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">3,441,880</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="201" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Chemicals&#151;4.5%(a)</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="7" width="225" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">97,000</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Asahi Kasei Corp.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">533,621</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">21,700</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Lintec Corp.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">375,357</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">92,500</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Mitsubishi Chemical <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Holdings Corp.</font></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">366,353</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">7,000</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Nihon Parkerizing Co. <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Ltd.</font></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">105,643</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">15,200</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Ltd.</font></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">858,240</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">914,000</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Showa Denko KK</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1,398,109</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="7" width="335" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">3,637,323</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>

</div>
<div style="width:48%;float:left;margin-top:10pt;margin-right:0%">
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="201" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Shares</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" align="center" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="91" align="center" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Value</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="201" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Commercial Banks&#151;13.2%(a)</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="7" width="225" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">228,000</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Bank of Yokohama Ltd. <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">(The)</font></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">$</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1,049,266</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">826,000</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Mitsubishi UFJ Financial <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Group, Inc.</font></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">3,736,797</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">2,129,600</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Mizuho Financial Group, <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Inc.</font></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">3,332,142</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">849,000</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Sumitomo Mitsui Trust <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Holdings, Inc.</font></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">2,576,546</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="7" width="335" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">10,694,751</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="201" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Computers &amp; Peripherals&#151;2.1%(a)</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="7" width="225" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">41,900</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">SCSK Corp.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">713,493</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">25,500</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">TDK Corp.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">958,900</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="7" width="335" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1,672,393</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="201" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Distribution/Wholesale&#151;8.7%(a)</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="7" width="225" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">216,000</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">ITOCHU Corp.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">2,162,065</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">342,000</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Marubeni Corp.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">2,216,120</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">63,700</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Mitsubishi Corp.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1,137,231</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">112,200</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Mitsui &amp; Co. Ltd.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1,581,484</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="7" width="335" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">7,096,900</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
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<td colspan="3" width="201" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Diversified Financial Services&#151;3.2%(a)</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="7" width="225" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">25,310</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">ORIX Corp.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">2,599,589</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="201" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Diversified Telecommunication <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Services&#151;6.7%(a)</b></font></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="7" width="225" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">65,600</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Nippon Telegraph &amp; <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Telephone Corp.</font></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">2,999,763</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1,706</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">NTT DOCOMO, Inc.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">2,472,039</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="7" width="335" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">5,471,802</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="201" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Electric Utilities&#151;0.6%(a)</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="7" width="225" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">18,700</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Electric Power <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Development Co. Ltd.</font></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">478,979</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 9pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:12pt;"><b><i>The Japan Equity Fund, Inc.</i></b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:16pt;"><b>Portfolio of Investments (continued)</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 11.5pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>As of October 31, 2012</b></font></p>
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<td colspan="3" width="216" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 8pt 0pt;">
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<td colspan="3" width="201" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Shares</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" align="center" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="91" align="center" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Value</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
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<td colspan="3" width="201" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Electrical Components &amp; <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Equipment&#151;5.0%(a)</b></font></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="7" width="225" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">367,000</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Hitachi Ltd.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">$</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1,946,265</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">165,000</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Mitsubishi Electric Corp.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1,233,323</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">9,700</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Nidec Corp.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">690,294</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">36,000</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Nissin Electric Co. Ltd.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">208,343</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="7" width="335" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">4,078,225</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
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<td colspan="3" width="201" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Electronics&#151;4.7%(a)</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="7" width="225" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">12,200</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Hamamatsu Photonics KK</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">422,978</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">224,000</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Minebea Co. Ltd.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">736,271</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">15,000</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Murata Manufacturing <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Co. Ltd.</font></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">729,685</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">36,300</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Nichicon Corp.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">247,122</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">16,800</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Omron Corp.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">334,930</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">39,000</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Sanyo Denki Co. Ltd.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">211,330</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">36,300</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Star Micronics Co. Ltd.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">339,799</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">106,000</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Yaskawa Electric Corp.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">759,699</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="7" width="335" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">3,781,814</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="201" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Engineering &amp; Construction&#151;3.1%(a)</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="7" width="225" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">226,000</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Kajima Corp.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">625,903</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">48,800</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Mirait Holdings Corp.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">395,469</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">245,000</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Obayashi Corp.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1,096,045</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">29,000</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Toshiba Plant Systems &amp; <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Services Corp.</font></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">392,372</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="7" width="335" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">2,509,789</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="201" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Food &amp; Staples&#151;0.6%(a)</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="7" width="225" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">19,000</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">K's Holdings Corp.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">508,095</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1,000</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Nafco Co. Ltd.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">16,904</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="7" width="335" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">524,999</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="201" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Gas Utilities&#151;0.2%(a)</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="7" width="225" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">25,000</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Shizuoka Gas Co. Ltd.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">177,980</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>

</div>
<div style="width:48%;float:left;margin-top:10pt;margin-right:0%">
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="201" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Shares</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" align="center" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="91" align="center" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Value</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="201" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Hand/Machine Tools&#151;0.8%(a)</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="7" width="225" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">12,400</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Makita Corp.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">$</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">490,926</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">11,400</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">THK Co. Ltd.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">189,517</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="7" width="335" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">680,443</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="201" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Healthcare Providers &amp; <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Services&#151;0.1%(a)</b></font></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="7" width="225" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">2,600</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">BML, Inc.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">65,539</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="201" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Insurance&#151;2.3%(a)</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="7" width="225" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1,019</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Dai-ichi Life Insurance <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Co. Ltd. (The)</font></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1,174,884</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">26,800</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Tokio Marine Holdings, <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Inc.</font></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">709,399</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="7" width="335" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1,884,283</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="201" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Iron/Steel&#151;3.0%(a)</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="7" width="225" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">152,100</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">JFE Holdings, Inc.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">2,146,728</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">100,000</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Sanyo Special Steel Co. <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Ltd.</font></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">298,168</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="7" width="335" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">2,444,896</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="201" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Leisure Time&#151;0.5%(a)</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="7" width="225" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">46,500</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Yamaha Corp.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">417,866</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="201" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Machinery&#151;Construction &amp; <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Mining&#151;1.6%(a)</b></font></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="7" width="225" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">63,200</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Komatsu Ltd.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1,324,332</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="201" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Machinery&#151;Diversified&#151;2.1%(a)</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="7" width="225" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">253,000</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Mitsubishi Heavy <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Industries Ltd.</font></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1,065,656</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
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<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">102,000</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">OKUMA Corp.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">623,412</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="7" width="335" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1,689,068</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
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<td colspan="3" width="201" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Media&#151;1.3%(a)</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="7" width="225" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">546</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Fuji Media Holdings, Inc.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">808,608</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">8,700</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Kadokawa Group <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Holdings, Inc.</font></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">267,437</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="7" width="335" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1,076,045</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 9pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:12pt;"><b><i>The Japan Equity Fund, Inc.</i></b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:16pt;"><b>Portfolio of Investments (concluded)</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 11.5pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>As of October 31, 2012</b></font></p>
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<td colspan="3" width="216" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 8pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS (concluded)</b></font></p></td>
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<td colspan="3" width="201" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Shares</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" align="center" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="91" align="center" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Value</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
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<td colspan="3" width="201" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Metals &amp; Mining&#151;0.5%(a)</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="7" width="225" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">64,000</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Dowa Holdings Co. Ltd.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">$</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">427,046</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
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<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="201" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Miscellaneous Manufacturing&#151;1.9%(a)</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="7" width="225" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">91,600</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">FUJIFILM Holdings <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Corp.</font></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1,546,242</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
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<td colspan="3" width="201" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Office/Business Equipment&#151;1.3%(a)</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="7" width="225" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">32,000</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Canon, Inc.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1,039,989</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
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<td colspan="3" width="201" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Oil, Gas &amp; Consumable Fuels&#151;1.3%(a)</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="7" width="225" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">191,600</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">JX Holdings, Inc.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1,020,473</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
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<td colspan="3" width="201" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Packaging &amp; Containers&#151;0.3%(a)</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="7" width="225" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">11,800</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Fuji Seal International, <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Inc.</font></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">251,385</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
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<td colspan="3" width="201" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Pharmaceutical&#151;0.9%(a)</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="7" width="225" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">50,800</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Mitsubishi Tanabe <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Pharma Corp.</font></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">732,263</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="201" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Real Estate&#151;2.3%(a)</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="7" width="225" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">64,000</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Mitsui Fudosan Co. Ltd.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1,293,744</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">20,000</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Sumitomo Realty &amp; <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Development Co. Ltd.</font></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">552,642</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="7" width="335" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1,846,386</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="201" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Retail&#151;5.7%(a)</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="7" width="225" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">7,700</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Arcs Co. Ltd.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">162,518</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">20,400</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Cawachi Ltd.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">435,161</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">203,600</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">DCM Holdings Co. Ltd.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1,387,269</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">28,500</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Seven &amp; I Holdings Co. <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Ltd.</font></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">878,923</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">63,700</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Shimachu Co. Ltd.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1,407,410</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">5,800</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">St Marc Holdings Co. <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Ltd.</font></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">216,353</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">8,700</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Xebio Co. Ltd.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">170,238</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="7" width="335" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">4,657,872</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>

</div>
<div style="width:48%;float:left;margin-top:10pt;margin-right:0%">
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="201" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Shares</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" align="center" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="91" align="center" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Value</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="201" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Software&#151;0.7%(a)</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="7" width="225" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">18,400</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Capcom Co. Ltd.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">$</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">350,921</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">27,800</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Nihon Unisys Ltd.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">202,135</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="7" width="335" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">553,056</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="201" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Storage/Warehousing&#151;1.1%(a)</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="7" width="225" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">211,000</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Sumitomo Warehouse <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Co. Ltd. (The)</font></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">882,774</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="201" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Transportation&#151;0.8%(a)</b></font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
