<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001752724-25-076960.txt : 20250401
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001752724-25-076960
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	NPORT-P
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20250131
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250401
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250401
PERIOD START:           	20251031

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ABRDN JAPAN EQUITY FUND, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000866095
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	
		EIN:				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:		25797259

	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>Milbon Co Ltd</name>
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        <name>Jeol Ltd</name>
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        <name>Hitachi Ltd</name>
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        <name>Tokyo Electron Ltd</name>
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        <name>Ibiden Co Ltd</name>
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        <name>Daikin Industries Ltd</name>
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        <name>Daiichi Sankyo Co Ltd</name>
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        <name>Kao Corp</name>
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        <name>Musashi Seimitsu Industry Co Ltd</name>
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        <name>Amada Co Ltd</name>
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        <name>Suntory Beverage &amp; Food Ltd</name>
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        <name>NH Foods Ltd</name>
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        <name>Keyence Corp</name>
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        <name>Internet Initiative Japan Inc</name>
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        <name>Takuma Co Ltd</name>
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text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:64.13%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">Consumer Discretionary&#8212;19.9%
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text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:64.13%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">Musashi Seimitsu Industry Co. Ltd.
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text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.20%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#8199;40,100
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padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:10.53pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:20.58%;"
bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#8201;&#8199;&#8199;&#8199;787,385
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text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:64.13%;">Nitori Holdings Co. Ltd.
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style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;">&#160;
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style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:0.32pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.20%;">&#8199;&#8199;4,000
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padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:8.90pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:20.58%;
">&#8201;&#8199;&#8199;&#8199;468,418
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text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:64.13%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">Pan Pacific International Holdings Corp.
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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:2.57pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.20%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">137,400
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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:8.68pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:20.58%;"
bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#8199;&#8199;3,825,399
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text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:64.13%;">Ryohin Keikaku Co. Ltd.
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style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;">&#160;
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style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:0.25pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.20%;">&#8199;63,000
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padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:10.06pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:20.58%;
">&#8199;&#8199;1,669,301
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text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:64.13%;" 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:1.66pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.20%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#8199;31,300
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padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:8.34pt;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:20.58%;"
bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#8201;&#8199;&#8199;&#8199;434,092
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text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:64.13%;">Sony Group Corp.<SUP
style="font-size:85%;font-style:Normal;text-transform:none;">(a)</SUP>
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style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;">&#160;
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text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.20%;">172,800
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padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:9.47pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:20.58%;
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text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:64.13%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">Sumitomo Electric Industries 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;
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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:1.28pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.20%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">133,300
</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:9.14pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:20.58%;"
bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#8199;&#8199;2,490,327
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text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:64.13%;">Sumitomo Forestry Co. Ltd.
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;">&#160;
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style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:1.45pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.20%;">&#8199;12,800
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padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:11.11pt;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;width:20.58%;
">&#8201;&#8199;&#8199;&#8199;437,577
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text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:64.13%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">Suzuki Motor Corp.
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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:4.50pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.20%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">90,200
</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:17.74pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.58%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">1,079,350
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text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:64.13%;">Toyota Motor Corp.<SUP
style="font-size:85%;font-style:Normal;text-transform:none;">(a)</SUP>
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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;
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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:1.55pt;padding-right:4pt;
padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.20%;">216,500
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line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:17.53pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;
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</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:12.20%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
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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:1.38pt;padding-left:12.48pt;padding-right:6pt;
padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:20.58%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">19,604,980
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style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:bold;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.38pt;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;
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</TD><TD
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text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:64.13%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">Ajinomoto Co., 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: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:12.20%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">43,800
</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:18.26pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.58%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">1,755,826
</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:64.13%;">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:2.60pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.20%;">127,800
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:17.62pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.58%;">1,384,245
</TD></TR>
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text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:64.13%;" 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:4.11pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.20%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">40,600
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:17.06pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.58%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">1,609,885
</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:64.13%;">Lion Corp.
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:1.22pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.20%;">102,900
</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:19.35pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.58%;">1,101,600
</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:64.13%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">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%;" 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:5.26pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.20%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">10,900
</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:22.55pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.58%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">224,046
</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:64.13%;">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%;">&#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:4.49pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.20%;">33,600
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:17.94pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.58%;">1,096,681
</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:64.13%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">Seven &amp; i Holdings Co. Ltd.
