iShares MSCI Japan ETF
EWJ
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- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management - Global
- Address
- 400 Howard Street San Francisco MD United States of America 94105-2618
- IPO Date
- Mar 18, 1996
- CIK
- 0000930667
- Website
- ishares.com
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- iShares MSCI Japan ETF (EWJ) is an exchange-traded fund that seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of large- and mid-capitalization Japanese equities; the fund employs a passive management strategy through a representative sampling technique to replicate the MSCI Japan Index, which measures the performance of the large- and mid-cap segments of the Japanese equity market. EWJ offers investors exposure to Japanese stocks across sectors including industrials, consumer discretionary, and information technology; key holdings typically include major companies such as Toyota Motor Corp., Sony Group Corp., and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. The ETF provides services such as daily liquidity trading on the NYSE Arca exchange, dividend distributions, and portfolio transparency via BlackRock's iShares platform. Managed by BlackRock Fund Advisors, a subsidiary of BlackRock Inc., EWJ operates globally with primary focus on institutional and retail investors seeking Japan market access; it was launched in March 1996 and is domiciled in the United States with administrative headquarters in San Francisco, California. In recent developments, BlackRock expanded its iShares lineup in 2024-2025 with enhancements to ESG-screened variants and strategic partnerships for Asian market distribution, including deepened alliances with Japanese financial institutions for ETF adoption amid yen fluctuations and Abenomics revival efforts; no major name changes or reorganizations have occurred, but the fund benefited from inflows during Japan's 2025 equity rally driven by corporate governance reforms.