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<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="185" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">182,000</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="126" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Nippon Express Co. Ltd.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">666,025</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Total Long-Term Investments&#151;98.1% <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">(Cost $83,547,671)</font></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">79,751,193</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Total Investments&#151;98.1% <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">(Cost $83,547,671)(b)</font></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">79,751,193</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
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<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Other assets in excess of <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">liabilities&#151;1.9%</font></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1,552,396</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
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<td colspan="7" width="335" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>NET ASSETS</b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#151;100.0%</font></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">$</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">81,303,589</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:3pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:18pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">*</font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;Non-income producing security.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;Fair Valued Security. Fair Values are determined pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Directors.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;See notes to financial statements for tax unrealized appreciation/depreciation of securities.</font></p>
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<p align="center"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times">See notes to financial statements.<br>13</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 9pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:12pt;"><b><i>The Japan Equity Fund, Inc.</i></b></font></p>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>EQUITY CLASSIFICATIONS HELD<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>October 31, 2012</b></font></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Industry</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="103" align="center" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Percentage<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>of Net Assets</b></font></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
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<td colspan="3" width="166" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Commercial Banks</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="71" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">13.2</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="24" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">%</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
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<td colspan="3" width="166" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Distribution/Wholesale</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="71" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">8.7</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
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<td colspan="3" width="166" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Auto Manufacturers</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="71" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">8.3</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Diversified Telecommunication <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Services</font></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="71" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">6.7</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
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<td colspan="3" width="166" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Retail</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="71" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">5.7</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Electrical Components &amp; <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Equipment</font></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="71" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">5.0</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Electronics</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="71" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">4.7</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Airlines</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">4.5</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Chemicals</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="71" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">4.5</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Auto Parts &amp; Equipment</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="71" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">4.2</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Diversified Financial Services</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">3.2</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Engineering &amp; Construction</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">3.1</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Iron/Steel</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">3.0</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Insurance</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="71" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">2.3</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Real Estate</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">2.3</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Machinery&#151;Diversified</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">2.1</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Computers &amp; Peripherals</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">2.1</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Miscellaneous Manufacturing</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1.9</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Machinery&#151;Construction &amp; Mining</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1.6</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Media</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1.3</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Office/Business Equipment</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1.3</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Oil, Gas &amp; Consumable Fuels</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1.3</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Storage/Warehousing</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1.1</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Pharmaceutical</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.9</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Hand/Machine Tools</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.8</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Transportation</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.8</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Software</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.7</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Food &amp; Staples</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.6</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Electric Utilities</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.6</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Metals &amp; Mining</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.5</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Leisure Time</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.5</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Packaging &amp; Containers</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.3</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<tr>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Gas Utilities</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.2</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Healthcare Providers &amp; Services</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.1</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Other</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1.9</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">100.0</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">%</font></p></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>TEN LARGEST EQUITY POSITIONS HELD<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>October 31, 2012 (unaudited)</b></font></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Name of Security</b></font></p></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Percentage<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>of Net Assets</b></font></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Mitsubishi UFJ Financial <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Group, Inc.</font></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">4.6</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">%</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">4.1</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Nippon Telegraph &amp; <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Telephone Corp.</font></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">3.7</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Toyota Motor Corp.</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">3.3</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
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<td colspan="3" width="166" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">ORIX Corp.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="71" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">3.2</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Sumitomo Mitsui Trust <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Holdings, Inc.</font></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="71" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">3.2</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
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<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="166" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">NTT DOCOMO, Inc.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="71" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">3.0</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Marubeni Corp.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="71" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">2.7</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="166" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">ITOCHU Corp.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="71" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">2.7</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="24" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="166" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">JFE Holdings, Inc.</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="71" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">2.6</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
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<p align="center"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times">See notes to financial statements.<br>14</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 9pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:12pt;"><b><i>The Japan Equity Fund, Inc.</i></b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:16pt;"><b>Statement of Assets and Liabilities</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>As of October 31, 2012</b></font></p>
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<td colspan="7" width="468" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Assets</b></font></p></td>
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<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="360" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Investments, at value (cost $83,547,671)</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="22" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">$</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="67" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">79,751,193</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="360" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Foreign currency, at value (cost $672,239)</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="22" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="67" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">670,134</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="360" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Cash</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="22" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="67" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">288,753</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="360" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Dividends receivable</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="22" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="67" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">893,972</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="360" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Prepaid expenses</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="22" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="67" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">13,654</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="360" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:4pt .7pt 4pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Total assets</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="22" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:4pt .7pt 4pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="67" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:4pt .7pt 4pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">81,617,706</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:4pt .7pt 4pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
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<tr>
<td colspan="7" width="468" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Liabilities</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
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<td colspan="3" width="360" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Legal fees and expenses (Note 3)</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="22" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="67" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">127,058</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="360" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Audit and tax services</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="22" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="67" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">96,970</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="360" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Investment management fees payable (Note 3)</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="22" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="67" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">25,538</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="360" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Administration fees payable (Note 3)</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="22" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="67" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">18,948</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="360" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Investor relations fees payable (Note 3)</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="22" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="67" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">3,300</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="360" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Director fees payable</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="22" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="67" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">2,300</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="360" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Accrued expenses</font></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="22" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="67" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">40,003</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="360" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:4pt .7pt 4pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Total liabilities</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="22" valign="bottom" style="padding:4pt .7pt 4pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="67" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:4pt .7pt 4pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">314,117</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:4pt .7pt 4pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="360" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 4pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Net Assets</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="22" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 4pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">$</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="67" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 4pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">81,303,589</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 4pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="7" width="468" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Composition of Net Assets:</b></font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Common stock (par value $.01 per share)</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="22" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">$</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="67" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">143,354</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="360" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Paid-in capital in excess of par</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="22" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="67" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">106,923,973</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="360" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Accumulated net investment income</font></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="22" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="67" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">604,734</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="360" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Accumulated net realized loss from investments and foreign currency transactions</font></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="22" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="67" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">(22,546,210</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">)</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
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<td colspan="3" width="360" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Net unrealized depreciation on investments and translation of assets and liabilities <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">denominated in foreign currencies</font></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="22" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="67" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">(3,822,262</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">)</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="360" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:4pt .7pt 4pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Net assets</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="22" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:4pt .7pt 4pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">$</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="67" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:4pt .7pt 4pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">81,303,589</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:4pt .7pt 4pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="360" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:2pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Net asset value per common share based on 14,335,432 shares issued <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>and outstanding</b></font></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="22" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:2pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>$</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="67" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:2pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>5.67</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:2pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
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<p align="center"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times">See notes to financial statements.<br>15</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 9pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:12pt;"><b><i>The Japan Equity Fund, Inc.</i></b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:16pt;"><b>Statement of Operations</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>For the Year Ended October 31, 2012</b></font></p>
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<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<tr>
<td colspan="7" width="468" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Net investment income:</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="7" width="468" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Income</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="360" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Dividends (net of foreign withholding taxes of $150,706)</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="22" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">$</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="67" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">2,002,220</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="360" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Interest</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="22" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="67" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">115</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="360" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:4pt .7pt 4pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="22" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:4pt .7pt 4pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="67" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:4pt .7pt 4pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">2,002,335</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:4pt .7pt 4pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="7" width="468" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Expenses:</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="360" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Investment management fee (Note 3)</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="22" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="67" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">309,140</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="360" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Administration fee (Note 3)</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="22" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="67" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">241,761</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="360" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Legal fees and expenses (Note 3)</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="22" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="67" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">184,838</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="360" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Custodian's fees and expenses (Note 3)</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="22" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="67" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">137,262</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="360" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Independent auditors' fees and expenses</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="22" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="67" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">97,410</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="360" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Reports to shareholders and proxy solicitation</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="22" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="67" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">70,170</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="360" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Directors' fees and expenses</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="22" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="67" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">69,850</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="360" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Investor relations fees and expenses (Note 3)</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="22" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="67" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">41,934</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="360" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Insurance expense</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="22" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="67" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">16,301</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="360" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Transfer agent's fees and