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    About this fund

    Fund objectives

    • The Fund employs a passive management – or indexing – investment approach and seeks to track the performance of the MSCI Japan Index (the “Index”).
    • The Index is comprised of large and mid-sized company stocks in Japan.
    • The Fund attempts to: 1. Track the performance of the Index by investing in all constituent securities of the Index in the same proportion as the Index. Where not practicable to fully replicate, the Fund will use a sampling process. 2. Remain fully invested except in extraordinary market, political or similar conditions.

    Fund facts

    Share class inception
    10 Mar 2015
    Minimum initial investment
    JP¥1,000,000
    Investment structure
    Irish UCITS
    Share Class Assets'
    Total Assets
    Strategy
    Index
    Asset Class
    Equity
    Domicile
    Ireland
    Dividend schedule
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    Tax status
    Austria, Germany and Switzerland reporting
    Currency
    JPY
    Legal entity
    Vanguard Investment Series PLC
    Investment manager

    Vanguard Asset Management, Ltd.
    Europe Equity Index Team

    Benchmark
    MSCI Japan Index

    The value of investments, and the income from them, may fall or rise and investors may get back less than they invested.

    Performance

    Risk and Volatility

    As at 31 Oct 2025

    Beta
    R²
    Annualized Tracking Error
    1 year
    3 years
    5 years

    Please note Beta and R-squared data will only display for funds with 3 full years of history.

    The value of investments, and the income from them, may fall or rise and investors may get back less than they invested.

    Portfolio data

    Characteristics
    FundamentalsFundBenchmarkAs at
    Number of stocks 180 180 31 Oct 2025
    Median market capital 8,538.8 B 8,538.8 B 31 Oct 2025
    17.2 x 17.2 x 31 Oct 2025
    1.7 x 1.7 x 31 Oct 2025
    11.1% 11.1% 31 Oct 2025
    20.8% 20.8% 31 Oct 2025
    Portfolio turnover rate -20.9% — 30 Sep 2025

    Market allocation

    As at 31 Oct 2025

    CountryRegionFundBenchmarkVariance +/-
    JapanPacific 100.00% 100.00% 0.00%

    Holdings details

    As at 31 Oct 2025

    Holding name% of market valueSectorRegionMarket valueShares
    Toyota Motor Corp 4.28093% Consumer Discretionary JP JP¥186,000,812 10,539,470
    Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 3.84506% Financials JP JP¥167,062,831 12,749,137
    Sony Group Corp 3.83480% Consumer Discretionary JP JP¥166,617,163 6,838,930
    SoftBank Group Corp 3.72231% Communication Services JP JP¥161,729,443 1,062,522
    Hitachi Ltd 3.50710% Industrials JP JP¥152,378,807 5,094,870
    Advantest Corp 2.55138% Information Technology JP JP¥110,854,219 852,000
    Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc 2.21135% Financials JP JP¥96,080,347 4,103,789
    Tokyo Electron Ltd 2.20419% Information Technology JP JP¥95,769,205 498,208
    Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd 2.14657% Industrials JP JP¥93,265,797 3,564,070
    Nintendo Co Ltd 2.07286% Communication Services JP JP¥90,063,253 1,227,610

    Total allocation percentages shown in the holdings details or the spreadsheet may not equal 100%, due to rounding or omission of cash and/or futures contracts.

    The value of investments, and the income from them, may fall or rise and investors may get back less than they invested.

    Weighted equity exposures exclude any temporary cash investments and equity index derivatives.

    Prices and distribution

    Prices

    NAV Price (JPY)
    JP¥25,871.90
    Change
    -JP¥51.52-0.20%
    At closure 19 Nov 2025
    NAV 52-week high
    JP¥27,050.27
    At closure 20 Nov 2025
    NAV 52-week low
    JP¥17,892.18
    At closure 20 Nov 2025
    NAV 52-week difference
    JP¥9,158.09
    Change
    +33.86%
    At closure 20 Nov 2025
    Historical Prices

    -

    Inception date

    10 Mar 2015

    Date NAV (JPY)
    19 Nov 2025 JP¥25,871.8958
    18 Nov 2025 JP¥25,923.4150
    17 Nov 2025 JP¥26,738.5224
    14 Nov 2025 JP¥26,867.4890
    13 Nov 2025 JP¥27,050.2695
    12 Nov 2025 JP¥26,876.9359
    11 Nov 2025 JP¥26,559.8300
    10 Nov 2025 JP¥26,502.3658
    07 Nov 2025 JP¥26,368.2756
    06 Nov 2025 JP¥26,501.0699

    Distribution history

    Distribution frequency

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    Historical performance 31 Oct 2025

    1.99%

    All dividends are reinvested for the "Accumulation" shares.

    The value of investments, and the income from them, may fall or rise and investors may get back less than they invested.

    Purchase information

    Currency

    Base currency: JPY

    Fund codes

    • Bloomberg: VAVGSIJ
    • Citi: M5DA
    • ISIN: IE0033862917
    • MEX ID: VIXXE
    • SEDOL: 3386291

    The value of investments, and the income from them, may fall or rise and investors may get back less than they invested.

    SEDOL and SEDOL Masterfile® are registered trademarks of the London Stock Exchange Group PLC. SEDOL data was extracted from the London Stock Exchange SEDOL Masterfile®.