<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001752724-24-065736.txt : 20240325
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001752724-24-065736
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	NPORT-P
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20240131
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240325
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240325
PERIOD START:           	20241031

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ABRDN JAPAN EQUITY FUND, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000866095
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	
		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:		24778199

	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>Zuken Inc</name>
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        <name>Koito Manufacturing Co Ltd</name>
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        <name>Shoei Co Ltd</name>
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text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.70%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">Denso Corp.
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text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.70%;">Koito Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
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text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.70%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">Nitori Holdings Co. Ltd.
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text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.07%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#8199;&#8199;5,000
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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:1.11pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
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text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.70%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">Shoei 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%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#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:0.17pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.07%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#8199;33,900
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</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:9.75pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;
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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:63.70%;" 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:12.07%;" 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:15.16pt;padding-right:6pt;
padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:21.15%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">16,022,987
</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:63.70%;">Consumer Staples&#8212;10.8%
</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:12.07%;">&#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:21.15%;">&#160;
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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:63.70%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">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%;" 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:3.88pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.07%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">66,000
</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:19.61pt;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:21.15%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">2,710,285
</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:63.70%;">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%;">&#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:5.44pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.07%;">71,400
</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:19.74pt;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:21.15%;">2,653,791
</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:63.70%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">Kao 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:7pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.07%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">51,100
</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:19.11pt;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:21.15%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">2,021,902
</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:63.70%;">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:5.09pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.07%;">16,300
</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:25.13pt;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:21.15%;">389,531
</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:63.70%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">NH Foods 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:5.29pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.07%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">15,900
</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: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:21.15%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">544,514
</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:63.70%;">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%;">&#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:8.04pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.07%;">8,000
</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:25.44pt;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:21.15%;">315,959
</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:63.70%;" 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:5.36pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.07%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">31,300
</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:21.80pt;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;
white-space:nowrap;width:21.15%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">1,021,155
</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:63.70%;">Transaction 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:4.17pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.07%;">35,000
</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:25.55pt;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:21.15%;">585,194
</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:63.70%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">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%;" 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:4.73pt;padding-right:4pt;
padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.07%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">10,000
</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:24.30pt;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:21.15%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">168,688
</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:63.70%;">&#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:12.07%;">&#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:16.99pt;padding-right:6pt;
padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:21.15%;">10,411,019
</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:63.70%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">Financials&#8212;12.6%
</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:12.07%;" 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:21.15%;" 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:63.70%;">Hachijuni Bank 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:1.41pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.07%;">176,400
</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:24.86pt;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:21.15%;">961,364
</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:63.70%;" 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:4.27pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.07%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">24,000
</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:27.97pt;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:21.15%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">531,161
</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:63.70%;">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:0.93pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.07%;">467,800
</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:18.89pt;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:21.15%;">4,381,670
</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:63.70%;" 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:2.26pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.07%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">157,400
</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:19.96pt;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:21.15%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">4,150,232
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<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:63.70%;">Tokyo Century 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:2.59pt;padding-right:4pt;
padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.07%;">197,200
</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:22.08pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;
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</TD></TR>
<TR
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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:63.70%;" 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:12.07%;" 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:17.32pt;padding-right:6pt;
padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:21.15%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">12,215,591
</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:63.70%;">Health Care&#8212;9.9%
</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:12.07%;">&#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:21.15%;">&#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:63.70%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">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%;" 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:4.27pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.07%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">26,600
</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:24.23pt;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:21.15%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">505,424
</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:63.70%;">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:4pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.07%;">54,000
</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:19.17pt;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:21.15%;">1,942,392
</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:63.70%;" 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:4.14pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.07%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">69,300
</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:20.05pt;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:21.15%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">2,074,775
</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:63.70%;">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:5.81pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.07%;">21,700
</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:20.12pt;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:21.15%;">2,756,531
</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:63.70%;" 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:4pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.07%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">40,500
</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:21.74pt;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:21.15%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">1,851,411
</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:63.70%;">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:4.21pt;padding-right:4pt;
padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.07%;">29,400
</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:24.19pt;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:21.15%;">435,228
</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:63.70%;" 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:12.07%;" 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:20.12pt;padding-right:6pt;
padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:21.15%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">9,565,761
</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:63.70%;">Industrials&#8212;23.2%
</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:12.07%;">&#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:21.15%;">&#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:63.70%;" 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:3.88pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.07%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">34,800