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6.17pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.20%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">77,800
</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:18.33pt;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:20.58%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">1,241,980
</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:64.13%;">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%;">&#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:8.76pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.20%;">3,300
</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:23.33pt;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:20.58%;">102,506
</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:64.13%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">Transaction 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:4.52pt;padding-right:4pt;
padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.20%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">20,300
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;
line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:23.46pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;
vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:20.58%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">253,267
</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:64.13%;">&#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:12.20%;">&#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:16.91pt;padding-right:6pt;
padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:20.58%;">8,770,036
</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:64.13%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">Energy&#8212;0.6%
</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:12.20%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.38pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom;width:20.58%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</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:1.38pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;
text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:64.13%;">Iwatani Corp.
</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;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.38pt;padding-left:4.81pt;padding-right:4pt;
padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.20%;">56,500
</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:1.38pt;padding-left:24.67pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;
vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:20.58%;">618,701
</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:64.13%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">Financials&#8212;16.2%
</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:12.20%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.38pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom;width:20.58%;" 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:64.13%;">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:1.34pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.20%;">347,400
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:17.35pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.58%;">2,273,586
</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:64.13%;" 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:5.30pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.20%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">24,700
</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:22.42pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.58%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">260,985
</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:64.13%;">Mitsubishi UFJ Financial 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;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:1.18pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.20%;">510,800
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:17.63pt;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;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.58%;">6,459,776
</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:64.13%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">MS&amp;AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc.
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:1.07pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.20%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">102,400
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:21.32pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.58%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">2,123,151
</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:64.13%;">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%;">&#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:2.88pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.20%;">107,700
</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:16.84pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.58%;">3,552,306
</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:64.13%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">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%;" 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:1.21pt;padding-right:4pt;
padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.20%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">126,800
</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:19.66pt;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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<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:64.13%;">&#160;
</TD><TD
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</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:12.20%;">&#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:14.35pt;padding-right:6pt;
padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:20.58%;">15,897,046
</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:64.13%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">Health Care&#8212;7.3%
</TD><TD
style="line-height:8pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.38pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
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</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.38pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom;width:20.58%;" 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:64.13%;">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:4.11pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.20%;">46,000
</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:17.30pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.58%;">1,983,290
</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:64.13%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd.<SUP
style="font-size:85%;font-style:Normal;text-transform:none;">(a)</SUP>
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:4.47pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.20%;" 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:20.54pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.58%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">1,932,112
</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:64.13%;">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:4.52pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.20%;">20,300
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:17.05pt;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:20.58%;">2,726,003
</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:64.13%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">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%;" 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:12.20%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">33,200
</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:22.16pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;
vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:20.58%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">503,843
</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:64.13%;">&#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:12.20%;">&#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:19.59pt;padding-right:6pt;
padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:20.58%;">7,145,248
</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:64.13%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">Industrials&#8212;22.6%
</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:12.20%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.38pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom;width:20.58%;" 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:64.13%;">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:4.70pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.20%;">48,700
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:23.71pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.58%;">502,851
</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:64.13%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">ANA Holdings, Inc.
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:4.55pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.20%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">23,800
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:22.08pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.58%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">446,465
</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:64.13%;">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:8.74pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.20%;">5,800
</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:24.04pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.58%;">681,275
</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:64.13%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">DMG Mori 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:6.97pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.20%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">17,500
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:23.80pt;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:20.58%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">282,274
</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:64.13%;">Fuji Electric 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:4.22pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.20%;">43,400
</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:18.09pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.58%;">2,067,790
</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:64.13%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">Hitachi 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:2.61pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.20%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">171,600
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:17.13pt;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:20.58%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">4,314,096
</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:64.13%;">ITOCHU Corp.
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:4.54pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.20%;">49,200
</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:17.47pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.58%;">2,265,367
</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:64.13%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">Kandenko Co. Ltd.
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:2.5pt;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:2.5pt;padding-left:1.40pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.20%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">125,000
</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:2.5pt;padding-left:16.44pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.58%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">2,000,652
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style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;line-height:8pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:4pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;width:64.13%;">&#160;
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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:12.20%;" colspan="2">Shares
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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:20.58%;">Value
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style="padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.5pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;width:76.34%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF" colspan="3">
</TD><TD
style="padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.5pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom;width:20.58%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">
</TD></TR>
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style="padding-right:6pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;width:96.92%;" colspan="4">
</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:1pt;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;
text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:64.13%;">Makita Corp.<SUP
style="font-size:85%;font-style:Normal;text-transform:none;">(a)</SUP>
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style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:0.07pt;padding-right:4pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;
text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.20%;">&#8199;34,300
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:4pt;padding-right:6pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;
text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:20.58%;">$&#8194;&#8199;&#8199;1,014,336
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<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:64.13%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">Maruzen Showa Unyu 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:0.65pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.20%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#8199;24,500
</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:10.24pt;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;width:20.58%;"
bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#8201;&#8199;&#8199;&#8199;939,896
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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:64.13%;">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;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:2.88pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.20%;">&#8199;61,100
</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:13.21pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:20.58%;
">&#8201;&#8199;&#8199;&#8199;977,941
</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:64.13%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">Noritake 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:1.15pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.20%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#8199;15,400
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:11.51pt;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:20.58%;"
bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#8201;&#8199;&#8199;&#8199;381,706
</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:64.13%;">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:0.22pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.20%;">&#8199;&#8199;9,400
</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:13.61pt;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;width:20.58%;
">&#8201;&#8199;&#8199;&#8199;114,194
</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:64.13%;" 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:0pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.20%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#8199;36,400
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:10.31pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:20.58%;"
bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#8199;&#8199;2,540,435
</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:64.13%;">SHO-BOND Holdings Co. Ltd.
