<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001752724-23-216464.txt : 20230926
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001752724-23-216464
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	NPORT-P
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20230731
FILED AS OF DATE:		20230926
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20230926
PERIOD START:           	20231031

FILER:

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

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		NPORT-P
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-06142
		FILM NUMBER:		231279454

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1900 MARKET STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 200
		CITY:			PHILADELPHIA
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19103
		BUSINESS PHONE:		215-405-5700

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1900 MARKET STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 200
		CITY:			PHILADELPHIA
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19103

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ABERDEEN JAPAN EQUITY FUND, INC.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20140428

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	JAPAN EQUITY FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	JAPAN EMERGING EQUITY FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920407
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        <name>WealthNavi Inc</name>
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        <name>Internet Initiative Japan Inc</name>
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        <name>Takuma Co Ltd</name>
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        <name>Nomura Research Institute Ltd</name>
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        <name>Open Up Group Inc</name>
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        <name>Nabtesco Corp</name>
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        <name>Asahi Intecc Co Ltd</name>
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        <name>Nihon M&amp;A Center Holdings Inc</name>
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        <name>Makita Corp</name>
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        <name>Shiseido Co Ltd</name>
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        <name>AGC Inc</name>
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        <name>Zuken Inc</name>
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        <name>Ajinomoto Co Inc</name>
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        <name>Koito Manufacturing Co Ltd</name>
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        <name>Katitas Co Ltd</name>
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        <name>Shoei Co Ltd</name>
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        <name>Denso Corp</name>
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line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:8.83pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;
vertical-align:bottom;width:20.78%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#8201;&#8199;&#8199;&#8199;263,488
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<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.38pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.38pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.38pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.21%;">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.38pt;padding-left:18.69pt;padding-right:6pt;
padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;">13,115,175
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:bold;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.38pt;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;
text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">Consumer Staples&#8212;13.0%
</TD><TD
style="line-height:8pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.38pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.38pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.21%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.38pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom;width:20.78%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD></TR>
<TR
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style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:left;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;">Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:0.07pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.21%;">&#8199;60,000
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style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:10.50pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:20.78%;
">&#8199;&#8199;2,337,893
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<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:left;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">Asahi Group Holdings Ltd.<SUP
style="font-size:85%;font-style:Normal;text-transform:none;">(a)</SUP>
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:5.66pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.21%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">87,600
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:17.53pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">3,443,491
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:left;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;">Milbon Co. Ltd.
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:4.48pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.21%;">20,600
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:24.84pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;">741,209
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:left;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">Seven &amp; i Holdings Co. Ltd.
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:4.90pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.21%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">43,700
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:18.61pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">1,812,898
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:left;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;">Shiseido Co. Ltd.
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:4.86pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.21%;">26,200
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:20.50pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;">1,148,714
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:left;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">Suntory Beverage &amp; Food Ltd.
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:4.57pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.21%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">43,500
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:17.97pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">1,548,470
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;
text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;">Welcia Holdings Co. Ltd.
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:5.03pt;padding-right:4pt;
padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.21%;">70,200
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;
line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:19.15pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;
vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;">1,321,428
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.38pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.38pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.38pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.21%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.38pt;padding-left:15.37pt;padding-right:6pt;
padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">12,354,103
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:bold;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.38pt;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;
text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:63.93%;">Financials&#8212;12.5%
</TD><TD
style="line-height:8pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.38pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.38pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.21%;">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.38pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom;width:20.78%;">&#160;
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:left;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">Japan Exchange Group, Inc.