expenses</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="22" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="67" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">11,469</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="360" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Miscellaneous</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="22" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="67" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">76,350</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="360" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:4pt .7pt 4pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Total expenses</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="22" valign="bottom" style="padding:4pt .7pt 4pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="67" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:4pt .7pt 4pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1,256,485</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:4pt .7pt 4pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="360" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 4pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Net investment income</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="22" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 4pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="67" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 4pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">745,850</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 4pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="7" width="468" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments and foreign currencies <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Net realized gain/(loss) from:</b></font></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="360" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Investment transactions</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="22" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="67" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">(5,524,975</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">)</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="360" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Foreign currency transactions</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="22" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="67" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">(49,259</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">)</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="360" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:4pt .7pt 4pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="22" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:4pt .7pt 4pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="67" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:4pt .7pt 4pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">(5,574,234</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:4pt .7pt 4pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">)</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="7" width="468" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on:</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="360" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Investments</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="22" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="67" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">570,328</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="360" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Foreign currency translation</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="22" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="67" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">2,831</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="360" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:4pt .7pt 4pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="22" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:4pt .7pt 4pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="67" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:4pt .7pt 4pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">573,159</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:4pt .7pt 4pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="360" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 4pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Net loss from investments and foreign currencies</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="22" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 4pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="67" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 4pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">(5,001,075</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 4pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">)</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="360" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 4pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="22" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 4pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">$</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="67" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 4pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">(4,255,225</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 4pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">)</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 9pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:12pt;"><b><i>The Japan Equity Fund, Inc.</i></b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:16pt;"><b>Statements of Changes in Net Assets</b></font></p>
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<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<td colspan="3" width="313" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 4.5pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="7" width="212" align="center" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 4.5pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>For the Year Ended<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>October 31, </b></font></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="313" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="102" align="center" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>2012</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="102" align="center" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>2011</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="11" width="525" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Increase/(decrease) in net assets from operations:</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="313" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Net investment income</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">$</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">745,850</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">$</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">665,768</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="313" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Net realized loss from investment transactions</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">(5,524,975</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">)</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">(1,016,674</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">)</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="313" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Net realized gain/(loss) from foreign currency transactions</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">(49,259</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">)</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">71,294</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="313" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">570,328</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">(2,937,771</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">)</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="313" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on foreign <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">currency translation</font></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">2,831</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">(66,488</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="19" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">)</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="313" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">(4,255,225</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">)</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">(3,283,871</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">)</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Distributions to shareholders from:</b></font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Net investment income</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">(751,755</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">)</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">(794,549</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">)</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Capital stock transactions:</b></font></p></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Reinvestment of dividends resulting in the issuance of 24,992 and <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">10,483 shares of common stock, respectively</font></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">123,459</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">63,635</font></p></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Repurchase of common stock resulting in the reduction of 146,379 and <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0 shares of common stock, respectively (Note 6)</font></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">(750,869</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">)</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#151;</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Change in net assets from capital stock transactions</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">(627,410</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">)</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">63,635</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Net (decrease) in net assets</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">(5,634,390</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">)</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">(4,014,785</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">)</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Net assets:</b></font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Beginning of year</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">86,937,979</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">90,952,764</font></p></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">End of year (including accumulated net investment income of $604,734 <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">and $615,992, respectively)</font></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">$</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">81,303,589</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">$</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">86,937,979</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:16pt;"><b>Notes to Financial Statements </b></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>1. Organization</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The Japan Equity Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") was incorporated in Maryland on July 12, 1990 under its former name "The Japan Emerging Equity Fund, Inc." and commenced operations on July 24, 1992. It is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as a closed-end, diversified management investment company. The Fund's objective is to outperform over the long term, on a total return basis (including appreciation and dividends), the Tokyo Stock Price Index (TOPIX).</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. The policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP"). The preparation of financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of income and expenses for the period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The U.S. Dollar is used as both the functional and reporting currency.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>(a) Security Valuation:</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The Fund is required to value its securities at fair value, which is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Prior to October 1, 2012, the Fund determined net asset value based on valuations made as of 5:00 p.m. Tokyo time, on each day. Securities which are listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, or listed on the over the-counter market in Japan, or listed on other exchanges in Japan and for which market quotations were readily available, were valued at the last reported sales price available to the Fund at the close of business on the day the securities were being valued or, lacking any such sales, at the last available bid price. In instances where quotations were not readily available or where the price as determined by the above procedures was deemed not to represent fair market value, fair value was determined in such manner as the Board of Directors (the "Board") prescribed. Short-term investments having a maturity of 60 days or less were valued at amortized cost, except where the Board determined that such valuation did not represent the fair value of the investment. All other securities and assets were valued at fair value as determined in good faith by, or under the direction of, the Board.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Effective October 1, 2012, except as described in the next paragraph equity securities that are traded on an exchange are valued at the last quoted sale price on the principal exchange on which the security is traded at the "Valuation Time." The Valuation Time is as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (usually 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time). In the absence of a sale price, the security is valued at the mean of the bid/ask quoted at the close on the principal exchange on which the security is traded. Securities traded on NASDAQ are valued at the NASDAQ official closing price. A security using any of these pricing methodologies is determined as a Level 1 investment.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Foreign equity securities that are traded on foreign exchanges that close prior to the Valuation Time are valued by applying fair valuation factors to the last sale price. Fair valuation factors are provided by an </font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:16pt;"><b>Notes to Financial Statements (continued)</b></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">independent pricing service provider. When the fair value prices are utilized, the value assigned to the foreign securities may not be the same as quoted or published prices of the securities on their primary markets. These factors are based on inputs such as, Depositary receipts, S&amp;P 500 Index/S&amp;P 500 Futures, Nikkei 225 Futures, sector indices/ETFs, exchange rates, and historical opening and closing prices of each security. If the pricing service is unable to provide a valuation factor, or if the valuation factor falls below a predetermined threshold, the security is valued at the last sale price. A security that applies a fair valuation factor is determined as a Level 2 investment. When no fair valuation factor is applied, the security is determined as a Level 1 investment.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">In the event that a security's market quotations are not readily available or are deemed unreliable, the fair value of a security is determined by the Fund's Pricing Committee, taking into account the relevant factors and surrounding circumstances. A security that has been fair valued by the Pricing Committee may be classified as Level 2 or 3 depending on the nature of the inputs.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">In accordance with the authoritative guidance on fair value measurements and disclosures under GAAP, the Fund discloses the fair value of its investments using a three-level hierarchy that classifies the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure the fair value. The hierarchy assigns Level 1 measurements to valuations based upon unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and Level 3 measurements to valuations based upon unobservable inputs that are significant to the valuation. Observable inputs are inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, which are based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs are inputs that reflect the reporting entity's own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below:</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Level 1&#151;quoted prices in active markets for identical investments;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Level 2&#151;other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, and credit risk); or</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Level 3&#151;significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The following is a summary of the inputs used as of October 31, 2012 in valuing the Fund's investments carried at fair value. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. Please refer to the Portfolio of Investments for a detailed breakout of the security types:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Investments</b></font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Level 1</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="91" align="center" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Level 2</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="77" align="center" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Level 3</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="3" width="91" align="center" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Total</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Long-Term Investments</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
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<td colspan="3" width="144" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Airlines</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">$</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="57" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1,785,043</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">$</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1,852,866</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">$</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="48" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#151;</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">$</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">3,637,909</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="144" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Other Long-Term Investments</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="57" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#151;</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">76,113,284</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="48" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#151;</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">76,113,284</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="144" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Total Investments</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">$</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="57" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1,785,043</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">$</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">77,966,150</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">$</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="48" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#151;</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">$</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">79,751,193</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The Fund held no Level 3 securities at October 31, 2012.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 9pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:12pt;"><b><i>The Japan Equity Fund, Inc.</i></b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:16pt;"><b>Notes to Financial Statements (continued)</b></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">For movements between the levels within the fair value hierarchy, the Fund has adopted a policy of recognizing transfers at the end of each period. During the year ended October 31, 2012, due to the addition of fair valuation factors (as described above), all securities that are currently Level 2 have transferred from Level 1 to Level 2. For the year ended October 31, 2012, there have been no significant changes to the fair valuation methodologies other than described above.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>(b) Repurchase Agreements:</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements. It is the Fund's policy that its custodian/counterparty segregate the underlying collateral securities, the value of which exceeds the principal amount of the repurchase transaction, including accrued interest. The repurchase price generally equals the price paid by the Fund plus interest negotiated on the basis of current short-term rates. To the extent that any repurchase transaction exceeds one business day, the collateral is valued on a daily basis to determine its adequacy. If the counterparty defaults and the value of the collateral declines or if bankruptcy proceedings are commenced with respect to the counterparty of the security, realization of the collateral by the Fund may be delayed or limited. There were no repurchase agreements outstanding during the year or as of October 31, 2012.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>(c) Foreign Currency Translation:</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The books and records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars as follows: (1) the foreign currency market value of investment securities and other assets and liabilities stated in Japanese yen are translated at the exchange rate prevailing at the end of the period; and (2) purchases, sales, income and expenses are translated at the rate of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions. The resulting exchange gains and losses are included in the Statement of Operations. The Fund does not isolate the effect of fluctuations in foreign exchange rates from the effect of fluctuations in the market price of securities. Foreign securities, currencies, and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. Dollars at the exchange rate of said currencies against the U.S. Dollar, as of the Valuation Time, as provided by an independent pricing service approved by the Board.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>(d) Security Transactions, Investment Income and Expenses:</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Investment transactions are recorded on the trade date (the date upon which the order to buy or sell is executed). Realized and unrealized gains and losses from security and foreign currency transactions are calculated on the identified cost basis. Dividend income and corporate actions are recorded generally on the ex-date, except for certain dividends and corporate actions which may be recorded after the ex-date, as soon as the Fund acquires information regarding such dividends or corporate actions. Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>(e) Distributions:</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The Fund records dividends and distributions payable to its stockholders on the ex-dividend date. The amount of dividends and distributions from net investment income and net realized capital gains are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. These book basis/tax basis ("book/tax") differences are either considered temporary or permanent in nature. To the extent these differences are permanent in nature, such amounts are reclassified within the capital accounts based on their federal tax-basis treatment; </font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 9pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:12pt;"><b><i>The Japan Equity Fund, Inc.</i></b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:16pt;"><b>Notes to Financial Statements (continued)</b></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">temporary differences do not require reclassification. Dividends and distributions which exceed net investment income and net realized capital gains for tax purposes are reported as return of capital.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>(f) Federal Income Taxes:</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The Fund intends to continue to distribute substantially all of its taxable income and to comply with the minimum distribution and other requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes is required. As of October 31, 2012, the Fund had no uncertain tax positions that would require financial statement recognition, derecognition or disclosure. As of October 31, 2012, the Fund did not have any unrecognized tax benefits. The Fund's federal tax returns for each of the four fiscal years up to the most recent fiscal year ended October 31, 2012 remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The Fund is not subject to any Japanese income, capital gains or other taxes except for withholding taxes on certain income, generally imposed at rates of 7% on interest and dividends, paid to the Fund by Japanese corporations.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>(g) Earnings Credits:</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The Fund's custodial arrangements include a provision to reduce its custodial fees by the amount of earnings credits recognized on cash deposits in demand deposit accounts.</font></p>
