Japan Stock Index Fund
Japan Stock Index Fund - GBP Dist (VANJISI)
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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
23 Jun 2009
Minimum initial investment
£1,000,000.00
Investment structure
Irish UCITS
Share Class Assets'
Total Assets
Strategy
Index
Asset Class
Equity
Domicile
Ireland
Dividend schedule
Annually
Legal entity
Vanguard Investment Series PLC
Benchmark
MSCI Japan Index
Register countries
Liechtenstein, Spain, Sweden, Netherlands, Austria, Finland, Italy, Denmark, Switzerland, Ireland, Norway, Portugal, Germany, France, Luxembourg and United Kingdom
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 Aug 2026
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
| Fundamentals | Fund | Benchmark | As at |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of stocks | 167 | 168 | 31 Aug 2026 |
| Median market capital | 52.0 B | 52.0 B | 31 Aug 2026 |
| 17.4 x | 17.3 x | 31 Aug 2026 | |
| 2.0 x | 2.0 x | 31 Aug 2026 | |
| 11.1% | 11.1% | 31 Aug 2026 | |
| 18.0% | 17.9% | 31 Aug 2026 | |
| Portfolio turnover rate | -28.4% | — | 30 Jun 2026 |
Market allocation
As at 31 Aug 2026
| Country | Region | Fund | Benchmark | Variance +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | Pacific | 100.00% | 100.00% | 0.00% |
Holdings details
As at 31 Aug 2026
| Holding name | % of market value | Sector | Region | Market value | Shares |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc | 4.56680% | Financials | JP | £219,685,777.51 | 11,073,937 |
| Toyota Motor Corp | 3.47792% | Consumer Discretionary | JP | £167,305,075.16 | 9,833,770 |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc | 2.94685% | Financials | JP | £141,758,101.74 | 3,770,089 |
| Tokyo Electron Ltd | 2.91580% | Information Technology | JP | £140,264,426.83 | 461,008 |
| Advantest Corp | 2.86515% | Information Technology | JP | £137,828,058.39 | 758,900 |
| Recruit Holdings Co Ltd | 2.80452% | Industrials | JP | £134,911,121.67 | 1,373,936 |
| Hitachi Ltd | 2.79395% | Industrials | JP | £134,402,959.36 | 4,584,770 |
| Sony Group Corp | 2.71496% | Consumer Discretionary | JP | £130,602,794.03 | 6,032,630 |
| Mizuho Financial Group Inc | 2.32511% | Financials | JP | £111,849,178.17 | 2,406,148 |
| SoftBank Group Corp | 2.24297% | Communication Services | JP | £107,897,966.13 | 3,849,088 |
Prices and distribution
Prices
NAV Price (GBP)
£351.95
GBPChange
-£1.59-0.45% At closure 07 Oct 2026
NAV 52-week high
£353.54
At closure 08 Oct 2026
NAV 52-week low
£274.01
At closure 08 Oct 2026
NAV 52-week difference
£79.53
Change
+22.49% At closure 08 Oct 2026
Historical Prices
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Inception date
23 Jun 2009
| Date | NAV (GBP) |
|---|---|
| 07 Oct 2026 | £351.9464 |
| 06 Oct 2026 | £353.5368 |
| 05 Oct 2026 | £352.1684 |
| 02 Oct 2026 | £347.0101 |
| 01 Oct 2026 | £351.2154 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | £347.5573 |
| 29 Sep 2026 | £342.0930 |
| 28 Sep 2026 | £344.4747 |
| 25 Sep 2026 | £347.2790 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | £339.4564 |
Distribution history
Distribution frequency
Annually
Historical performance 30 Sep 2026
1.57%
| Type | Distribution amount (per unit) | Ex-dividend date | Registration date | Payable date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income | £5.4495 | 31 Dec 2025 | 30 Dec 2025 | 15 Jan 2026 |
| Income | £4.3997 | 31 Dec 2024 | 30 Dec 2024 | 15 Jan 2025 |
| Income | £4.3211 | 29 Dec 2023 | 28 Dec 2023 | 15 Jan 2024 |
| Income | £4.4451 | 30 Dec 2022 | 29 Dec 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 |
| Income | £3.6994 | 31 Dec 2021 | 30 Dec 2021 | 14 Jan 2022 |
| Income | £3.7599 | 31 Dec 2020 | 30 Dec 2020 | 14 Jan 2021 |
| Income | £3.8099 | 31 Dec 2019 | 30 Dec 2019 | 15 Jan 2020 |
| Income | £3.4928 | 31 Dec 2018 | 28 Dec 2018 | 14 Jan 2019 |
| Income | £3.0866 | 29 Dec 2017 | 28 Dec 2017 | 12 Jan 2018 |
| Income | £2.9184 | 30 Dec 2016 | 29 Dec 2016 | 13 Jan 2017 |
Purchase information
Currency
Base currency:GBP
Fund codes
- Bloomberg:VANJISI
- Citi:FPE4
- ISIN:IE00B51KW525
- MEX ID:VIJPNS
- SEDOL:B51KW52