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:7.60pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.21%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">37,100
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:23.31pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">646,401
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:left;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;">Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:0.70pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.21%;">522,800
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:18.45pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;">4,209,715
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:left;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.<SUP
style="font-size:85%;font-style:Normal;text-transform:none;">(a)</SUP>
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:0.45pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.21%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">206,200
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:19.04pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">4,741,565
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:left;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;">Tokyo Century Corp.<SUP
style="font-size:85%;font-style:Normal;text-transform:none;">(a)</SUP>
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:4.56pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.21%;">35,800
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:19.34pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;">1,402,196
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:left;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">WealthNavi, Inc.<SUP
style="font-size:85%;font-style:Normal;text-transform:none;">(b)</SUP>
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:5.07pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.21%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">33,700
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:25.24pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">326,125
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;
text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;">Zenkoku Hosho Co. Ltd.
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:5.45pt;padding-right:4pt;
padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.21%;">15,000
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;
line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:23.89pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;
vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;">526,567
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.38pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.38pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.38pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.21%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.38pt;padding-left:15.01pt;padding-right:6pt;
padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">11,852,569
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:bold;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.38pt;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;
text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;">Health Care&#8212;11.8%
</TD><TD
style="line-height:8pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.38pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.38pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.21%;">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.38pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom;width:20.78%;">&#160;
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:left;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">AS One Corp.
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:5.42pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.21%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">19,600
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:24.89pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">779,281
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:left;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;">Asahi Intecc Co. Ltd.
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:4.67pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.21%;">36,500
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:24.38pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;">749,027
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:left;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">Astellas Pharma, Inc.
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:4.89pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.21%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">95,200
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:18.30pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">1,392,047
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:left;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;">Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.<SUP
style="font-size:85%;font-style:Normal;text-transform:none;">(a)</SUP>
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:5.07pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.21%;">42,700
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:18.28pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;">1,270,805
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:left;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd.
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:5.04pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.21%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">76,800
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:17.95pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">2,365,410
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:left;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;">Hoya Corp.<SUP
style="font-size:85%;font-style:Normal;text-transform:none;">(a)</SUP>
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:5.51pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.21%;">13,300
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:17.62pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;">1,548,909
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:left;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">Jeol Ltd.
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:5.34pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.21%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">41,300
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:19.19pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">1,416,587
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;
text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;">Olympus Corp.
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:1.09pt;padding-right:4pt;
padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.21%;">103,300
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;
line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:18.11pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;
vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;">1,685,539
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.38pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.38pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.38pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.21%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.38pt;padding-left:15.95pt;padding-right:6pt;
padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">11,207,605
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:bold;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.38pt;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;
text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:63.93%;">Industrials&#8212;23.7%
</TD><TD
style="line-height:8pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.38pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.38pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.21%;">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.38pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom;width:20.78%;">&#160;
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:left;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">AGC, Inc.
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:5.06pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.21%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">28,700
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:19.25pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">1,037,035
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:left;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;">Amada Co. Ltd.<SUP
style="font-size:85%;font-style:Normal;text-transform:none;">(a)</SUP>
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:3.14pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.21%;">170,100
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:18.69pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;">1,674,042
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:left;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">Daikin Industries Ltd.<SUP
style="font-size:85%;font-style:Normal;text-transform:none;">(a)</SUP>
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:5.13pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.21%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">10,400
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:19.06pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">2,102,867
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:left;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;">Daiseki Co. Ltd.
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:5.84pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.21%;">21,500
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:23.95pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;">724,596
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
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text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">FANUC Corp.<SUP
style="font-size:85%;font-style:Normal;text-transform:none;">(a)</SUP>
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:5.65pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.21%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">31,600
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:23.44pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">966,720
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:left;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;">Fuji Electric Co. Ltd.
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:4.40pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.21%;">38,300
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:20.45pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;">1,731,527
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:left;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">Hitachi Ltd.