<p style="margin:4pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>3. Agreements and Transactions with Affiliates</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>(a) Investment Manager and Investment Adviser:</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The Fund has an Investment Management Agreement with Daiwa SB Investments (U.S.A.) Ltd. (the "Manager"). Daiwa SB Investments Ltd. ("DSBI" or the "Adviser"), an affiliate of the Manager, acts as the Fund's investment adviser pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement between the Manager and DSBI. For such investment services, the Fund is obligated to pay the Manager a monthly fee at an annual rate of 0.60% of the first $20 million, 0.40% of the next $30 million, and 0.20% of the excess over $50 million of the Fund's average weekly net assets, of which 60% of this fee is paid by the Manager to DSBI. In addition, the Fund has agreed to reimburse the Manager and the Adviser for all out-of-pocket expenses related to the Fund. For the year ended October 31, 2012, no such expenses were paid to the Manager or the Adviser. For the year ended October 31, 2012, the Manager earned $123,656 and the Adviser earned $185,484, as reflected in the Statement of Operations.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">At October 31, 2012, the Fund owed $25,538 to the Manager and/or Adviser.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>(b) Administrator and Custodian and Other Related Parties:</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Under the terms of the Fund Administration Agreement effective September 28, 2012, Aberdeen Asset Management Inc. ("AAMI") provides various administrative and accounting services, including daily valuation of the Fund's shares, preparation of financial statements, tax returns, regulatory reports, and presentation of quarterly reports to the Board. For Fund Administration, the Fund pays AAMI an annual fee based on the Fund's average weekly net assets as set forth in the fee schedule below.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 9pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:12pt;"><b><i>The Japan Equity Fund, Inc.</i></b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:16pt;"><b>Notes to Financial Statements (continued)</b></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Fee Schedule</b></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Up to $60 million</font></p></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.20</font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">%</font></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">$60 million up to $100 million</font></p></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.15</font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">%</font></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">$</font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">100 </font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">million or more</font></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">0.10</font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">%</font></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The Board has also approved the payment of the administrative compliance expense for the Fund in the amount of $75,000 per annum to AAMI, for services provided by AAMI staff in implementing the Fund's compliance management system and the Fund's compliance review program. This amount is included in the administration fee in the Fund's Statement of Operations. For the year ended October 31, 2012, AAMI earned $18,948 from the Fund for administrative services.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Prior to September 28, 2012, Daiwa Securities Trust Company ("DSTC"), an affiliate of the Manager and the Adviser, provided certain administrative services to the Fund (in such capacity, the "Administrator"), for which the Fund paid DSTC a monthly fee at an annual rate of 0.20% of the first $60 million of the Fund's average weekly net assets, 0.15% of the next $40 million and 0.10% of the excess over $100 million, with a minimum annual fee of $120,000. For the year ended October 31, 2012, DSTC earned $212,805 from the Fund for administrative services. In addition, as permitted by the Administration Agreement, the Fund reimbursed the Administrator for its out-of-pocket expenses related to the Fund. During the period of November 1, 2011 through September 27, 2012, expenses of $10,008 were paid to the Administrator, representing reimbursement to the Administrator of costs relating to attendance by its employees at meetings of the Fund's Board.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Prior to September 28, 2012, the Board had also approved the payment of the administrative compliance expense for the Fund in the amount of $75,000 per annum to DSTC, for services provided by DSTC staff in implementing the Fund's compliance management system and the Fund's compliance review program. This amount is included in the administration fee in the Fund's Statement of Operations.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Effective September 28, 2012, State Street became Custodian for the Fund's assets. Prior to September 28, 2012, DSTC also acted as custodian for the Fund's assets and as of September 21, 2011 had appointed Daiwa Securities Trust and Banking (Europe) PLC (the "Sub-Custodian"), an affiliate of DSTC, the Manager and the Adviser, to act as the sub-custodian for all of the cash and securities of the Fund held in Japan. As compensation for its services as custodian, DSTC received a monthly fee and reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses. Such expenses include fees and out-of-pocket expenses of the Sub-Custodian. During the year ended October 31, 2012, DSTC and the Sub-Custodian earned $40,185 and $70,648, respectively, as compensation for custodial service to the Fund.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">During the year ended October 31, 2012, the Fund paid or accrued $184,838 for legal services in connection with the Fund's on-going operations to a law firm in which the Fund's Assistant Secretary is a consultant.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>4. Tax Information</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">For federal income tax purposes, the cost of securities owned at October 31, 2012 was $84,166,569, excluding short-term investments. At October 31, 2012, the net unrealized depreciation of investments for federal income tax purposes, excluding short-term securities, of $(4,415,374) was composed of gross appreciation of $2,509,541 </font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 9pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:12pt;"><b><i>The Japan Equity Fund, Inc.</i></b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:16pt;"><b>Notes to Financial Statements (continued)</b></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">for those investments having an excess of value over cost, and gross depreciation of $(6,924,915) for those investments having an excess of cost over value. For the year ended October 31, 2012, total aggregate cost of purchases and net proceeds from sales of portfolio securities, excluding short-term securities, were $92,387,371 and $93,270,735, respectively.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">In order to present undistributed net investment income, accumulated net realized loss, and paid-in capital in excess of par value on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities that more closely represent their tax character, certain adjustments have been made to undistributed net investment income, accumulated net realized loss on investments, and paid-in capital in excess of par value.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">For the year ended October 31, 2012, the adjustments were to decrease net investment income by $5,353 and increase realized loss by $5,353 primarily related to the reclassification of realized foreign currency gains and investment in passive foreign investment companies. Net investment income, net realized losses and net assets were not affected by this change.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The tax basis components of distributable earnings differ from the amounts reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities by temporary book/tax differences primarily arising from investments in passive foreign investment companies, wash sales and unused capital losses. As of October 31, 2012, the components of accumulated earnings (deficit) on a tax basis were as follows:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Net Investment Income</b></font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Accumulated Net Realized Loss</b></font></p></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Unrealized<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Appreciation/Depreciation</b></font></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">$</font></td>
<td colspan="1" width="115" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 6pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">925,392</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">$</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="148" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 6pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">(22,247,972</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">)</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">$</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="127" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 6pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">(4,441,158</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">)</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">At October 31, 2012, the Fund had a remaining capital loss carryover of $22,247,972 which will be available to offset future net capital gains.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">During the current year, no capital loss carryforwards expired or were utilized.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010, the Fund will be permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 for an unlimited period. However, any losses incurred during those future taxable years will be required to be utilized prior to the losses incurred in pre-enactment taxable years. As a result of this ordering rule, pre-enactment capital loss carryforwards may be more likely to expire unused. Additionally, post-enactment capital losses that are carried forward will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses rather than being considered all short-term as under previous law. Capital loss carryforwards expire as follows:</font></p>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>2016</b></font></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>2017</b></font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>2018</b></font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>2019</b></font></p></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Unlimited <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>(Short-Term)</b></font></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Unlimited <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>(Long-Term)</b></font></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">$</font></td>
<td colspan="1" width="57" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">3,410,154</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">$</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="62" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">10,922,220</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">$</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="57" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1,494,277</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">$</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="57" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1,150,678</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">$</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="70" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1,732,500</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">$</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="69" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">3,538,143</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:16pt;"><b>Notes to Financial Statements (continued)</b></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The tax character of distributions paid during the fiscal years ended October 31, 2012 and October 31, 2011 was as follows:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>October 31, 2012</b></font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><b>October 31, 2011</b></font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Distributions paid from:</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Ordinary Income</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="21" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">$</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">751,755</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">$</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">794,549</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Net long-term capital gains</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#151;</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="88" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">&#151;</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Total tax character of distributions</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">$</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">751,755</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-top:solid windowtext 1pt;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">$</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">794,549</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>5. Capital</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">There are 30 million shares of $0.01 par value common stock authorized. During the year ended October 31, 2012, 24,992 shares were issued on December 28, 2011 at the reinvestment price of $4.94. The net asset value per share on that date was $5.61. Of the 14,335,432 shares of the Fund outstanding at October 31, 2012, Daiwa Capital Markets America Holdings Inc., an affiliate of the Manager, Adviser and DSTC, owned no shares. As of October 31, 2012, based on publicly available Schedule 13D and 13G disclosures filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, 1607 Capital Partners, LLC held 15.11% and Lazard Asset Management LLC held 15.38% of the shares outstanding, respectively.</font></p>
<p style="margin:5pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>6. Discount Management Program</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">On May 17, 2012, the Fund announced that the Board had approved a Discount Management Program. The Discount Management program authorizes management, from time to time and to the extent permitted by law, to repurchase up to 10% of the Fund's outstanding shares in open market transactions for each twelve-month period ended October 31. Such purchases will be made when the Fund's shares are trading at a discount to NAV of 9% or more and the only daily average discount from the Fund's NAV for the five-day period ending the prior day is 9% or more.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The Board authorized the Discount Management Program in order to potentially enhance share liquidity and increase shareholder value through the potential accretive impact of the purchases to the Fund's NAV. There is no assurance that the Fund will purchase shares in any specific amounts. 146,379 shares were repurchased by the Fund pursuant to the Discount Management Program during the year ended October 31, 2012.</font></p>
<p style="margin:5pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>7. Recent Accounting Pronouncements</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">In December 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued an Accounting Standards Update ("ASU"), </font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><i>Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities.</i></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"> The amendments in this update require an entity to disclose both gross and net information for derivatives and other financial instruments that are either offset in the statement of assets and liabilities or subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement. The ASU is effective during interim or annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013. Management is currently evaluating the implications of this ASU and its impact on the financial statements has not been determined.</font></p>
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<p align="center"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times"><br>24</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 9pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:12pt;"><b><i>The Japan Equity Fund, Inc.</i></b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:16pt;"><b>Notes to Financial Statements (concluded)</b></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>8. Subsequent Events</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">On December 21, 2012, a dividend was announced by the Fund. The distribution of $0.064553 per share is payable on January 11, 2013, to shareholders of record at the close of business on December 31, 2012. The ex-dividend date is December 27, 2012.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Management has evaluated the need for disclosures and/or adjustments resulting from subsequent events through the date the Financial Statements were issued. Based on this evaluation, no additional disclosures and/or adjustments were required to the Financial Statements as of October 31, 2012.</font></p>
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<p align="center"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times"><br>25</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:16pt;"><b>Financial Highlights</b></font></p>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>For the Year Ended October 31,</b></font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>2012</b></font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>2011</b></font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>2010</b></font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>2009</b></font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>2008</b></font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">Per share operating performance(a):</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">Net asset value, beginning of year</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">$</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">6.01</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">$</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">6.30</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">$</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">6.02</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">$</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">5.41</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">$</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">8.61</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">Net investment income</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">0.05</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">0.04</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="36" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">0.03</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="40" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">0.02</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="41" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">0.05</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments and <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">foreign currencies</font></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">(0.34</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">)</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="36" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">(0.27</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">)</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="36" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">0.29</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="40" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">0.63</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="41" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">(3.25</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">)</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">Total from investment operations</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="36" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">(0.29</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">)</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="36" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">(0.23</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">)</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="36" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">0.32</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="40" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">0.65</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="41" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">(3.20</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">)</font></p></td>
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<tr>
<td colspan="23" width="690" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">Distributions from:</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">Net investment income</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="36" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">(0.05</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">)</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="36" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">(0.06</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">)</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="36" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">(0.04</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">)</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="40" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">(0.04</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">)</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="41" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">&#151;</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">Net asset value, end of year</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">$</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="36" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">5.67</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">$</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="36" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">6.01</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">$</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">6.30</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">$</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="40" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">6.02</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">$</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="41" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">5.41</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
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<tr>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">Market value, end of year</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">$</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">5.00</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">$</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="36" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">5.35</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">$</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="36" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">5.44</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">$</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="40" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">5.10</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">$</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="41" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt; border:none; border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">5.14</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="23" width="690" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">Total investment return based on(b):</font></p></td>
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<tr>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">Market value</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="36" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">(5.56</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">)%</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="36" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">(0.76</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">)%</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="36" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">7.44 </font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">%</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="40" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">0.07 </font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">%</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="41" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">(35.51</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">)%</font></p></td>
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</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="240" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">Net asset value</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="36" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">(4.66</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="26" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">)%</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="36" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">(3.74</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="26" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">)%</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="36" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">5.41 </font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="23" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">%</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="40" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">12.22 </font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="23" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">%</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="41" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">(37.17</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="26" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">)%</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="23" width="690" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">Ratio to average net assets/supplementary data:</font></p></td>
