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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
    22 Oct 2003
    Minimum initial investment
    US$1,000,000.00
    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, Switzerland and United Kingdom reporting
    Currency
    USD
    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 30 Sep 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 30 Sep 2025
    Median market capital 45.6 B 45.6 B 30 Sep 2025
    16.4 x 16.4 x 30 Sep 2025
    1.6 x 1.6 x 30 Sep 2025
    11.1% 11.1% 30 Sep 2025
    19.5% 19.5% 30 Sep 2025
    Portfolio turnover rate -20.9% — 30 Sep 2025

    Market allocation

    As at 30 Sep 2025

    CountryRegionFundBenchmarkVariance +/-
    JapanPacific 100.00% 100.00% 0.00%

    Holdings details

    As at 30 Sep 2025

    Holding name% of market valueSectorRegionMarket valueShares
    Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 4.16875% Financials JP US$172,734,776.18 12,520,737
    Toyota Motor Corp 4.10166% Consumer Discretionary JP US$169,954,823.40 10,349,970
    Sony Group Corp 3.97848% Consumer Discretionary JP US$164,850,881.28 6,716,730
    Hitachi Ltd 2.73495% Industrials JP US$113,324,630.30 5,003,870
    SoftBank Group Corp 2.71173% Communication Services JP US$112,362,256.94 1,043,522
    Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc 2.34071% Financials JP US$96,988,986.59 4,030,289
    Nintendo Co Ltd 2.14721% Communication Services JP US$88,970,941.84 1,205,710
    Mizuho Financial Group Inc 1.90448% Financials JP US$78,913,188.32 2,745,348
    Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd 1.88836% Industrials JP US$78,245,518.89 3,500,370
    Tokyo Electron Ltd 1.79382% Information Technology JP US$74,328,174.15 489,308

    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 (USD)
    US$375.04
    Change
    +US$1.030.28%
    At closure 29 Oct 2025
    NAV 52-week high
    US$375.19
    At closure 30 Oct 2025
    NAV 52-week low
    US$263.09
    At closure 30 Oct 2025
    NAV 52-week difference
    US$112.10
    Change
    +29.88%
    At closure 30 Oct 2025
    Historical Prices

    -

    Inception date

    22 Oct 2003

    Date NAV (USD)
    29 Oct 2025 US$375.0440
    28 Oct 2025 US$374.0146
    27 Oct 2025 US$375.1905
    24 Oct 2025 US$369.3587
    23 Oct 2025 US$367.8027
    22 Oct 2025 US$371.6991
    21 Oct 2025 US$370.2562
    20 Oct 2025 US$373.3113
    17 Oct 2025 US$363.8917
    16 Oct 2025 US$367.1992

    Distribution history

    Distribution frequency

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    Historical performance 30 Sep 2025

    2.11%

    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: USD

    Fund codes

    • Bloomberg: VANSTOC
    • Citi: VH70
    • ISIN: IE0007292422
    • MEX ID: VIJSI
    • SEDOL: 0729242

    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®.