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:4.65pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.21%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">59,600
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:17.59pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">3,901,683
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:2.5pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;
text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;">Makita Corp.<SUP
style="font-size:85%;font-style:Normal;text-transform:none;">(a)</SUP>
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:2.5pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:2.5pt;padding-left:4.35pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.21%;">36,400
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:2.5pt;padding-left:19.71pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;">1,022,150
</TD></TR></TABLE>
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style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;line-height:8pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:4pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:bold;line-height:11pt;padding-left:4pt;padding-top:4pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;
text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.21%;" colspan="2">Shares
</TD><TD
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text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;">Value
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<TR
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style="padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.5pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;width:76.14%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF" colspan="3">
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style="padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.5pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom;width:20.78%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">
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style="padding-right:6pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;width:96.92%;" colspan="4">
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style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1pt;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;
text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">MISUMI Group, Inc.<SUP
style="font-size:85%;font-style:Normal;text-transform:none;">(a)</SUP>
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:0.50pt;padding-right:4pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;
text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.21%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#8199;94,300
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:4pt;padding-right:6pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;
text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:20.78%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">$<FONT
style="padding-left:0.61pt;"></FONT>&#8194;&#8199;&#8199;1,725,136
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style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:left;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;">Nabtesco Corp.
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:1.43pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.21%;">&#8199;19,400
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:11.80pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:20.78%;
">&#8201;&#8199;&#8199;&#8199;411,501
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:left;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">Nihon M&amp;A Center Holdings, Inc.
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:2.13pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.21%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#8199;27,600
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:11.02pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:20.78%;"
bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#8201;&#8199;&#8199;&#8199;158,061
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:left;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;">Open Up Group, Inc.
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:2.01pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.21%;">&#8199;86,100
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:10.36pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:20.78%;
">&#8199;&#8199;1,350,507
</TD></TR>
<TR
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style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:left;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">Recruit Holdings Co. Ltd.<SUP
style="font-size:85%;font-style:Normal;text-transform:none;">(a)</SUP>
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:0.66pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.21%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#8199;45,900
</TD><TD
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padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:11.06pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:20.78%;"
bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#8199;&#8199;1,589,776
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text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;">SHO-BOND Holdings Co. Ltd.
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:1.51pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.21%;">&#8199;25,700
</TD><TD
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padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:9.39pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:20.78%;
">&#8199;&#8199;1,043,805
</TD></TR>
<TR
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text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">Takasago Thermal Engineering Co. Ltd.
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:0.95pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.21%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#8199;73,000
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:11.83pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:20.78%;"
bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#8199;&#8199;1,318,061
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<TR
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text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;">Takuma Co. Ltd.
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:0.45pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.21%;">&#8199;20,000
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:10.28pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:20.78%;
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</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:0.63pt;padding-right:4pt;
padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.21%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#8199;63,300
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;
line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:9.20pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;
vertical-align:bottom;width:20.78%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#8199;&#8199;1,638,840
</TD></TR>
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</TD><TD
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</TD><TD
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</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.38pt;padding-left:16.07pt;padding-right:6pt;
padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;">22,615,154
</TD></TR>
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style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:bold;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.38pt;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;
text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">Information Technology&#8212;22.0%
</TD><TD
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</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.38pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.21%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.38pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom;width:20.78%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
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text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;">Advantest Corp.<SUP
style="font-size:85%;font-style:Normal;text-transform:none;">(a)</SUP>
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padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:9.47pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:20.78%;
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text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">Appier Group, Inc.<SUP
style="font-size:85%;font-style:Normal;text-transform:none;">(b)</SUP>
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text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;">Elecom Co. Ltd.
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text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">Ibiden Co. Ltd.
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style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:0.34pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
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text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;">Kaga Electronics Co. Ltd.
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style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;">&#160;
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style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:0.83pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
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padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:10.53pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:20.78%;
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<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:left;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">Keyence Corp.<SUP
style="font-size:85%;font-style:Normal;text-transform:none;">(a)</SUP>
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:8.75pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.21%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">8,300
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:18.09pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">3,724,558
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:left;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;">Kohoku Kogyo Co. Ltd.
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;">&#160;
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style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:5.97pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.21%;">14,700
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:23.82pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;">651,803
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:left;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">NEC Corp.
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:4.88pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.21%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">25,800
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:19.09pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">1,305,361
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:left;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;">Nomura Research Institute Ltd.