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</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="240" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">Net assets, end of year (in millions)</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">$</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="36" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">81.3</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">$</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="36" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">86.9</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">$</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="36" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">91.0</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="23" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">$</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="40" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">87.0</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">$</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="41" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">78.1</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="240" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">Net operating expenses</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="36" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">1.49 </font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">%</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="36" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">1.38 </font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">%</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="36" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">1.37 </font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">%</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="40" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">1.41 </font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="23" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">%</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="41" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">1.15 </font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">%</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="240" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">Net investment income</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="36" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">0.88 </font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="26" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">%</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="36" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">0.71 </font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="26" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">%</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="36" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">0.49 </font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="23" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">%</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="40" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">0.41 </font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="23" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">%</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="41" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">0.70 </font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="26" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">%</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" width="240" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">Portfolio turnover</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="36" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">110 </font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="26" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">%</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="36" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">59 </font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="26" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">%</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="36" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">43 </font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="23" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">%</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="40" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">47 </font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="23" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">%</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="41" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">35 </font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="26" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">%</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
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<p style="margin:11pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;Based on average shares outstanding.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of common stock on the opening of the first day and a sale on the closing of the last day of each period reported. Dividends and distributions, if any, are assumed, for purposes of this calculation, to be reinvested at prices obtained under the Fund's dividend reinvestment plan. Total investment return does not reflect brokerage commissions.</font></p>
<p style="margin:12pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">Amounts listed as "&#151;" are $0 or round to $0.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:16pt;"><b>Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</b></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 8pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">To the Shareholders and <BR>Board of Directors of<BR>The Japan Equity Fund, Inc.:</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the portfolio of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of The Japan Equity Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") at October 31, 2012, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as "financial statements") are the responsibility of the Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at October 31, 2012 by correspondence with the custodian, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:16pt;"><b>Tax Information (unaudited)</b></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The Fund is required by Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, to advise you as to the federal tax status of any distributions received by you during such fiscal year.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">On December 21, 2012, the Fund announced a total distribution of $0.064553 per share which represents a dividend from ordinary income.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">There is no foreign tax deduction or credit available to shareholders for calendar year 2012.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The information reported herein may differ from the information and distributions taxable to the shareholders for the calendar year ending December 31, 2012. The information necessary to complete your income tax returns will be included with your Form 1099-DIV to be received under separate cover in January 2013.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><i>Shareholders are strongly advised to consult their own tax advisors with respect to the tax consequences of their investment in the Fund.</i></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:16pt;"><b>Information Concerning Directors and Officers (unaudited)</b></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The following table sets forth information concerning each of the Directors and Officers of the Fund. The Directors of the Fund will serve for terms expiring on the date of subsequent Annual Meetings of Stockholders in the year 2015 for Class I Directors, 2013 for Class II Directors and 2014 for Class III Directors, or until their successors are duly elected and qualified.</font></p>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Director or<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Officer of<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Fund Since</b></font></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Number of<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Funds in<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Fund<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Complex for<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Which<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Director<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Serves (1)</b></font></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">*</font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"> Yoshio Urata<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Financial Square<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">32 </font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Old Slip<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">New York, NY 10005-3538<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Year of Birth: 1960</font></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Chairman and Corporate Executive Officer, Daiwa Capital Markets America Holdings Inc., since April 2012; Executive Managing Director, Daiwa Securities Group Inc., since January 2012; Executive Managing Director, Asia &amp; Oceania Region Officer, Daiwa Securities Capital Markets Co. Ltd., from April 2011 to April 2012; Executive Officer Global Head of Equity Sales and Sales Trading, Daiwa Securities Capital Markets Co. Ltd., from January 2010 to April 2011; Executive Officer Global Head of Equity Sales and Sales Trading, Daiwa Securities SMBC Co. Ltd., from April 2007 to January 2010. </font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Chairman of the Board and Class I Director since September, 2012</font></p></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Martin J. Gruber<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">229 South Irving Street<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Ridgewood, NJ 07450<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Year of Birth: 1937</font></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Professor Emeritus and Scholar in Residence at the Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University, since 2010. He was previously Professor of Finance, from 1965 to 2010; Director, The Thai Capital Fund, Inc., since 2000; Director, The Singapore Fund, Inc., since 2000; Trustee, DWS Scudder Mutual Funds, from 1992 to 2008; Trustee, C.R.E.F., from 2001 to 2005 and Chairman from 2003 to 2005; Director, National Bureau of Economic Research, since 2005.</font></p></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Class I <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Director <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">since 1992</font></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">David G. Harmer<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">10911 </font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Ashurst Way<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Highlands Ranch, CO<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">80130-6961<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Year of Birth: 1943</font></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Retired; Director of Community and Economic Development, City of Ogden, from July 2005 to October 2008; Public Services Department Director, City of Ogden, from February 2005 to July 2005; Executive Director, Department of Community and Economic Development for the State of Utah, from May 2002 to January 2005; Director, The Thai Capital Fund, Inc., since 2000; Director, The Singapore Fund, Inc., since 1996.</font></p></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Class II<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Director <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">since 1997</font></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Richard J. Herring<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">327 South Roberts Road<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Bryn Mawr, PA 19010<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Year of Birth: 1946</font></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Jacob Safra Professor of International Banking and Professor, Finance Department, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, since July 1972; Co-Director, Wharton Financial Institutions Center, since July 2000; Director, Lauder Institute of International Management Studies, from July 2000 to June 2006; Director, The Thai Capital Fund, Inc., since 2007; Director, The Singapore Fund, Inc., since 2007; Trustee, DWS Scudder Mutual Funds (and certain predecessor funds), since 1990; Co-chair of the Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee, since 2000; Executive Director of the Financial Economists Roundtable, since 2008.</font></p></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Class III<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Director <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">since 2007</font></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:14pt;"><b>Information Concerning Directors and Officers (unaudited) (continued)</b></font></p>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Principal Occupation<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>or Employment and<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Directorships in<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Publicly Held Companies<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>During Past Five Years</b></font></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Director or<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Officer of<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Fund Since</b></font></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Number of<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Funds in<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Fund<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Complex for<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Which<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Director<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Serves (1)</b></font></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Rahn K. Porter<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">944 </font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">East Rim Road<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Franktown, CO 80116<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Year of Birth: 1955</font></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Senior Vice President and Treasurer, Qwest Communications International Inc., from June 2008 to April 2011; Senior Vice President of Investor Relations, Qwest Communications International Inc., from September 2007 to June 2008; Vice President of Finance, Qwest Communications International Inc., from March 2003 to September 2007; Director, The Thai Capital Fund, Inc., <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">since 2007; Director, The Singapore Fund, Inc., since 2007.</font></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Class II Director <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">since 2007</font></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Yoshiaki Uematsu<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">32 </font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Old Slip<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">New York, NY 10005<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Year of Birth: 1957</font></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">President and Chief Executive Officer, Daiwa SB Investments (USA) Ltd., since April 2009; Managing Director and Chief Compliance Officer, Daiwa SB Investments (USA) Ltd. from 2002 to 2009.</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">President of the Fund since April 2009</font></p></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Jeffrey Cotton</font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">**<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Aberdeen Asset <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Management Inc.<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">1735 Market St., 32<sup>nd</sup> Floor<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Philadelphia, PA 19103<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Year of Birth: 1977</font></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Currently, Vice President and Head of Compliance&#151;U.S. for Aberdeen Asset Management Inc. Mr. Cotton joined Aberdeen in 2010. Prior to joining Aberdeen, Mr. Cotton was a Senior Compliance Officer at Old Mutual Asset Management (2009-2010) supporting its affiliated investment advisers and mutual fund platform. Mr. Cotton was also a VP, Senior Compliance Manager at Bank of America/Columbia Management (2006-2009).</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of the Fund since September 2012</font></p></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Andrea Melia</font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">**<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Aberdeen Asset <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Management Inc.<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">1735 Market St., 32<sup>nd</sup> Floor<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Philadelphia, PA 19103 <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Year of Birth: 1969</font></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Currently, Vice President and Head of Fund Accounting for AAMI (since 2009). Prior to joining Aberdeen, Ms. Melia was Director of Fund Administration and accounting oversight for Princeton Administrators LLC, a division of BlackRock Inc. and had worked with Princeton Administrators since 1992.dministrators since 1992.</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Treasurer of the Fund since September 2012</font></p></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Megan Kennedy</font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">**<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Aberdeen Asset <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Management Inc.<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">1735 Market St., 32<sup>nd</sup> Floor <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Philadelphia, PA 19103 <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Year of Birth: 1974</font></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Currently, Head of Product Management for AAMI (since 2009). Ms. Kennedy joined AAMI in 2005 as a Senior Fund Administrator. Ms. Kennedy was promoted to Assistant Treasurer Collective Funds/North American Mutual Funds in February 2008 and promoted to Treasurer Collective Funds/North American Mutual Funds in July 2008.</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Secretary and Vice President of the Fund since September 2012</font></p></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Alan Goodson</font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">**<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Aberdeen Asset <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Management Inc.<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">1735 Market St., 32<sup>nd</sup> Floor<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Philadelphia, PA 19103<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Year of Birth: 1974</font></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Currently, Head of Product US, overseeing both Product Management and Product Development for Aberdeen's registered and unregistered investment companies in the US and Canada. Mr. Goodson is Vice President of Aberdeen Asset Management Inc. and joined Aberdeen in 2000.</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Vice President of the Fund since September 2012</font></p></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Name Address<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>and Year of Birth<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>of Directors/Officers</b></font></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Principal Occupation<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>or Employment and<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Directorships in<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Publicly Held Companies<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>During Past Five Years</b></font></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Director or<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Officer of<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Fund Since</b></font></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Number of<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Funds in<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Fund<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Complex for<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Which<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Director<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Serves (1)</b></font></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Gary Marshall</font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">**<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Aberdeen Asset <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Management Inc.<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">1735 Market St., 32<sup>nd</sup> Floor<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Philadelphia, PA 19103<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Year of Birth: 1961</font></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Head of Americas since January 2010, which role includes responsibility for overseeing registered and unregistered investment companies in the US and Canada. Mr. Marshall is the Chief Executive of Aberdeen Asset Management Inc. and joined Aberdeen via the acquisition of Prolific Financial Management in 1997.</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Vice President of the Fund since September 2012</font></p></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Jennifer Nichols</font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">**<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Aberdeen Asset <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Management Inc.<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">1735 Market St., 32<sup>nd</sup> Floor<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Philadelphia, PA 19103<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Year of Birth: 1978</font></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Currently, Global Head of Legal for Aberdeen (2012). Ms. Nichols serves as a Director and Vice President for AAMI since 2010. She previously served as Head of Legal&#151;Americas from 2010-2012. She joined AAMI in October 2006.</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Vice President of the Fund since September 2012</font></p></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Christian Pittard</font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">**<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Aberdeen Asset <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">anagement Inc.<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">1735 Market St., 32<sup>nd</sup> Floor<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Philadelphia, PA 19103<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Year of Birth: 1973</font></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Currently, Group Head of Product Development for and Director of Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited (January 2010-Present) and Aberdeen Fund Management Limited (January 2010-Present). Previously Director and Vice President (2006-2008), Chief Executive Officer (from October 2005 to September 2006) and employee (Since June 2005) of Aberdeen Asset Management Inc.; Member of Executive Management Committee of Aberdeen Asset Management PLC (Since August 2005); Managing Director of Aberdeen Asset Managers (C.I.) Limited (from 2000 to June 2005); Managing Director of Aberdeen Private Wealth Management Limited (affiliate of the Fund's Investment Manager Investment Adviser and Investment Sub-Adviser) (from 2000 to May 2005).</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Vice President of the Fund since September 2012</font></p></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Lucia Sitar</font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">**<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Aberdeen Asset <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Management Inc.<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">1735 Market St., 32<sup>nd</sup> Floor<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Philadelphia, PA 19103<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Year of Birth: 1971</font></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Currently, U.S. Counsel for AAMI. Ms. Sitar joined AAMI in July 2007.</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Vice President of the Fund since September 2012</font></p></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">John J. O'Keefe</font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">**<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Aberdeen Asset <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Management Inc.<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">1735 Market St., 32<sup>nd</sup> Floor<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Philadelphia, PA 19103<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Year of Birth: 1959</font></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Mr. O'Keefe joined AAMI as a Fund Acounting Manager in the Accounting Department in October 2012. Prior to that he served as Vice President, Fund Accounting Department of Daiwa Securities Trust Company, since 2000. Mr. O'Keefe previously served the Board of Directors as Vice President and Treasurer, The Singapore Fund, Inc., The Thai Capital Fund, Inc. and The Japan Equity Fund, Inc., since June 2000.</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Assistant Treasurer of the Fund since September 2012</font></p></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Principal Occupation<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>or Employment and<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Directorships in<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Publicly Held Companies<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>During Past Five Years</b></font></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Number of<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Funds in<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Fund<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Complex for<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Which<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Director<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Serves (1)</b></font></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Heather Hasson</font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">**<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Aberdeen Asset <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Management Inc.<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">1735 Market St., 32<sup>nd</sup> Floor<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Philadelphia, PA 19103<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Year of Birth: 1982</font></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Currently, Senior Product Manager for Aberdeen Asset Management Inc. Ms. Hasson joined AAMI as a Fund Administrator in November 2006.</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Assistant Secretary of the Fund since September 2012</font></p></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Leonard B. Mackey, Jr.</font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">**<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">31 </font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">West 52<sup>nd</sup> Street<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">New York, NY 10019-6131<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Year of Birth: 1950</font></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Consultant, since 2007 and Partner from 1983 to 2007 in the law firm of Clifford Chance US LLP; Assistant Secretary, The Thai Capital Fund, Inc. and The Singapore Fund, Inc., since 2004.</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Assistant Secretary of the Fund since 2004</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:6pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">1</font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;"Fund Complex" includes the Fund and The Thai Capital Fund, Inc. which hold themselves out to investors as related companies for purposes of investment and investor services.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">*</font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;Director so noted is deemed by the Fund's counsel to be an "interested person" (as defined in the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended). Mr. Urata is deemed an interested person of the Fund because of his affiliation with Daiwa Capital Markets America Holdings Inc., an affiliate of the Fund's investment adviser, Daiwa SB Investments Ltd.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">**&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">As of October 2012, Messrs. Pittard, Cotton, Marshall, Goodson, O'Keefe and Mackey and Mses. Nichols, Melia, Kennedy, Sitar, and Hasson hold officer positions in The Thai Capital Fund, Inc. which may also be deemed to be a part of the same "Fund Complex" as the Fund.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:16pt;"><b>Board Consideration and Approval of Investment Management Agreement (unaudited)</b></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Nature, Extent and Quality of Services</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">At a meeting (the "Meeting") of the Board of Directors of The Japan Equity Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") held on June 4, 2012, the Board reviewed and considered the nature and extent of the investment advisory services provided by Daiwa SB Investments Ltd. (the "Investment Adviser") under the Advisory Agreement and Daiwa SB Investments (USA) Ltd. (the "Investment Manager" and, together with the Investment Adviser, the "Advisers") under the Investment Management Agreement. The Board reviewed and considered the qualifications of the portfolio manager, the senior administrative managers and other key personnel of the Investment Manager who provide the investment advisory services to the Fund. The Board determined that the portfolio manager and key personnel of the Investment Manager are qualified by education and/or training and experience to perform the services in an efficient and professional manner. The Board also reviewed and considered the services provided to the Fund by the Investment Adviser and the personnel of the Investment Adviser who provide those services. The Board concluded that the nature and extent of the advisory services provided were necessary and appropriate for the conduct of the business and investment activities of the Fund. The Board also concluded that the overall quality of the advisory services was satisfactory.</font></p>