</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:19.74pt;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:21.15%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">1,308,767
</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:63.70%;">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:0.94pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.07%;">128,300
</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:19.24pt;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:21.15%;">1,384,567
</TD></TR>
<TR
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text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.70%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">ANA Holdings, 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:5.54pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.07%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">57,400
</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:18.95pt;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:21.15%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">1,268,435
</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:63.70%;">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%;">&#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:8.41pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.07%;">9,300
</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:20.33pt;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:21.15%;">1,490,159
</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:63.70%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">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%;" 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:6.65pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.07%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">17,200
</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:25.84pt;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:21.15%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">491,797
</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:63.70%;">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:5.87pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.07%;">47,700
</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:18.60pt;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:21.15%;">2,388,816
</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:63.70%;" 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:4.27pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.07%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">66,200
</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:17.80pt;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;
white-space:nowrap;width:21.15%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">5,200,033
</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:63.70%;">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:4.36pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.07%;">29,900
</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:2.5pt;padding-left:23.92pt;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:21.15%;">804,758
</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:63.70%;">&#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:12.07%;" colspan="2">Shares
</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:0pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:4pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:21.15%;">Value
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<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.5pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;width:75.77%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF" colspan="3">
</TD><TD
style="padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.5pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom;width:21.15%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="padding-right:6pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;width:96.92%;" colspan="4">
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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:1pt;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;
text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.70%;" 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:2.14pt;padding-right:4pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;
text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.07%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#8199;58,100
</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:21.15%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">$<FONT
style="padding-left:0.51pt;"></FONT>&#8194;&#8201;&#8199;&#8199;&#8199;996,118
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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:63.70%;">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:1.67pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.07%;">&#8199;74,200
</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:12.63pt;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:21.15%;
">&#8199;&#8199;1,149,324
</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:63.70%;" 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:0.53pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.07%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#8199;36,300
</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:10.27pt;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:21.15%;"
bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#8199;&#8199;1,433,803
</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:63.70%;">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:0.35pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.07%;">&#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:11.34pt;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;width:21.15%;
">&#8201;&#8199;&#8199;&#8199;890,811
</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:63.70%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">SMC 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:0.92pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.07%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#8199;&#8199;2,900
</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: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:21.15%;"
bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#8199;&#8199;1,614,269
</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:63.70%;">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%;">&#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:1.68pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.07%;">&#8199;47,600
</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:10.49pt;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:21.15%;
">&#8199;&#8199;1,099,856
</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:63.70%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">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%;" 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:0.58pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.07%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#8199;42,900
</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:11.22pt;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:21.15%;"
bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#8201;&#8199;&#8199;&#8199;504,774
</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:63.70%;">TechnoPro Holdings, 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:0.73pt;padding-right:4pt;
padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.07%;">&#8199;20,200
</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:10.74pt;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;width:21.15%;">&#8201;&#8199;&#8199;&#8199;465,707
</TD></TR>
<TR
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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:63.70%;" 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:12.07%;" 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:14.64pt;padding-right:6pt;
padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:21.15%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">22,491,994
</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:63.70%;">Information Technology&#8212;21.5%
</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:12.07%;">&#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:21.15%;">&#160;
</TD></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:63.70%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">Advantest 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:1.07pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.07%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#8199;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:14.57pt;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:21.15%;"
bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#8199;&#8199;1,142,197
</TD></TR>
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text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.70%;">Elecom 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:0.23pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.07%;">&#8199;44,900
</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:11.95pt;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;width:21.15%;
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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:63.70%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">Ibiden 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%;" 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:0.35pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
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padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:13.23pt;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:21.15%;"
bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#8199;&#8199;1,851,774
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text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:63.70%;">Kaga Electronics 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:0.73pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
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padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:11.66pt;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:21.15%;
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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:63.70%;" 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:0.74pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.07%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#8199;&#8199;8,500
</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:9.51pt;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:21.15%;"
bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#8199;&#8199;3,802,882
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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:63.70%;">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;
</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:2.67pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.07%;">&#8199;17,800
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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:11.23pt;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:21.15%;
">&#8201;&#8199;&#8199;&#8199;616,299
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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:63.70%;" 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:4.80pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.07%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">33,200
</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:19.11pt;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:21.15%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">2,169,444
</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:63.70%;">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:4.74pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.07%;">52,000
</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:18.65pt;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:21.15%;">1,590,343
</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:63.70%;" 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:4.93pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.07%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">25,900
</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: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:21.15%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">1,089,814
</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:63.70%;">Ricoh 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:1.52pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.07%;">132,400
</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:18.17pt;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:21.15%;">1,040,663
</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:63.70%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">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%;" 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:6.18pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.07%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">54,100
