Portfolio of Investments (unaudited)
As of January 31, 2020
| Shares or Principal Amount | Value | |||||||
| COMMON STOCKS (99.3%)(a) | ||||||||
| JAPAN (99.3%) | ||||||||
| Communication Services (5.1%) | ||||||||
| KDDI Corp. | 142,000 | $ | 4,291,106 | |||||
| Z Holdings Corp. | 429,600 | 1,706,344 | ||||||
| 5,997,450 | ||||||||
| Consumer Discretionary (16.2%) | ||||||||
| Aeon Fantasy Co. Ltd. | 7,300 | 155,579 | ||||||
| Musashi Seimitsu Industry Co. Ltd. | 73,100 | 853,857 | ||||||
| Nitori Holdings Co. Ltd. | 11,500 | 1,787,111 | ||||||
| Resorttrust, Inc. | 79,400 | 1,245,973 | ||||||
| Sony Corp. | 34,100 | 2,384,505 | ||||||
| Stanley Electric Co. Ltd. | 85,600 | 2,204,630 | ||||||
| TKP Corp.(b) | 44,700 | 1,569,081 | ||||||
| Toyota Motor Corp. | 60,500 | 4,206,423 | ||||||
| USS Co. Ltd. | 90,100 | 1,635,281 | ||||||
| Yamaha Corp. | 58,000 | 2,963,039 | ||||||
| 19,005,479 | ||||||||
| Consumer Staples (9.7%) | ||||||||
| Ain Holdings, Inc. | 29,900 | 1,827,663 | ||||||
| Mandom Corp. | 21,600 | 489,025 | ||||||
| Milbon Co. Ltd. | 21,300 | 1,191,953 | ||||||
| Pigeon Corp. | 44,100 | 1,556,383 | ||||||
| Seven & i Holdings Co. Ltd. | 32,300 | 1,238,489 | ||||||
| Shiseido Co. Ltd. | 37,400 | 2,407,835 | ||||||
| Welcia Holdings Co. Ltd. | 47,500 | 2,608,399 | ||||||
| 11,319,747 | ||||||||
| Financials (8.2%) | ||||||||
| Japan Exchange Group, Inc. | 171,000 | 3,064,563 | ||||||
| Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. | 87,400 | 4,744,177 | ||||||
| Tokyo Century Corp. | 34,000 | 1,729,562 | ||||||
| 9,538,302 | ||||||||
| Health Care (12.9%) | ||||||||
| AS One Corp. | 12,900 | 1,169,012 | ||||||
| Asahi Intecc Co. Ltd. | 123,800 | 3,411,018 | ||||||
| BML, Inc. | 42,300 | 1,197,906 | ||||||
| Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. | 47,200 | 4,834,634 | ||||||
| Hoya Corp. | 15,100 | 1,445,152 | ||||||
| Mani, Inc. | 24,500 | 614,932 | ||||||
| Shionogi & Co. Ltd. | 30,200 | 1,796,118 | ||||||
| Sysmex Corp. | 8,800 | 629,554 | ||||||
| 15,098,326 | ||||||||
See Notes to Portfolio of Investments.
Aberdeen Japan Equity Fund, Inc.
Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) (continued)
As of January 31, 2020
| Industrials (21.7%) | ||||||||
| Amada Holdings Co. Ltd. | 374,200 | $ | 3,897,236 | |||||
| Daikin Industries Ltd. | 29,400 | 4,142,676 | ||||||
| Daiwa Industries Ltd. | 112,700 | 1,187,655 | ||||||
| FANUC Corp. | 3,200 | 582,816 | ||||||
| Makita Corp. | 73,500 | 2,811,340 | ||||||
| MISUMI Group, Inc. | 125,300 | 3,109,107 | ||||||
| Nabtesco Corp. | 99,100 | 2,839,683 | ||||||
| Pilot Corp. | 45,400 | 1,772,386 | ||||||
| Recruit Holdings Co. Ltd. | 38,600 | 1,504,484 | ||||||
| Sakai Moving Service Co. Ltd. | 28,400 | 1,581,944 | ||||||
| SHO-BOND Holdings Co. Ltd. | 47,200 | 1,927,036 | ||||||
| 25,356,363 | ||||||||
| Information Technology (13.8%) | ||||||||
| Elecom Co. Ltd. | 74,700 | 3,011,737 | ||||||
| Fuji Soft, Inc. | 30,700 | 1,230,497 | ||||||
| Fukui Computer Holdings, Inc. | 13,400 | 408,009 | ||||||
| Keyence Corp. | 10,600 | 3,563,263 | ||||||
| NEC Networks & System Integration Corp. | 52,500 | 1,962,258 | ||||||
| Otsuka Corp. | 46,700 | 1,821,060 | ||||||
| Renesas Electronics Corp.(b) | 175,800 | 1,106,014 | ||||||
| Sanken Electric Co. Ltd. | 54,100 | 1,364,339 | ||||||
| Sansan, Inc.(b) | 9,900 | 499,530 | ||||||
| SCSK Corp. | 22,600 | 1,211,280 | ||||||
| 16,177,987 | ||||||||
| Materials (8.4%) | ||||||||
| Kansai Paint Co. Ltd. | 98,600 | 2,360,278 | ||||||
| Nippon Paint Holdings Co. Ltd. | 51,500 | 2,461,762 | ||||||
| Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd. | 44,000 | 5,032,001 | ||||||
| 9,854,041 | ||||||||
| Real Estate (3.3%) | ||||||||
| Heiwa Real Estate Co. Ltd. | 66,000 | 1,945,099 | ||||||
| Tokyu Fudosan Holdings Corp. | 271,000 | 1,910,370 | ||||||
| 3,855,469 | ||||||||
| Total Common Stocks | 116,203,164 |
| Shares | Description | Value (US$) | ||||||
| SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT—0.1% | ||||||||
| UNITED STATES—0.1% | ||||||||
| 90,205 | State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class, 1.52%(c) | 90,205 | ||||||
| Total Short-Term Investment—0.1% (cost $90,205) | 90,205 | |||||||
| Total Investments—99.4% (cost $101,565,048) | 116,293,369 | |||||||
| Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities—0.6% | 681,685 | |||||||