<p style="margin:4pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Performance Relative to the Fund's Benchmark</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The Board reviewed and considered the Fund's performance for the last one-, three- and five-year periods, as well as for the last 20 quarters, as provided in the materials distributed to the Board prior to the Meeting, compared to the Fund's benchmark, the Tokyo Stock Price Index. The Board noted that the Fund's return on its net asset value over the last one-year, three-year and five-year periods was higher than the Fund's benchmark. The Board also noted that, for the last 20 quarters, the Fund's performance varied as compared to the benchmark, however, the Fund, in most quarters, performed in line with the benchmark. The Board concluded that the Fund's overall performance was competitive with its benchmark.</font></p>
<p style="margin:4pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Fees Relative to Other Funds Advised by the Advisers</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The Board reviewed and considered the advisory fees paid by the Fund under the Advisory Agreement and the Investment Management Agreement (together, the "Advisory Fee") and information showing the advisory fees paid by other funds and accounts managed by each of the Advisers as compared to the Advisory Fee paid by the Fund. The Board noted that the Investment Manager does not manage any other closed-end funds that would provide an appropriate comparison to the Advisory Fee and that the fees charged to other accounts by the Investment Manager ranged between 20 and 26.5 basis points at the approximate asset level of the Fund. The Board also reviewed and considered information showing that while the Investment Adviser does not manage any other U.S. registered funds, it does advise equity accounts for Japanese investors with advisory fees that are higher than the Advisory Fee. The Board concluded that the Advisory Fee charged by the Advisers was appropriate as compared to other funds and accounts advised by the Advisers.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The Board reviewed the fee paid by the other U.S. registered closed-end fund investing in Japan, The Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund. The Board noted that the advisory fee rate was higher for The Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund than for the Fund. In addition, the Board reviewed and considered the advisory fees paid </font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">by other closed-end funds investing in a single country. While the fees vary widely, the majority of these fees paid in connection with these country funds were in the 1.00% and higher range. The Board concluded that the Advisory Fee was competitive with these other country funds. The Board further noted that the total expense ratio of the Fund was lower than that of many other country funds, including Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc., and concluded that the Fund's total expense ratio was competitive.</font></p>
<p style="margin:3pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Breakpoints and Economies of Scale</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The Board reviewed and considered the structure of the Fund's advisory fee schedule under the Advisory Agreement and Investment Management Agreement and noted that it does include breakpoints. The Board considered that the Fund is closed-ended, and, therefore, the Board concluded that economies of scale for the Fund were not a factor that needed to be considered at the current asset levels.</font></p>
<p style="margin:3pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Profitability of the Advisers</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The Board reviewed and considered a profitability report for each of the Advisers for the last year included in the materials previously provided to the Board. Based on its review of the information it received, the Board concluded that the profits earned by each Adviser were not excessive in light of the advisory services provided to the Fund.</font></p>
<p style="margin:3pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Advisers Financially Sound and Financially Capable of Meeting the Fund's Needs</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The Board considered whether each of the Advisers is financially sound and has the resources necessary to perform its obligations under the Advisory Agreement or Investment Management Agreement to which it is a party. The Board noted that each Adviser's operations remain profitable. The Board concluded that each of the Advisers has the financial resources necessary to fulfill its obligations under the Advisory Agreement or Investment Management Agreement to which it is a party.</font></p>
<p style="margin:3pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Historical Relationship Between the Fund and the Advisers</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The Board also reviewed and considered the historical relationship between the Fund and the Advisers, including the organizational structure of each of the Advisers, the policies and procedures formulated and adopted by each of the Advisers for managing the Fund's assets and the Board's confidence in the competence and integrity of the senior managers and key personnel of each of the Advisers. The Board concluded that it is beneficial for the Fund to continue its relationship with the Advisers.</font></p>
<p style="margin:3pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Other Factors and Current Trends</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The Board considered the controls and procedures adopted and implemented by each of the Advisers and monitored by the Fund's Chief Compliance Officer and concluded that the conduct of business by each of the Advisers indicates a good faith effort on its part to adhere to high ethical standards.</font></p>
<p style="margin:3pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>General Conclusion</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">After considering and weighing all of the above factors, the Board concluded it would be in the best interests of the Fund and its stockholders to approve renewal of each of the Advisory Agreement and Investment Management Agreement for another year.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">BOARD OF DIRECTORS</font></p>
<p style="margin:0.5pt 0pt 0.5pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">Yoshio Urata, </font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><i>Chairman</i></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><BR>Martin J. Gruber<BR>David G. Harmer<BR>Richard J. Herring<BR>Rahn K. Porter</font></p>
<p style="margin:3.5pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">OFFICERS</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">Yoshiaki Uematsu<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><i>President</i></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">Jeffrey Cotton<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><i>Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer</i></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">Andrea Melia<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><i>Treasurer</i></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">Megan Kennedy<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><i>Secretary and Vice President</i></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">Alan Goodson<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><i>Vice</i></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"> </font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><i>President</i></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">Gary Marshall<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><i>Vice President</i></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">Jennifer Nichols<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><i>Vice President</i></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">Christian Pittard<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><i>Vice President</i></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">Lucia Sitar<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><i>Vice President</i></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">John J. O'Keefe<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><i>Assistant Treasurer</i></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">Heather Hasson<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><i>Assistant Secretary</i></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">Leonard B. Mackey, Jr.<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;"><i>Assistant Secretary</i></font></p>
<p style="margin:3.5pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">ADDRESS OF THE FUND</font></p>
<p style="margin:0.5pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">c/o Aberdeen Asset Management, Inc.<BR>1735 Market Street, 32nd Floor<BR>Philadelphia, PA 19103</font></p>
<p style="margin:3.5pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">INVESTMENT MANAGER</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">Daiwa SB Investments (U.S.A.) Ltd.</font></p>
<p style="margin:1pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">INVESTMENT ADVISER</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">Daiwa SB Investments Ltd.</font></p>
<p style="margin:1pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">ADMINISTRATOR</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">Aberdeen Asset Management, Inc.</font></p>
<p style="margin:1pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">CUSTODIAN</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">State Street Bank and Trust Company</font></p>
<p style="margin:1pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">American Stock Transfer &amp; Trust Company</font></p>
<p style="margin:1pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">LEGAL COUNSEL</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">Clifford Chance US LLP</font></p>
<p style="margin:1pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">ACCOUNTING FIRM</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</font></p>
<p style="margin:6pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:9pt;">Notice is hereby given in accordance with Section 23(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 that from time to time the Fund may purchase shares of its common stock in the open market at prevailing market prices. This report is sent to stockholders of the Fund for their information. It is not a prospectus, circular or representation intended for use in the purchase or sale of shares of the Fund or of any securities mentioned in the report.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 74pt 0pt;" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:19pt;"><b>Annual Report<BR>October 31, 2012</b></font></p>
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<p style="margin:74pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:16pt;"><b><i>The Japan Equity<BR>Fund, Inc.</i></b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Aberdeen Asset Management, Inc.<BR>1735 Market Street, 32nd Floor<BR>Philadelphia, PA 19103</font></p>
<p style="margin:9.5pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">INVESTMENT MANAGER</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Daiwa SB Investments (U.S.A.) Ltd.</font></p>
<p style="margin:9.5pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">INVESTMENT ADVISER</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Daiwa SB Investments Ltd.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 2. Code of Ethics.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As of October&nbsp;31, 2012, the Registrant had adopted a code of ethics that applies to the Registrant&#146;s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions (the &#147;Code of Ethics&#148;). A Copy of the Code of Ethics is filed with this Form&nbsp;N-CSR as Exhibit&nbsp;12(a)(1). During the period covered by the report, there were no material changes to the Code of Ethics. During the period covered by this report, there were no waivers to the provisions of the Code of Ethics.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Board of Directors of the Registrant has determined that the following member of the Board&#146;s Audit Committee qualifies as an &#147;Audit Committee Financial Expert,&#148; as that term is defined in Item 3 of Form&nbsp;N-CSR: Rahn K. Porter.&#160; Mr.&nbsp;Porter is considered by the Board to be an &#147;Independent Director,&#148; as that term is defined in Item&nbsp;3 of Form&nbsp;N-CSR.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-indent:3.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)&nbsp;through (d).&nbsp; Below is a table reflecting the fee information requested in Items 4(a)&nbsp;through (d):</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">October&nbsp;31, 2012</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">71,000</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">16,070</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">9,800</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">October&nbsp;31, 2011</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">84,670</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .45pt;text-indent:.9pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)&nbsp;Services include agreed-upon procedures in connection with the Registrant&#146;s administration conversion ($0 in 2011 and $16,070 in 2012).</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .45pt;text-indent:.9pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)&nbsp;Services include tax services in connection with the Registrant&#146;s excise tax calculations and review of the registrant&#146;s applicable tax returns.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 19.8pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(e)&nbsp;Below are the Registrant&#146;s Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 55.8pt;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Before the registrant&#146;s principal accountant is engaged to render audit or non-audit services to the registrant and non-audit services to the registrant&#146;s investment adviser and its affiliates, each engagement is approved by the registrant&#146;s audit committee.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 55.8pt;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">None of the services described in each of paragraphs (b)&nbsp;through (d)&nbsp;of this Item involved a waiver of the pre-approval requirement by the Audit Committee pursuant to Rule 2-01 (c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 19.8pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(f)&nbsp;Not Applicable.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 19.8pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(g)&nbsp;Non-Audit Fees</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 19.8pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The aggregate fees billed by PwC for non-audit services rendered to any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser that provided ongoing services to the Registrant (&#147;Covered Service Providers&#148;) for the fiscal year ended October&nbsp;31, 2011 was $0.&nbsp; The aggregate fees billed by PWC for non-audit services rendered to the Registrant, Daiwa SB Investments (USA) Ltd. and any Covered Service Providers for the fiscal year ended October&nbsp;31, 2012 was $245,100.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 19.8pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(h)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Audit Committee of the Board of Directors has considered whether the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to the Registrant&#146;s investment manager (not including any subadviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment manager), and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment manager that provides ongoing services to the Registrant that were not pre-approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii)&nbsp;of Rule&nbsp;2-01 of Regulation S-X is compatible with maintaining the principal accountants independence has concluded that it is.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Registrant has a separately designated standing audit committee established in accordance with Section&nbsp;3(a)(58)(A)&nbsp;of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">For the fiscal year ended October&nbsp;31, 2012, the audit committee members were:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Martin J. Gruber</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">David G. Harmer</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Richard J. Herring</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Rahn K. Porter</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not applicable</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 6. Schedule of Investments.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 29.25pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)&nbsp;Included as part of the Report to Shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form&nbsp;N-CSR.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 29.25pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)&nbsp;Not applicable.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the Registrant&#146;s Proxy Voting Policy and Procedures, the Registrant has delegated responsibility for its proxy voting to its Investment Manager, provided that the Registrant&#146;s Board of Directors has the opportunity to periodically review the Investment Adviser&#146;s proxy voting policies and material amendments thereto.&#160; The Registrant&#146;s Board of Directors most recently ratified the proxy voting policies of the Investment Manager in September&nbsp;2012.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The proxy voting policies of the Registrant are included herewith as Exhibit&nbsp;C and policies of the Investment Manager are included as Exhibit&nbsp;D.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 49.95pt;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The information in the table below is as of January&nbsp;4, 2013.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Naoto   Nagai</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Senior   Portfolio Manager and International Clients Group Leader</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Day-to-day   portfolio management.</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Mr.&nbsp;Naoto   Nagai,CFA, is a Senior Portfolio Manager and International Clients Group   Leader, with a total of 16 years of experience in the Japanese and global   equity markets. Prior to joining Daiwa SB Investments in 2006, he was a fund   manager and research analyst at Resona Trust Company Japan. In 1996, he   earned an MBA from the University of Rochester and, in 1991 he graduated from   the University of Osaka Prefecture with a B.S. in chemistry. He assumed   day-to-day portfolio management responsibilities for the Fund, effective   October&nbsp;18, 2006. </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Daiwa SB Investments Ltd., the registrant&#146;s   investment adviser, has employed Mr.&nbsp;Nagai as an equity fund manager   since August&nbsp;2006</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Takahiro   Ueno</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Senior   Portfolio Manager</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Day-to-day   portfolio management.</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Mr.&nbsp;Takahiro   Ueno, CFA/CMA, is a Senior Portfolio Manager with 14 years of experience in   the Japanese and global equity markets. Prior to joining Daiwa SB Investments   in 2001, he was a fixed income trader at Sumitomo Bank. In 1995, he earned a   B.S. degree in engineering from Kyoto University.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Masayuki   Kubota</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Senior   Portfolio Manager</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Day-to-day   portfolio management.</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Mr.&nbsp;Masayuki   Kubota CFA/CMA, a Senior Portfolio Manager with 25 years of experience,   joined the Japan Equity Fund investment team on August 1, 2012.   Mr.&nbsp;Kubota began his career at Sumitomo Bank in 1984 and became a   Japanese equity fund manager and analyst at Sumitomo </font></p>    </td>   </tr>  </table>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Bank&#146;s   asset management subsidiary in 1987. He transferred to Daiwa SB Investments,   the merged entity of Sumitomo Bank&#146;s asset management subsidiaries and Daiwa   International Capital Management, in 1999, becoming a Senior Portfolio   Manager. He is a member of the Corporate Accounting Study Group of the   Securities Analysts Association of Japan. Mr.&nbsp;Kubota obtained a B.A.   degree in Economics from Keio University in Japan in 1984.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>  </table>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Masayuki   Kubota</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As of October&nbsp;31, 2012, Mr.&nbsp;Nagai managed three other mutual funds with a total of $389 million in assets and three separate accounts with a total of $217 million in assets; no other pooled investment vehicles or other accounts were managed by Mr.&nbsp;Nagai.&#160; The only performance based account is a separate account managed by Mr.&nbsp;Nagai (with the net asset value of approximately $102 million).</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As of October 31, 2012, Mr. Ueno managed one other mutual fund with a total of $16 million in assets and three separate accounts with a total of $ 443 million in assets; no other pooled investment vehicles or other accounts were managed by Mr. Ueno.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As of October 31, 2012, Mr. Kubota managed three mutual funds with a total of $320 million in assets and three separate accounts with a total of $1,036 million in assets; no other pooled investment vehicles or other accounts were managed by Mr. Kubota.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Portfolio Manager Compensation Structure</font></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Mr. Nagai, Mr. Ueno and Mr. Kubota receive a combination of base compensation and incentive-based discretionary compensation consisting of a cash bonus. The methodology used to determine Mr. Nagai&#146;s, Mr. Ueno&#146;s and Mr. Kubota&#146;s compensation is applied across all accounts managed by the three.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Generally, a portfolio managers receive basic (fixed) salary compensation as dictated by a formal salary committee and determined by both the corporate performance of the registrant&#146;s investment adviser as well as the performance and competency of the individual portfolio manager. The base salary amount is reviewed on an annual basis after completion of a formal performance appraisal process.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In order to appraise Mr. Nagai&#146;s, Mr. Ueno&#146;s and Mr. Kubota&#146;s performance, the salary committee reviews their competence and expertise, their contribution to the overall team, and their level of reporting and client servicing. In addition to a basic salary, Mr. Nagai, Mr. Ueno and Mr. Kubota may receive discretionary compensation in the form of an incentive (cash) bonus. The bonus, which is paid annually in May, is determined by Mr. Nagai&#146;s, Mr. Ueno&#146;s and Mr. Kubota&#146;s achievement of various performance targets during the most recent financial year. Mr. Nagai's, Mr. Ueno&#146;s and Mr. Kubota&#146;s compensation is evaluated on both a quantitative (70%) and qualitative (30%) basis. The quantitative score is determined prior to payment based on the performance of Mr. Nagai&#146;s, Mr. Ueno&#146;s and Mr. Kubota&#146;s accounts. For the registrant&#146;s account, the performance is measured on a pre-tax basis for the period under review against the Tokyo Stock Exchange&#146;s Tokyo Price Index (TOPIX). The qualitative score is determined by analyzing the quality of Mr. Nagai, Mr. Ueno and Mr. Kubota&#146;s contribution to the Registrant's investment adviser. While the performance-based incentive bonus is available to all portfolio managers, the maximum bonus amount varies depending on factors such as an individual&#146;s fund management experience as well as the size of his/her assets under management. Incentive bonuses typically range between 30% and 50% of a portfolio manager&#146;s base salary.</font></p>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">482,434</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">44,500</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.0209</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">44,500</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="15%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.0%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">437,934</font></p>    </td>
<td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">August&nbsp;1,   2012 <br>   through <br>   August&nbsp;31, 2012</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="15%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.0%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">64,348</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.1572</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">108,848</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="15%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.0%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">329,086</font></p>    </td>
