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<DESCRIPTION>BY-LAWS
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ABERDEEN JAPAN EQUITY FUND, INC.

Amendment to Amended and Restated By-
Laws

September 30, 2015


The second paragraph of Article I Section 7 of the
Amended and Restated By-laws of the
Corporation is hereby amended in its entirely to
read as follows:

      All questions shall be decided by a
majority of the votes cast at a duly
constituted meeting, except for Director
elections and except as otherwise provide
by statute or by the Articles of Incorporate
or by these By-Laws.  With respect to the
election of Directors by stockholders, each
Director shall be elected by the vote of a
majority of the votes cast with respect to
the Director at any meeting for the election
of Directors at which a quorum is present,
provided that if the number of nominees
for Director, as determined by the
Secretary of the Corporation, exceeds the
number of Directors to be elected, the
Directors shall be elected by the vote of a
plurality of the shares represented in
person or by proxy at any such meeting
and entitled to vote on the election of
Directors.  For purposes of this Section, a
majority of the votes cast means that the
number of shares voted "for" a Director
must exceed the number of votes cast
"against" that Director (with any
"abstentions" and "broker nonvotes" not
counted as a vote cast either "for" or
"against" that Director's election).
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