| Net Assets—100.0% | $ | 116,975,054 | ||||||
| (a) | All securities are fair valued. Fair values are determined pursuant to procedures approved by the Fund's Board of Directors. Unless otherwise noted, securities are valued by applying valuation factors to the exchange traded prices. See Note (a) of the accompanying Notes to Portfolio of Investments. |
| (b) | Non-income producing security. |
| (c) | Registered investment company advised by State Street Global Advisors. The rate shown is the 7 day yield as of January 31, 2020. |
See Notes to Portfolio of Investments.
Aberdeen Japan Equity Fund, Inc.
Notes to Portfolio of Investments (unaudited)
January 31, 2020
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
a. Security Valuation:
The Fund values its securities at current market value or fair value, consistent with regulatory requirements. "Fair value" is defined in the Fund's Valuation and Liquidity Procedures as the price that could be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between willing market participants without a compulsion to transact at the measurement date.
Equity securities that are traded on an exchange are valued at the last quoted sale price on the principal exchange on which the security is traded at the “Valuation Time” subject to application, when appropriate, of the valuation factors described in the paragraph below. Under normal circumstances, the Valuation Time is as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (usually 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time). In the absence of a sale price, the security is valued at the mean of the bid/ask price quoted at the close on the principal exchange on which the security is traded. Securities traded on NASDAQ are valued at the NASDAQ official closing price. Closed-end funds and exchange-traded funds ("ETFs") are valued at the market price of the security at the Valuation Time. A security using any of these pricing methodologies is determined to be a Level 1 investment.
Foreign equity securities that are traded on foreign exchanges that close prior to the Valuation Time are valued by applying valuation factors to the last sale price or the mean price as noted above. Valuation factors are provided by an independent pricing service provider. These valuation factors are used when pricing the Fund's portfolio holdings to estimate market movements between the time foreign markets close and the time the Fund values such foreign securities. These valuation factors are based on inputs such as depositary receipts, indices, futures, sector indices/ETFs, exchange rates, and local exchange opening and closing prices of each security. When prices with the application of valuation factors are utilized, the value assigned to the foreign securities may not be the same as quoted or published prices of the securities on their primary markets. A security that applies a valuation factor is determined to be a Level 2 investment because the exchange-traded price has been adjusted. Valuation factors are not utilized if the independent pricing service provider is unable to provide a valuation factor or if the valuation factor falls below a predetermined threshold; in such case, the security is determined to be a Level 1 investment.
Short-term investments are comprised of cash and cash equivalents invested in short-term investment funds which are redeemable daily. The Fund sweeps available cash into the State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, which has elected to qualify as a “government money market fund” pursuant to Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, and has an objective to maintain a $1.00 per share net asset value. Generally, these investment types are categorized as Level 1 investments.
In the event that a security’s market quotations are not readily available or are deemed unreliable (for reasons other than because the foreign exchange on which it trades closes before the Valuation Time), the security is valued at fair value as determined by the Fund's Pricing Committee, taking into account the relevant factors and surrounding circumstances using valuation policies and procedures approved by the Fund's Board of Directors. A security that has been fair valued by the Fund's Pricing Committee may be classified as Level 2 or Level 3 depending on the nature of the inputs.
Aberdeen Japan Equity Fund, Inc.