<td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">September&nbsp;1,   2012 <br>   through <br>   September&nbsp;30, 2012</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="15%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.0%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">37,531</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="15%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.0%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.0943</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="15%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.0%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">146,379</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="15%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.0%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">373,586</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">October&nbsp;1,   2012 <br>   through <br>   October&nbsp;31, 2012</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">373,586</font></p>    </td>
<td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">146,379</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">146,379</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">373,586</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp; On May&nbsp;17, 2012, the Fund announced that effective June&nbsp;2012, the Board of Directors approved a discount management program.&nbsp;&nbsp;Under the program, the Fund authorizes management to repurchase during each twelve month period ended October&nbsp;31 up to 10% of its shares of common stock outstanding as of October&nbsp;31 the prior year. Such purchases may be made when the Fund&#146;s shares are trading at a discount to net asset value of 9% or more.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">During the period ended October&nbsp;31, 2012, there were no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Registrant&#146;s Board of Directors.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 11. Controls and Procedures.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 19.8pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)&nbsp;It is the conclusion of the Registrant&#146;s principal executive officer and principal financial officer that the effectiveness of the Registrant&#146;s current disclosure controls and procedures (such disclosure controls and procedures having been evaluated within 90 days of the date of this filing) provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by the Registrant has been recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time period specified by the Commission&#146;s rules&nbsp;and forms and that the information required to be disclosed by the Registrant has been accumulated and communicated to the Registrant&#146;s principal executive officer and principal financial officer in order to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 19.8pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)&nbsp;There were no changes in the Registrant&#146;s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Registrant&#146;s second fiscal half-year covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant&#146;s internal control over financial reporting.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 19.8pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 12. Exhibits.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 63.0pt;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Code of Ethics of the Registrant as required by Rule&nbsp;30a-2(a)&nbsp;under the Act is an exhibit to this report.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 63.0pt;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The certifications of the registrant as required by Rule&nbsp;30a-2(a)&nbsp;under the Act are exhibits to this report.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 63.0pt;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not applicable.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 63.0pt;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The certifications of the registrant as required by Rule&nbsp;30a-2(b)&nbsp;under the Act are an exhibit to this report.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 63.0pt;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Proxy Voting Policy of Registrant.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 63.0pt;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Proxy Voting Policy and Procedures of Investment Adviser.</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SIGNATURES</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The   Japan Equity Fund,&nbsp;Inc.</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/   <i>Yoshiaki Uematsu</i></font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Yoshiaki   Uematsu,</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date: January&nbsp;4, 2013</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/   <i>Yoshiaki Uematsu</i></font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 99.CODEETH</font></b></p>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Ex-99.12(a)(1)</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CODE OF ETHICS (SOX)</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(Principal Executive Officer/President and Principal Financial Officer/Treasurer)</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">I.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Purpose of the Code/Covered Officers</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to Section 406 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the Securities and Exchange Commission (&#147;SEC&#148;) has adopted rules requiring annual disclosure of an investment company&#146;s code of ethics applicable to its principal executive, principal financial and principal accounting officers.&#160; The Funds have adopted this Code of Ethics (the &#147;Code&#148;) pursuant to these rules.&#160; The Code applies to the series (each a &#147;Fund&#148;).&#160; The Code specifically applies to each Fund&#146;s President/Principal Executive Officer and Treasurer/Principal Financial Officer (&#147;Covered Officers&#148;) for the purpose of promoting: </font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">honest and ethical conduct, including the ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and professional relationships;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in reports and documents that are filed with, or submits to, the SEC and in other public communications made by the Funds; </font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations; </font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">an environment that encourages disclosure of ethical and compliance related concerns; </font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the prompt internal reporting of violations of the Code to an appropriate person or persons identified in the Code without fear of reprisal; and </font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">accountability for adherence to the Code.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Covered Officers are integral to the Funds&#146; goal of creating a culture of high ethical standards and commitment to compliance.&#160; In their roles, the Covered Officers will refrain from engaging in any activity that may compromise their professional ethics or otherwise prejudice their ability to carry out their duties to the Funds.&#146;&#160; They will act in good faith, with due care, competence and diligence, without misrepresenting material facts or allowing their independent judgment to be subordinated.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">II.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Actual and Apparent Conflicts of Interest</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Overview:</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"> A &#147;conflict of interest&#148; occurs when a Covered Officer&#146;s private interest interferes with the interests of, or service to, the Funds.&#160; For example, a conflict of interest would arise if a Covered Officer, or a member of his or her family, receives improper benefits as a result of his or her position with the Funds.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Certain conflicts of interest arise out of the relationship between Covered Officers and each Fund and already are subject to conflict of interest provisions in the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the &#147;1940 Act&#148;) and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the &#147;Advisers Act&#148;).&#160; For example, Covered Officers may not individually engage in certain transactions (such as the purchase or sale of securities or other property) with the Funds because of their status as &#147;affiliated persons&#148; of the Funds.&#160; Each Fund&#146;s Adviser and subadviser (the &#147;adviser(s)&#148;) have adopted and implemented respective compliance programs and procedures that are designed to prevent, or identify and correct, violations of these provisions.&#160; This Code does not, and is not intended to repeat or replace these programs and procedures, and such conflicts fall outside of the parameters of this Code.&#160; Each Covered Officer should be sensitive to situations that may give rise to actual as well as apparent conflicts of interest and should encourage his or her colleagues who provide service to the Funds, whether directly or indirectly, to do the same.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Although typically not presenting an opportunity for improper personal benefit, conflicts arise from, or as a result of, the contractual relationship between each Fund and the investment adviser (and distributor to the Aberdeen open-end funds) of which the Covered Officers are also officers or employees.&#160; As a result, this</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Code recognizes that the Covered Officers will, in the normal course of their duties (whether formally for the Fund or the investment adviser or for both), be involved in establishing policies and implementing decisions that will have different effects on the investment adviser, distributor and the Funds.&#160; The participation of the Covered Officers in such activities is inherent in the contractual relationship between the Funds and the Adviser and is consistent with the performance by the Covered Officers of their duties as officers of each Fund. &#160;Thus, if performed in conformity with the provisions of the 1940 Act and the Advisers Act, such activities will be deemed to have been handled ethically.&#160; In addition, it is recognized by the Funds&#146; Board that the Covered Officers may also be officers or employees of the Funds.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Other conflicts of interest are covered by this Code, even if such conflicts of interest are not subject to provisions in the 1940 Act and the Advisers Act.&#160; The overarching principle is that the personal interest of a Covered Officer should not be placed improperly before the interest of the Funds.&#160; A defining question is, &#147;What is the long term interest of current shareholders?&#148;&#160; The following list provides examples of conflicts of interest under this Code, but Covered Officers should keep in mind that these examples are not exhaustive.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">not use his or her personal influence or personal relationships improperly to influence investment decisions or financial reporting by the Funds whereby the Covered Officer would directly or indirectly benefit personally to the detriment of the Funds;&#160; </font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">not cause the Funds to take action, or fail to take action, for the individual personal benefit of the Covered Officer rather than the benefit of the Funds; </font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">not use material non-public knowledge of Fund transactions made or contemplated for the Funds to trade personally or cause others to trade personally in contemplation of the market effect of such transactions; </font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">report at least annually affiliations or other relationships related to conflicts of interest covered by the Funds&#146; Directors and Officers Questionnaire. </font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Any activity or relationship that would present a conflict for a Covered Officer would likely also present a conflict for the Covered Officer if a member of the Covered Officer&#146;s family engages in such activity or has such a relationship.&#160; There are some conflict of interest situations that should always be discussed with the Compliance Officer prior to their occurrence, or if foreseen, as soon as reasonably possible after discovery.&#160; Examples of these include: </font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">service on the board of any public company; </font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">any outside business activity that detracts from the ability of a Covered Officer to devote appropriate time and attention to his or her responsibilities as a Covered Officer of the Funds; </font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the receipt of any non-nominal gifts in excess of $100.00; </font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the receipt of any entertainment from any company with which the Funds has current or prospective business dealings unless such entertainment is business-related, reasonable in cost, appropriate as to time and place, and not so frequent as to raise any question of impropriety; </font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">any ownership interest in, or any consulting or employment relationship with any of the Funds&#146; service providers, other than its investment adviser, investment sub-adviser, principal underwriter, administrator or any affiliated person thereof; </font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">a direct or indirect financial interest in commissions, transaction charges or spreads paid by the Funds for effecting Fund transactions or for selling or redeeming shares other than an interest arising from the Covered Officer&#146;s employment, such as compensation or equity ownership.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">III.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Definitions</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(A)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<i>Covered Officer</i>&#148; with respect to a Fund means the principal executive officer of the Fund and senior financial officers of the Fund, including the principal financial officer, controller or principal accounting officer, or persons performing similar functions, regardless of whether these persons are employed by the Fund or a third party.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(B)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<i>Executive Officer</i>&#148; of a Fund has the same meaning as set forth in Rule 3b-7 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.&#160; Subject to any changes in that rule, the term &#147;executive officer,&#148; when used in the Code, means the president, any vice president, any officer who performs a policy making function, or any other person who performs similar policy making functions for a Fund.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(C)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<i>Waiver</i>&#148; means the approval by a Fund&#146;s CCO of a material departure from a provision of the Code.&#160; &#147;<i>Waiver&#148; </i>includes an &#147;<i>Implicit Waiver,&#148; </i>which is a Fund&#146;s failure to take action within a reasonable period of time regarding a material departure from a provision of this Code that has been made known to an Executive Officer of the Fund.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">IV.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Disclosure and Compliance</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Each Covered Officer:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">should familiarize himself with the disclosure requirements generally applicable to the Funds; </font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">should not knowingly misrepresent, or cause others to misrepresent, facts about the Funds to others, whether within or outside the Funds, including the Funds&#146; Board and auditors, and to governmental regulators and self-regulatory organizations; </font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">should, to the extent appropriate within his or her area of responsibility, consult with other officers and employees of the Funds and the Advisers with the goal of promoting comprehensive, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in reports and documents the Funds file with, or submit to, the SEC and in other public communications made by the Funds; </font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">should cooperate with the each Fund&#146;s independent accountants, regulatory agencies, and internal auditors in their review of the Funds and its operations; </font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">should ensure the establishment of appropriate policies and procedures for the protection and retention of accounting records and information as required by applicable law, regulation, or regulatory guidelines and establish and administer financial controls that are appropriate to ensure the integrity of the financial reporting process and the availability of timely, relevant information for the Funds&#146; safe and sound operation; and </font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">has the responsibility to promote compliance with the standards and restrictions imposed by applicable laws, rules and regulations.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">V.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Reporting and Accountability</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Each Covered Officer must:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">upon adoption of this Code (or thereafter as applicable, upon becoming a Covered Officer), affirm in writing that he has received, read, and understands this Code; </font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">annually thereafter affirm that he has complied with the requirements of this Code; </font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">not retaliate against any other Covered Officer or any employee of the Adviser, or their affiliated persons, for reports of potential violations that are made in good faith; and</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">notify the Funds&#146; CCO promptly if he or she knows or suspects that a violation of applicable laws, regulations, or of this Code has occurred, is occurring, or is about to occur.&#160; Failure to do so is itself a violation of this Code.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">See <b>Exhibit A</b> for the form of PEO/PFO certification.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Funds&#146; CCO is responsible for applying this Code to specific situations in which questions are presented under it and has the authority to interpret this Code in any particular situation.&#160; However, any approvals or Waivers sought by the President will be considered by the Funds&#146; Audit Committee. </font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Funds will follow these procedures in investigating and enforcing this Code.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Funds&#146; Compliance Officer will take all appropriate action to investigate any potential violations reported to him/her.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">If, after such investigation, the Compliance Officer believes that no violation has occurred, he or she is not required to take any further action.&#160; The Compliance Officer is authorized to consult, as appropriate, with the chair of the Audit Committee and Counsel to the Independent Board, and is encouraged to do so after consultation with each Fund&#146;s President when, in the Compliance Officer&#146;s opinion such consultation will not increase the risk to shareholders.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Any matter that the Compliance Officer believes is a violation will be reported to the Audit Committee (the &#147;Committee&#148;).</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">If the Committee concurs that a violation has occurred, it will inform and make a recommendation to the full Board, which will consider appropriate action, which may include review of and appropriate modifications to, applicable policies and procedures; notification to appropriate personnel of the Adviser or its Board; or a recommendation to dismiss the Covered Officer.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Each Fund&#146;s Board will be responsible for granting Waivers, as appropriate.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Any changes to or Waivers of this Code will, to the extent required, be disclosed as provided by the SEC rules.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The matters covered in the Code are of the utmost importance to the Funds and their stockholders and are essential to each Fund&#146;s ability to conduct its business in accordance with its stated values.&#160; Each Covered Officer and each Executive Officer is expected to adhere to these rules (to the extent applicable) in carrying out his or her duties for the Funds. The conduct of each Covered Officer and each Executive Officer can reinforce an ethical atmosphere and positively influence the conduct of all officers, employees and agents of the Funds. A Fund will, if appropriate, take action against any Covered Officer whose actions are found to violate the Code. Appropriate sanctions for violations of the Code will depend on the materiality of the violation to the Fund. </font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Sanctions may include, among other things, a requirement that the violator undergo training related to the violation, a letter or sanction or written censure by the Board, the imposition of a monetary penalty, suspension of the violator as an officer of a Fund or termination of the employment of the violator. If a Fund has suffered a loss because of violations of the Code, the Fund may pursue remedies against the individuals or entities responsible.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This Code shall be the sole code of ethics adopted by the Funds for the purposes of Section 406 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the rules and forms applicable to registered investment companies thereunder.&#160; Insofar as other policies or procedures of the Funds, the Adviser, principal underwriter, or other service providers govern or purport to govern the behavior or activities if the Covered Officers who are subject to this Code, they are superseded by this Code to the extent that they overlap or conflict with the provisions of this</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">VIII.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Amendments</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Any amendments to this Code must be approved or ratified by a majority vote of the each Fund&#146;s Board, including a majority of Independent Board members.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">IX.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Confidentiality</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All reports and records prepared or maintained pursuant to this Code will be considered confidential and shall be maintained and protected accordingly.&#160; Except as otherwise required by law or this Code, such matters shall not be disclosed to anyone other than the appropriate Board and its Counsel.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">X.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Internal Use</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This Code is intended solely for internal use by the Funds and does not constitute an admission, by or on behalf of the Funds, as to any fact, circumstance, or legal conclusion.&#160; This Code is a statement of certain fundamental principles, policies, and procedures that govern the Covered Officers in the conduct of each Fund&#146;s business.&#160; It is not intended and does not create any rights in any employee, investor, supplier, creditor, shareholder or any other person.</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CODE OF ETHICS</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PURSUANT TO THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This is to certify that I have received a copy of the Code of Ethics Pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (&#147;Code&#148;) for the following Funds:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">List of Funds</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">I have read and understand the Code.&#160; Moreover, I agree to promptly report to the Chief Compliance Officer any violation or possible violation of this Code of which I become aware.&#160; I understand that violation of the Code will be grounds for disciplinary action or dismissal.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"> I further certify that I am subject to the Code and will comply with each of the Code&#146;s provisions to which I am subject.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"> I further certify that I have complied with and will continue to comply with each of the provisions of the Code to which I am subject.</font></p>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Ex.99-12(a)(2)</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 30A-2(A)&nbsp;UNDER THE 1940 ACT AND SECTION&nbsp;302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 18.2pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">I, Andrea Melia, certify that:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 18.2pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">I have reviewed this report on Form&nbsp;N-CSR of The Japan Equity Fund,&nbsp;Inc.;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 35.0pt;text-indent:-16.8pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 35.0pt;text-indent:-16.8pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant&#146;s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant&#146;s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant&#146;s second fiscal half-year covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant&#146;s internal control over financial reporting; and</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 35.0pt;text-indent:-16.8pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The registrant&#146;s other certifying officer(s)&nbsp;and I have disclosed to the registrant&#146;s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant&#146;s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant&#146;s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant&#146;s internal control over financial reporting.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date: December&nbsp;21, 2012</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 30A-2(A)&nbsp;UNDER THE 1940 ACT AND SECTION&nbsp;302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 18.2pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">I, Yoshiaki Uematsu, certify that:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 18.2pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">I have reviewed this report on Form&nbsp;N-CSR of The Japan Equity Fund,&nbsp;Inc.;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 35.0pt;text-indent:-16.8pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 35.0pt;text-indent:-16.8pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 35.0pt;text-indent:-16.8pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The registrant&#146;s other certifying officer(s)&nbsp;and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule&nbsp;30a-3(c)&nbsp;under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule&nbsp;30a-3(d)&nbsp;under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant&#146;s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant&#146;s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant&#146;s second fiscal half-year covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant&#146;s internal control over financial reporting; and</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 35.0pt;text-indent:-16.8pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The registrant&#146;s other certifying officer(s)&nbsp;and I have disclosed to the registrant&#146;s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant&#146;s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant&#146;s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant&#146;s internal control over financial reporting.