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:5.30pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.21%;">65,700
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:17.30pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;">1,866,860
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:left;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">Otsuka Corp.
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:4.55pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.21%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">33,400
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:17.30pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">1,390,888
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:left;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;">Sansan, Inc.<SUP
style="font-size:85%;font-style:Normal;text-transform:none;">(b)</SUP>
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:4.86pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.21%;">55,800
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:22.55pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;">590,640
</TD></TR>
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style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:left;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">Tokyo Electron Ltd.
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:5.41pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.21%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">16,400
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:18.16pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">2,461,426
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;
text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;">Zuken, Inc.
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:4.55pt;padding-right:4pt;
padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.21%;">33,400
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line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:23.54pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;
vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;">973,636
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style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.38pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.38pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.38pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.21%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.38pt;padding-left:13.28pt;padding-right:6pt;
padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">20,988,376
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:bold;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.38pt;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;
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</TD><TD
style="line-height:8pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.38pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.38pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.21%;">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.38pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom;width:20.78%;">&#160;
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style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:left;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">Kansai Paint Co. Ltd.<SUP
style="font-size:85%;font-style:Normal;text-transform:none;">(a)</SUP>
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:4.36pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.21%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">89,400
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:17.96pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">1,465,385
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style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:left;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;">Nippon Paint Holdings Co. Ltd.
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.21%;">348,400
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:21.55pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;">3,192,131
</TD></TR>
<TR
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style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;
text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd.<SUP
style="font-size:85%;font-style:Normal;text-transform:none;">(a)</SUP>
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:5.39pt;padding-right:4pt;
padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.21%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">72,600
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;
line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:18.59pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;
vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">2,391,796
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.38pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.38pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.38pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.21%;">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.38pt;padding-left:19.37pt;padding-right:6pt;
padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;">7,049,312
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:bold;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.38pt;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;
text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">Real Estate&#8212;3.3%
</TD><TD
style="line-height:8pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.38pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.38pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.21%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.38pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom;width:20.78%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:left;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;">JSB Co. Ltd.
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:5.46pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.21%;">14,900
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:23.20pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;">558,823
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:left;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">Katitas Co. Ltd.
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:5.05pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.21%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">29,200
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:24.28pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">537,094
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;
text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;">Tokyu Fudosan Holdings Corp.<SUP
style="font-size:85%;font-style:Normal;text-transform:none;">(a)</SUP>
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:0.30pt;padding-right:4pt;
padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.21%;">350,400
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;
line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:18.10pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;
vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;">2,083,108
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.38pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.38pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.38pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.21%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.38pt;padding-left:19.26pt;padding-right:6pt;
padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">3,179,025
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:bold;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.38pt;
text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;" colspan="2">Total Japan
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;line-height:8pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.38pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.21%;">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:bold;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:4.36pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.38pt;
text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;">105,160,833
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:bold;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.38pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;
text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF" colspan="2">Total Common Stocks
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;line-height:8pt;padding-bottom:1.38pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.21%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:bold;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.38pt;padding-left:4.36pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;
text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">105,160,833
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:bold;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.38pt;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;
text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:76.14%;" colspan="3">SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT&#8212;0.1%
</TD><TD
style="line-height:8pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.38pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom;width:20.78%;">&#160;
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.5pt;padding-left:14pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;
text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-indent:-8pt;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class, 5.19%<SUP
style="font-size:85%;font-style:Normal;text-transform:none;">(c)</SUP>
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.5pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.5pt;padding-left:5.61pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;
text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.21%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">53,952
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;
line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.5pt;padding-left:27.74pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;
vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">53,952
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:bold;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.5pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.5pt;
text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.93%;" colspan="2">Total Short-Term Investment
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;line-height:8pt;padding-bottom:1.5pt;padding-top:1.5pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.21%;">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:bold;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.5pt;padding-left:22.45pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.5pt;
text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;">53,952
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:bold;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.5pt;padding-left:14pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.5pt;
text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-indent:-8pt;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:76.14%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF" colspan="3">Total Investments<BR>
(Cost $100,482,688)&#8212;110.5%
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:bold;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.5pt;padding-left:8.68pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.5pt;
text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">105,214,785
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.5pt;
text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:76.14%;" colspan="3">Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets&#8212;(10.5%)
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:15.09pt;padding-right:6pt;
padding-top:1.5pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:20.78%;">(9,964,744)
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:bold;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:0.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;
text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:76.14%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF" colspan="3">Net Assets&#8212;100.0%
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:bold;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:0.25pt;padding-left:4pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;
text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:20.78%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">$<FONT
style="padding-left:3.22pt;"></FONT>95,250,041
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<DIV
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:bold;line-height:11pt;text-align:right;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</DIV>
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style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:1.5pt;padding-top:10pt;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;
vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:3.98%;">(a)
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-left:1.5pt;padding-top:10pt;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;
width:96.59%;">All or a portion of the security has been designated as collateral for the line of credit.