</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:23.93pt;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:21.15%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">503,629
</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:63.70%;">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%;">&#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:4.78pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.07%;">23,900
</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:20.10pt;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:21.15%;">4,435,181
</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:63.70%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">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%;" 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:4.95pt;padding-right:4pt;
padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.07%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">23,500
</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:25.13pt;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:21.15%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">642,315
</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:63.70%;">&#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:12.07%;">&#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:14.50pt;padding-right:6pt;
padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:21.15%;">20,790,801
</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:63.70%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">Materials&#8212;7.5%
</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:12.07%;" 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:21.15%;" 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:63.70%;">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%;">&#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:5.35pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.07%;">74,800
</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:18.95pt;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:21.15%;">1,250,642
</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:63.70%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">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%;" 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:0pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.07%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">300,300
</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:18.13pt;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:21.15%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">2,365,260
</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:63.70%;">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%;">&#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:6.34pt;padding-right:4pt;
padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.07%;">92,100
</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:19.03pt;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:21.15%;">3,625,257
</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:63.70%;" 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:12.07%;" 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:22.18pt;padding-right:6pt;
padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:21.15%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">7,241,159
</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:63.70%;">Real Estate&#8212;3.0%
</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:12.07%;">&#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:21.15%;">&#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:63.70%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">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%;" 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:4.60pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.07%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">29,800
</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:25.76pt;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:21.15%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">533,159
</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:63.70%;">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:0.54pt;padding-right:4pt;
padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.07%;">350,200
</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:19.16pt;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:21.15%;">2,341,987
</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:63.70%;" 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:12.07%;" 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:19.91pt;padding-right:6pt;
padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:21.15%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">2,875,146
</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:63.70%;" 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:12.07%;">&#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:5.40pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.38pt;
text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:21.15%;">106,574,614
</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:63.70%;" 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:12.07%;" 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:5.40pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;
text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:21.15%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">106,574,614
</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:75.77%;" 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:21.15%;">&#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:63.70%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class, 5.30%<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:5.33pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;
text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.07%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">73,284
</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:28.39pt;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;white-space:nowrap;width:21.15%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">73,284
</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:63.70%;" 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:12.07%;">&#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:22.93pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.5pt;
text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:21.15%;">73,284
</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:75.77%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF" colspan="3">Total Investments<BR>
(Cost $94,962,671)<SUP
style="font-size:85%;font-style:Normal;text-transform:none;">(d)</SUP>&#8212;110.3%
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:bold;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.5pt;padding-left:8.36pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.5pt;
text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:21.15%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">106,647,898
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.5pt;
text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:75.77%;" colspan="3">Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets&#8212;(10.3%)
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:16.22pt;padding-right:6pt;
padding-top:1.5pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:21.15%;">(9,918,007)
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:bold;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:0.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;
text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:75.77%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF" colspan="3">Net Assets&#8212;100.0%
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:bold;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:0.25pt;padding-left:4pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;
text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:21.15%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">$<FONT
style="padding-left:4.36pt;"></FONT>96,729,891
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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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vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:4.00%;">(a)
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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:10pt;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;
width:96.57%;">All or a portion of the security has been designated as collateral for the line of credit.
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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:1.12pt;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;
text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:4.00%;">(b)
</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:1.12pt;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;
vertical-align:top;width:96.57%;">Non-income producing security.
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text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:4.00%;">(c)
</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:1.12pt;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;
vertical-align:top;width:96.57%;">Registered investment company advised by State Street Global Advisors. The rate shown is the 7 day yield as of January 31, 2024.
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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:0pt;padding-right:1.5pt;padding-top:1.12pt;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;
text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:4.00%;">(d)
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text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:96.57%;">See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements for tax unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of securities.
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Notes&#160;to&#160;Portfolio&#160;of&#160;Investments.</DIV>
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January 31, 2024 (unaudited)</FONT></DIV>
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Accounting Policies</DIV>
<DIV
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:bold;line-height:12pt;margin-top:6pt;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;">a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Security Valuation:</DIV>
<DIV
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.5pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:12.5pt;margin-top:5pt;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;">The Fund values&#160;its
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 or deemed unreliable.</DIV>
<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 generally 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.</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. 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.</DIV>
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authoritative guidance on fair value measurements and disclosures under U.S. GAAP, the Fund discloses the fair value of its investments using a three-level hierarchy that classifies the inputs to valuation techniques
used to measure the fair value. The hierarchy assigns Level 1, the highest level, measurements to valuations based upon unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets, Level 2 measurements to
valuations based upon other significant observable inputs, including adjusted quoted prices in active markets for similar assets, and Level 3, the lowest level, measurements to valuations based upon unobservable
inputs that are significant to the valuation. Inputs refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk, for example, the risk
inherent in a particular valuation technique used to measure fair value including a pricing model and/or the risk inherent in the inputs to the valuation technique. Inputs may be observable or unobservable. Observable
inputs are inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, which are based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable
inputs are inputs that reflect the reporting entity&#8217;s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available in
the circumstances. A financial instrument&#8217;s level within the fair value hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement.</DIV>
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at the respective NAV as reported by such company. The prospectuses for the registered open-end management investment companies in which the Fund invests explain the circumstances under which those companies will use
fair value pricing and the effects of using fair value pricing. Closed-end funds and exchange-traded funds (&#8220;ETFs&#8221;) are valued at the market price of the security at the Valuation Time (defined below). A
security using any of these pricing methodologies is generally determined to be a Level 1 investment.</DIV>
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inputs is summarized below:</DIV>
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