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:1.07pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.20%;">&#8199;22,700
</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:11.28pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:20.58%;
">&#8201;&#8199;&#8199;&#8199;735,599
</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:64.13%;" 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:1.51pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.20%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#8199;&#8199;1,200
</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:10.09pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:20.58%;"
bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#8201;&#8199;&#8199;&#8199;454,063
</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:64.13%;">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:0.89pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.20%;">&#8199;16,000
</TD><TD
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padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:12.50pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:20.58%;
">&#8201;&#8199;&#8199;&#8199;623,170
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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:64.13%;" 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:1.24pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.20%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#8199;51,000
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:10.76pt;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;width:20.58%;"
bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#8201;&#8199;&#8199;&#8199;552,036
</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:64.13%;">Tokyo Metro Co. Ltd.<SUP
style="font-size:85%;font-style:Normal;text-transform:none;">(b)</SUP>
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:0.57pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.20%;">&#8199;52,300
</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:11.11pt;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;width:20.58%;
">&#8201;&#8199;&#8199;&#8199;583,979
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text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:64.13%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">Union Tool Co.
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</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:0.36pt;padding-right:4pt;
padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.20%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#8199;25,000
</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:11.17pt;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;width:20.58%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#8201;&#8199;&#8199;&#8199;756,659
</TD></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:64.13%;">&#160;
</TD><TD
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</TD><TD
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</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.38pt;padding-left:14.89pt;padding-right:6pt;
padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:20.58%;">22,234,784
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text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:64.13%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">Information Technology&#8212;20.1%
</TD><TD
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</TD><TD
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</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.38pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom;width:20.58%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
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<TR
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text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:64.13%;">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%;">&#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:0.82pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.20%;">&#8199;14,400
</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:12.65pt;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;width:20.58%;
">&#8201;&#8199;&#8199;&#8199;796,135
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text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:64.13%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">ESPEC 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:1.55pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.20%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#8199;47,500
</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:11.61pt;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;width:20.58%;"
bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#8201;&#8199;&#8199;&#8199;792,270
</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:64.13%;">Ibiden 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:6.52pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.20%;">17,300
</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:25.46pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.58%;">507,288
</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:64.13%;" 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: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:12.20%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">23,500
</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:25.35pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.58%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">866,106
</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:64.13%;">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%;">&#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:8.34pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.20%;">6,600
</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:18.85pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.58%;">2,842,678
</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:64.13%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">Kioxia Holdings Corp.<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:1.65pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.20%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">123,700
</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:21.03pt;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:20.58%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">1,441,219
</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:64.13%;">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:4.03pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.20%;">43,600
</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:25.70pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.58%;">760,618
</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:64.13%;" 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:4.58pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.20%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">29,500
</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:20.00pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.58%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">2,925,775
</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:64.13%;">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:4.40pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.20%;">35,900
</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:21.70pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.58%;">1,212,961
</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:64.13%;" 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:4.39pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.20%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">50,200
</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:22.79pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.58%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">1,131,744
</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:64.13%;">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:0.43pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.20%;">148,000
</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:22.82pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.58%;">1,697,311
</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:64.13%;" 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:4.03pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.20%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">58,000
</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:24.27pt;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;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.58%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">905,385
</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:64.13%;">Tokyo Electron 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:8.78pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.20%;">8,700
</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:20.56pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.58%;">1,467,550
</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:64.13%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">Tri Chemical Laboratories, 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:4.44pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.20%;" 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:24.51pt;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;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.58%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">690,224
</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:64.13%;">Yokogawa Electric Corp.