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text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:3.98%;">(b)
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style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-left:1.5pt;padding-top:1.12pt;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;
vertical-align:top;width:96.59%;">Non-income producing security.
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text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:3.98%;">(c)
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style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.5pt;padding-top:1.12pt;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;
text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:96.59%;">Registered investment company advised by State Street Global Advisors. The rate shown is the 7 day yield as of July 31, 2023.
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securities at current market value or fair value, consistent with regulatory requirements. "Fair value" is defined in the Fund's Valuation and Liquidity Procedures as the price that could be received to sell an asset
or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between willing market participants without a compulsion to transact at the measurement date. Pursuant to Rule 2a-5 under the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended (the "1940 Act"), the Board of Directors (the "Board") designated abrdn Asia Limited (&#8220;abrdn Asia&#8221; or the &#8220;Investment Manager&#8221;)&#160;as the valuation designee ("Valuation Designee")
for the Fund to perform the fair value determinations relating to Fund investments for which market quotations are not readily available.</DIV>
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traded on an exchange are valued at the last quoted sale price or the official close price on the principal exchange on which the security is traded at the &#8220;Valuation Time&#8221; subject to application, when
appropriate, of the valuation factors described in the paragraph below. Under normal circumstances, the Valuation Time is as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") (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 price 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.</DIV>
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are traded on foreign exchanges that close prior to the Valuation Time are valued by applying valuation factors to the last sale price or the mean price as noted above. Valuation factors are provided by an independent
pricing service provider. These valuation factors are used when pricing the Fund's portfolio holdings to estimate market movements between the time foreign markets close and the time the Fund values such foreign
securities. These valuation factors are based on inputs such as depositary receipts, indices, futures, sector indices/ETFs, exchange rates, and local exchange opening and closing prices of each security. When prices
with the application of valuation factors 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. A security that
applies a valuation factor is determined to be a Level 2 investment because the exchange-traded price has been adjusted. Valuation factors are not utilized if the independent pricing service provider is unable to
provide a valuation factor or if the valuation factor falls below a predetermined threshold; in such case, the security is determined to be a Level 1 investment.</DIV>
<DIV
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comprised of cash and cash equivalents invested in short-term investment funds which are redeemable daily. The Fund&#160;sweeps available cash into the State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund,
which has elected to qualify as a &#8220;government money market fund&#8221; pursuant to Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act, and has an objective, which is not guaranteed, to maintain a $1.00 per share NAV. Registered
investment companies are valued at their NAV as reported by such company. Generally, these investment types are categorized as Level 1 investments.</DIV>
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security&#8217;s market quotations are not readily available or are deemed unreliable (for reasons other than because the foreign exchange on which it trades closes before the Valuation Time), the security is valued
at fair value as determined by the Valuation Designee, taking into account the relevant factors and surrounding circumstances using valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board. A security that has been
fair valued by the Investment&#160;Manager may be classified as Level 2 or Level 3 depending on the nature of the inputs. &nbsp;</DIV>
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