iShares MSCI Japan Small-Cap ETF
SCJ
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- Financial Services
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- Asset Management - Global
- Address
- 50 Hudson Yards New York NY United States of America 10001
- IPO Date
- Dec 27, 2007
- CIK
- 0000930667
- Website
- ishares.com
- Similar Companies
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- iShares MSCI Japan Small-Cap ETF (SCJ) is an exchange-traded fund that seeks to track the investment results of the MSCI Japan Small Cap Index, composed of small-capitalization equities listed on Japanese stock exchanges. The fund provides exposure to approximately 797 small-cap Japanese companies across diverse sectors including industrials, consumer discretionary, financials, and technology, with top holdings such as Ryohin Keikaku Co., Ltd., Ebara Corporation, and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.; it employs a passive, full-replication management style to mirror the benchmark's market-cap-weighted performance. Launched on December 20, 2007, SCJ is issued and managed by BlackRock's iShares division, with an expense ratio of 0.50%, and trades on the NYSE Arca exchange. The ETF targets institutional and retail investors seeking targeted exposure to Japan's small-cap equity market segment, which represents about 14-15% of the free-float-adjusted Japanese equity universe; it maintains broad sector diversification without concentration bias and undergoes quarterly index rebalancing. Geographically, SCJ focuses exclusively on Japanese-domiciled companies, with all underlying holdings traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange or other Japanese markets. In recent developments, SCJ declared a semi-annual distribution of $1.9951 per share on December 16, 2025, reflecting strong portfolio performance amid favorable Japanese market conditions. The fund continues to exhibit robust year-to-date total returns exceeding 28% as of late 2025, driven by gains in its diversified small-cap holdings, with no major structural changes, acquisitions, or new product launches reported for the ETF itself in the past 1-2 years. BlackRock, as the parent issuer, maintains operational enhancements such as updated credit facilities across iShares funds, supporting SCJ's liquidity and efficiency.