September 2026 — what changed

iShares MSCI Japan UCITS ETF USD (Dist) · IE00B02KXH56 · IJPN · snapshots compared: 20 Aug → 31 August 2026

In brief: 1 holding added and 2 removed from the basket · 2 weight changes beyond ±0.25 points · monthly return +3.3% · costs and key facts unchanged.

Basket — holdings added (1)

Holding	Weight on entry
KOKUSAI ELECTRIC	0.23%

Basket — holdings removed (2)

Holding	Weight on exit
JFE HOLDINGS	0.13%
SEIBU HOLDINGS	0.09%

Holdings compared (excluding cash instruments): 168 → 167.

Holding weights

Holding	from	to
RECRUIT HOLDINGS LTD	2.58%	2.84%
KIOXIA HOLDINGS	2.00%	2.25%

Top 10 — before and after

Holding	6 Aug	31 Aug
MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP	4.61%	4.63%
TOYOTA MOTOR	3.41%	3.53%
SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP	2.98%	2.98%
TOKYO ELECTRON	2.99%	2.95%
ADVANTEST	2.91%	2.90%
RECRUIT HOLDINGS LTD	2.06%	2.84%
HITACHI	2.94%	2.83%
SONY GROUP	2.56%	2.75%
MIZUHO FINANCIAL GROUP	2.43%	2.35%
SOFTBANK GROUP	2.55%	2.28%

Combined top-10 weight: 29.4% → 30%.

Sectors — where the weight moved

Materials

4.0 → 3.8

Industrials

24.1 → 24.3

Financials

19.2 → 19.1

Information Technology

18.0 → 18.1

Utilities

0.9 → 1.0

Bars scaled to the change: orange = up, grey = down. Basket percentages at the two snapshots.

Countries

Country	6 Aug	31 Aug
Japan	99.6%	100.0%
United States	0.4%	0.0%
European Union	0.0%	0.0%

The three countries that moved the most between the two snapshots.

Monthly return

+3.3% in USD (NAV 24.48 → 25.3, 31 Jul → 31 Aug). No distributions in the month.

Assets over the month

4.9 mld $ → 5.1 mld $ (issuer’s daily series).

Costs and key facts

TER	0.12% — unchanged
Transaction costs (KID)	0.02% — unchanged
Index, name, policy	no change in the period

Issuer-declared basket snapshots, compared by Rebalix. Each section states its own dates: the basket comparison uses the issuer file dates; top 10 and breakdowns the dates of the two archived snapshots. Weight changes are shown above ±0.25 points (the archive records them from ±0.1). We record the past: nothing on this page is a recommendation.