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:4.18pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.20%;">36,900
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;line-height:11pt;
padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:23.86pt;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:20.58%;">809,996
</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:64.13%;" 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:5.75pt;padding-right:4pt;
padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.20%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">27,900
</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:25.11pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;
vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:20.58%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">878,497
</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:64.13%;">&#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:12.20%;">&#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:17.11pt;padding-right:6pt;
padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:20.58%;">19,725,757
</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:64.13%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">Materials&#8212;4.0%
</TD><TD
style="line-height:8pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.38pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.38pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.20%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.38pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom;width:20.58%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">&#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:64.13%;">Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Inc.
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:4.38pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.20%;">59,900
</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:19.84pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.58%;">1,046,812
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<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:64.13%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">Nippon Paint 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:2.23pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.20%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">167,900
</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:20.26pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;
white-space:nowrap;width:20.58%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">1,057,988
</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:64.13%;">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:4.58pt;padding-right:4pt;
padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.20%;">59,200
</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:20.47pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;text-transform:none;
vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:20.58%;">1,835,331
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<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.38pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;width:64.13%;" 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:12.20%;" 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:20.74pt;padding-right:6pt;
padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:20.58%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">3,940,131
</TD></TR>
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style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight: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:64.13%;">Real Estate&#8212;2.6%
</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:12.20%;">&#160;
</TD><TD
style="line-height:0pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.38pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom;width:20.58%;">&#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:64.13%;" 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:4.27pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.20%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">23,400
</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:23.86pt;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:20.58%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">480,024
</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:64.13%;">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:0.17pt;padding-right:4pt;
padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.20%;">329,000
</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:21.05pt;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:20.58%;">2,112,405
</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:64.13%;" 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:12.20%;" 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:18.90pt;padding-right:6pt;
padding-top:1.25pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:20.58%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">2,592,429
</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:64.13%;" 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:12.20%;">&#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:6.34pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.38pt;
text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:20.58%;">107,231,406
</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:64.13%;" 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:12.20%;" 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:6.34pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;
text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:20.58%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">107,231,406
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:bold;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.38pt;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;
text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:76.34%;" colspan="3">SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT&#8212;0.1%
</TD><TD
style="line-height:8pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.38pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom;width:20.58%;">&#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:64.13%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class, 4.33%<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:5.94pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;
text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12.20%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">39,221
</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:29.83pt;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;white-space:nowrap;width:20.58%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">39,221
</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:64.13%;" 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:12.20%;">&#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:24.35pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.5pt;
text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:20.58%;">39,221
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:bold;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.5pt;padding-left:14pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.5pt;
text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-indent:-8pt;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:76.34%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF" colspan="3">Total Investments<BR>
(Cost $94,953,185)&#8212;109.1%
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:bold;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.5pt;padding-left:10.63pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.5pt;
text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:20.58%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">107,270,627
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.5pt;
text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:76.34%;" colspan="3">Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets&#8212;(9.1%)
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:1.25pt;padding-left:15.51pt;padding-right:6pt;
padding-top:1.5pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:20.58%;">(8,905,842)
</TD></TR>
<TR
style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><TD
style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:bold;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:0.25pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:4pt;padding-top:1.25pt;
text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:76.34%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF" colspan="3">Net Assets&#8212;100.0%
</TD><TD
style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:bold;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:0.25pt;padding-left:4pt;padding-right:6pt;padding-top:1.25pt;
text-align:center;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:bottom;width:20.58%;" bgcolor="#E8F3FF">$<FONT
style="padding-left:3.82pt;"></FONT>98,364,785
</TD></TR></TABLE>
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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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<TABLE
style="border-collapse:collapse;empty-cells:show;margin-top:0pt;width:100%;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
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style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:1.5pt;padding-top:10pt;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;
vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:3.98%;">(a)
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-left:1.5pt;padding-top:10pt;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;
width:96.59%;">All or a portion of the security has been designated as collateral for the line of credit.
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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:3.98%;">(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:96.59%;">Non-income producing security.
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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: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:3.98%;">(c)
</TD><TD
style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:Normal;font-weight:Normal;line-height:11pt;padding-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.5pt;padding-top:1.12pt;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;
text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;width:96.59%;">The rate shown is the 7 day yield as of January 31, 2025.
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Notes&#160;to&#160;Portfolio&#160;of&#160;Investments.</DIV>
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January 31, 2025 (unaudited)</FONT></DIV>
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Accounting Policies</DIV>
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at 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, also referred to&#160;as market value. 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;) 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>
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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; in such case, the security is determined to be a Level 1 investment.</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 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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inputs is summarized below:</DIV>
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in active markets for identical investments;</DIV>
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observable inputs (including valuation factors, quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, and credit risk, etc.); or</DIV>
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inputs (including the Fund&#8217;s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments). &nbsp;</DIV>
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