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date: December&nbsp;21, 2012</font></p>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Ex-99.12(b)</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Certification Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;30a-2(b)&nbsp;under the 1940 Act and Section&nbsp;906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Yoshiaki Uematsu, Principal Executive Officer, and Andrea Melia, Principal Financial Officer, of The Japan Equity Fund,&nbsp;Inc., a Maryland corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;), each certify that:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Registrant&#146;s periodic report on Form&nbsp;N-CSR for the period ended October&nbsp;31, 2012 (the &#147;Form&nbsp;N-CSR&#148;) fully complies with the requirements of Section&nbsp;13(a)&nbsp;or Section&nbsp;15(d)&nbsp;of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as applicable; and</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The information contained in the Form&nbsp;N-CSR fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Registrant.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Japan Equity Fund,&nbsp;Inc.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Japan Equity Fund,&nbsp;Inc.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This certification is being furnished solely pursuant to Section&nbsp;906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and is not being filed as part of Form&nbsp;N-CSR or as a separate disclosure document.&#160; A signed original of this written statement required by Section&nbsp;906 has been provided to the Registrant and will be retained by the Registrant and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">The Japan Equity Fund, Inc.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Board of Directors of The Japan Equity Fund, Inc. (the &#147;Fund&#148;) hereby adopts the following policy and procedures with respect to voting proxies relating to Fund securities managed by Daiwa SB Investments (USA) Ltd. (the &#147;Investment Manager&#148;).</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">I.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Policy</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">It is the policy of the Board of Directors of the Fund (the &#147;Board&#148;) to delegate the responsibility for voting proxies relating to securities held by the Fund to the Investment Manager as part of the Manager&#146;s general management of the Fund&#146;s assets, subject to the Board&#146;s continuing oversight. The Board of Directors of the Fund hereby delegates such responsibility to the Investment Manager, and directs the Investment Manager to vote proxies relating to Fund portfolio securities managed by the Investment Manager consistent with the duties and procedures set forth below. The Investment Manager may retain one or more vendors to review, monitor and recommend how to vote proxies in a manner consistent with the duties and procedures set forth below, to ensure such proxies are voted on a timely basis and to provide reporting and/or record retention services in connection with proxy voting for the Fund.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">II.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Fiduciary Duty</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The right </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to vote a proxy with respect to securities held by the Fund is an asset of the Fund. The Investment Manager, to which authority to vote on behalf of the Fund is delegated, acts as a fiduciary of the Fund and must vote proxies in a manner consistent with the best interest of the Fund and its shareholders. In discharging this fiduciary duty, the Investment Manager must maintain and adhere to its policies and procedures for addressing conflicts of interest and must vote in a manner substantially consistent with its policies, procedures and guidelines, as presented to the Board.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">III.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Procedures</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The following are the procedures adopted by the Board for the administration of this policy.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .55in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Review of Investment Manager&#146;s Proxy Voting Procedures</font></u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">. The Investment Manager shall present to the Board their policies, procedures and other guidelines for voting proxies at least annually, and must notify the Board promptly of material changes to any of these documents, including changes to policies addressing conflicts of interest.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .55in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">B.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Voting Record Reporting</font></u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">. The Investment Manager shall provide the voting record information necessary for the completion and filing of Form-NPX to the Fund at least annually. Such voting record information shall be in a form acceptable to the Fund and shall be provided at such time(s) as are required for the timely filing of Form-NPX and at such additional time(s) as the Fund and the Investment Manager may agree from time to time. With respect to those proxies that the Investment Manager has identified as involving a conflict of interest(1), the Investment</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As it is used in this document, the term &#147;conflict of interest&#148; refers to a situation in which the Investment Manager or affiliated persons of the Investment Manager have a financial interest in a matter presented by a proxy other than the obligation they incur as Investment Manager to the Fund which could potentially compromise the Investment Manager&#146;s independence of judgment and action with respect to the voting of the proxy.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .55in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Manager shall submit a separate report indicating the nature of the conflict of interest and how that conflict was resolved with respect to the voting of the proxy.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .55in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">C.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Record Retention.</font></u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"> The Investment Manager shall maintain such records with respect to the voting of proxies as may be required by the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and the rules promulgated thereunder or by the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the rules promulgated thereunder.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .55in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">D.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Conflicts of Interest.</font></u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"> Any actual or potential conflicts of interest between the Investment Manager and the Fund&#146;s shareholders arising from the proxy voting process will be addressed by the Investment Manager and the Investment Manager&#146;s application of its proxy voting procedures pursuant to the delegation of proxy voting responsibilities to the Investment Manager. In the event that the Investment Manager notifies the officer(s) of the Fund that a conflict of interest cannot be resolved under the Investment Manager&#146;s Proxy Voting Procedures, such officer(s) are responsible for notifying the Chairman of the Board of the Fund of the irreconcilable conflict of interest and assisting the Chairman with any actions he determines are necessary.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">IV.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Revocation</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The delegation by the Board of the authority to vote proxies relating to securities of the Fund is entirely voluntary and may be revoked by the Board, in whole or in part, at any time.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">V.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Annual Filing</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Fund shall file an annual report of each proxy voted with respect to securities of the Fund during the twelve-month period ended June 30 on Form N-PX not later than August 31 of each year.(2)</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">VI.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Disclosures</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .55in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Fund shall include in its annual report filed on Form N-CSR:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">a description of this policy and of the policies and procedures used by the Fund and the Investment Manager to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities or copies of such policies and procedures; and</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">a statement disclosing that a description of the policies and procedures used by or on behalf of the Fund to determine how to vote proxies relating to securities of the Fund is available without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund&#146;s toll-free telephone number; through a specified Internet address, if applicable; and on the SEC&#146;s website; and</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">a statement disclosing that information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to Fund securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund&#146;s toll-free telephone number; or through a specified Internet address; or both; and on the SEC&#146;s website.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .15in;text-indent:-.15in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)&#160; The Fund must file its first report on Form N-PX not later than August 31, 2004, for the twelve-month period beginning July 1, 2003, and ending June 30, 2004.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .1in;text-indent:-.1in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">VII.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Review of Policy</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Board shall review from time to time this policy to determine its sufficiency and shall make and approve any changes that it deems necessary from time to time.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Adopted: November 25, 2003</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit 10 (d)</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ITEM 7. Proxy Voting Procedures (continued)</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Proxy voting policy for Daiwa SB Investments (USA) Ltd.</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Statement of Policies and Procedures for</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">INTRODUCTION</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As a registered investment adviser, Daiwa SB Investments (USA) Ltd. (&#147;Daiwa,&#148; &#147;we&#148; or &#147;us&#148;) has a fiduciary duty to act solely in the best interests of our clients. As part of this duty, we recognize that we must exercise voting rights in the best interests of our clients.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Daiwa recognizes the importance of good corporate governance in ensuring that management and boards of directors fulfill their obligations to shareholders. As part of our investment process, we take into account the attitudes of management and boards of directors on corporate governance issues when deciding whether to invest in a company.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Daiwa is a global investment manager, and invests significantly in emerging markets. It should be noted that protection for shareholders may vary significantly from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, and in some cases may be substantially less than in the U.S. or developed countries.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This statement is intended to comply with Rule 206(4)-6 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. It sets forth the policy and procedures of Daiwa for voting proxies for our clients, including investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PROXY VOTING POLICIES</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">It is the general policy of Daiwa to support management of the companies in which it invests and will cast votes in accordance with management&#146;s proposals. However, Daiwa reserves the right to depart from this policy in order to avoid voting decisions that we believe may be contrary to our clients&#146; best interests.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Elections of Directors: </font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In many instances, election of directors is a routine voting issue. Unless there is a proxy fight for seats on the Board or we determine that there are other compelling reasons for withholding votes for directors, we will vote in favor of the management proposed slate of directors. That said, we believe that directors have a duty to respond to shareholder actions that have received significant shareholder support. We may withhold votes for directors that fail to act on key issues such as failure to implement proposals to declassify boards, failure to implement a majority vote requirement, failure to submit a rights plan to a shareholder vote and failure to act on tender offers where a majority of shareholders have tendered their shares.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Appointment of Auditors: </font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The selection of an independent accountant to audit a company&#146;s financial statements is generally a routine business matter. Daiwa believes that management remains in the best position to choose the accounting firm and will generally support management&#146;s recommendation.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Changes in Capital Structure: </font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Changes in a company&#146;s charter, articles of incorporation or by-laws are often technical and administrative in nature. Absent a compelling reason to the contrary, Daiwa will cast its votes in accordance with the company&#146;s management on such proposals. However, we will review and analyze on a case-by-case basis any non-routine proposals that are likely to affect the structure and operation of the company or have a material economic effect on the company.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Corporate Restructurings, Mergers and Acquisitions: </font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Daiwa believes proxy votes dealing with corporate reorganizations are an extension of the investment decision and will take account of our investment process policy in deciding how to vote.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Corporate Governance: </font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Daiwa recognizes the importance of good corporate governance in ensuring that management and the board of directors fulfil their obligations to the shareholders. We generally favor proposals promoting transparency and accountability within a company.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Social and Corporate Responsibility: </font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Daiwa recognizes the importance of supporting sound and responsible policies in relation to social, political and environmental issues. However, in the interests of shareholders, we reserve the right to vote against proposals that are unduly burdensome or result in unnecessary and excessive costs to the company. We may abstain from voting on social proposals that do not have a readily determinable financial impact on shareholder value.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Executive Compensation: </font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Daiwa believes that company management and the compensation committee of the board of directors should, within reason, be given latitude to determine the types and mix of compensation and benefit awards offered. Whether proposed by a shareholder or management, we will review proposals relating to executive compensation plans and, if deemed excessive, may vote against the proposals.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PROXY VOTING PROCEDURES</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Proxy voting</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Our portfolio management team is responsible for the coordination of Daiwa&#146;s proxy voting. They liaise with the Product managers and/or the Proxy voting committee to ascertain how Daiwa will vote. They will then instruct the relevant Custodians. The portfolio management team is also responsible for ensuring that full and adequate records of proxy voting are kept.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Product managers will implement the Proxy voting policies by instructing proxy voting in accordance with the general principles contained herein.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Proxy Voting Committee</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We have formed a Proxy Voting Committee to regularly review our general proxy policies and consider specific proxy voting matters as and when deemed necessary. Members of the committees include senior investment personnel and representatives of the Legal &amp; Compliance Department. The committee may also evaluate proxies where we face a material conflict of interest (as discussed below).</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Conflicts of Interest</font></u></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Daiwa recognizes that there is a potential conflict of interest when we vote a proxy solicited by an issuer with whom we have any material business or personal relationship that may affect how we vote on the issuer&#146;s proxy. We believe that oversight by the proxy voting committee ensures that proxies are voted with only our clients&#146; best interests in mind. In order to avoid any perceived conflict of interests, the following procedures have been established for use when we encounter a potential conflict.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The portfolio management team will refer to the Legal and compliance team any proxy votes that are issued by existing clients or where Daiwa holds a significant voting percentage of the company. The Legal and compliance team will make the initial determination about whether a material conflict of interest exists based on the facts and circumstances of each particular situation.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">If our proposed vote is consistent with our stated proxy voting policy, no further review is necessary.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">If our proposed vote is contrary to our stated proxy voting policy but is also contrary to management&#146;s recommendation, no further review is necessary.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">If our proposed vote is contrary to our stated proxy voting policy and is consistent with management&#146;s recommendation, the proposal is escalated to the proxy committee for final review and determination.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Proxies of Certain Non-U.S. Issuers</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Proxy voting in certain countries requires &#147;share blocking.&#148; That is, shareholders wishing to vote their proxies must deposit their shares shortly before the date of the meeting (usually one-week) with a designated depositary. During this blocking period, shares that will be voted at the meeting cannot be sold until the meeting has taken place and the shares are returned to the clients&#146; custodian banks. Daiwa may determine that the value of exercising the vote does not outweigh the detriment of not being able to transact in the shares during this period. Accordingly, if share blocking is required we may abstain from voting those shares. In such a situation we would have determined that the cost of voting exceeds the expected benefit to the client.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PROXY VOTING RECORD</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Clients may obtain information on how Daiwa voted with respect to their proxies by contacting our Client services team at Daiwa SB Investments (USA) Ltd.. 32 Old Slip, 11th Floor, New York, New York, Tel No. 212-612-8500, Fax No. 212-612-8518/8519 or email d_diaz@dsbiusa.net / m_gugliotta@dsbiusa.net.</font></p>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 99.12(d)</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PROXY VOTING POLICY</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">I.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Generally</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Rules&nbsp;adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (&#147;SEC&#148;) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the &#147;1940 Act&#148;) require the Funds to disclose publicly its proxy voting policies and procedures, as well as its actual proxy votes. The SEC rules&nbsp;also permit the Funds to delegate its proxy voting responsibilities to the Funds&#146; Investment Manager,&nbsp;Investment Adviser, and Subadvisers (collectively &#147;the Advisers&#148;). In connection with this ability to delegate proxy voting responsibilities, the SEC has adopted rules&nbsp;under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, that require the Advisers to adopt and implement written proxy voting policies and procedures that are reasonably designed to ensure that it votes proxies on behalf of its clients, when given such authority, in the best interests of those clients.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consistent with the SEC&#146;s requirements, the Funds have delegated responsibility for voting its proxy to the Funds&#146; Investment Manager,&nbsp;Investment Adviser and Subadvisers. The Advisers have adopted proxy voting policies and procedures to ensure the proper, and timely, voting of the proxies on behalf of the Funds. Moreover, the Advisers will assist the Funds in the preparation of each Fund&#146;s complete proxy voting record on Form&nbsp;N-PX for the twelve-month period ended June&nbsp;30, by no later than August&nbsp;31 of each year.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">II.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Procedures</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Each Fund shall ensure that its investment manager, investment adviser and subadvisers are compliant with applicable rules and regulations. These rules&nbsp;and regulations require, in part, that each Fund disclose how it votes each proxy. The rules&nbsp;and regulations also require that the Advisers disclose that they have (1)&nbsp;adopted and implemented proxy voting policies; and (2)&nbsp;adopted procedures regarding how each portfolio security is voted in relation to each Fund. The Adviser must disclose that the procedures are the following:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">are written;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">are reasonably designed to ensure that the adviser votes proxies in the best interest of the adviser&#146;s clients;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">describe the adviser&#146;s proxy voting procedures to the adviser&#146;s clients and provides copies of the adviser&#146;s proxy voting procedures on request;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">set forth the process by which the adviser evaluates the issues presented by a proxy and records the adviser&#146;s decision about how the proxy will be voted;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">establish procedures for the identification and handling of proxies that involve material conflicts of interest with the adviser&#146;s clients; and</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">disclose to the adviser&#146;s clients how the clients may obtain information on how the adviser voted the clients&#146; proxies.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Funds also shall disclose to shareholders the policies and procedures that are used to determine how to vote proxies. The Funds include in the Funds&#146; statement of additional information appropriate summary disclosure regarding the proxy voting policies and procedures of the Funds&#146; adviser and subadvisers, and any third party retained by the Funds&#146; investment adviser or sub-adviser to determine how to vote proxies. In addition, as required by the financial statements&#146; requirements of Form&nbsp;N-1A, the Funds&#146; financial statements must include a statement that a description of the policies and procedures that the Funds use to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available, without charge: (i)&nbsp;upon request, by calling a specified toll-free (or collect) telephone number; or (ii) on the Funds&#146; website; and (iii)&nbsp;on the SEC website at www.sec.gov.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Funds also shall file with the SEC, on an annual basis, the complete proxy voting record of each Fund on Form&nbsp;N-PX for the twelve-month period ending June&nbsp;30</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">th</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">, by no later than August&nbsp;31</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">st</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;of each year, which Report on Form&nbsp;N-PX shall be executed by the principal executive officer of the each Fund. Each Fund&#146;s proxy voting record on the Form&nbsp;N-PX Report shall be made available by each Fund, without charge, upon request, by calling specified toll-free (or collect) telephone number (but is not available on the Funds&#146; website). If a Fund receives a telephonic request for a proxy voting record, the Fund shall send the requested information disclosed in the Fund&#146;s most-recently filed Report on Form&nbsp;N-PX within three (3)&nbsp;business days of the receipt of the request for this information, by first-class mail or other means designed to ensure equally prompt delivery.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Sub-advisers to the Funds must have procedures and internal controls to ensure compliance with proxy voting regulations. Specifically, the sub-advisers must have procedures for the reporting of proxy voting, and communicating changes in proxy voting policies to the Funds. Prior to Board approval of new advisers, the Chief Compliance Officer (&#147;CCO&#148;) reviews the proxy voting policies and procedures of the sub-adviser. The CCO ensures that any inadequate procedures or controls of a sub-adviser are reported to the Board and must be corrected in a timely manner.</font></p>
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