---
ticker: "EWJ"
name: "iShares MSCI Japan ETF"
url: "https://etf.net/etf/EWJ"
grade: "A"
score: 72
graded_at: "2026-10-12"
category: "Japan"
category_rank: "6 of 18"
methodology: "https://etf.net/methodology"
---

# EWJ: iShares MSCI Japan ETF

Grade **A**, Score 72 of 100. Rank 6 of 18 in Japan.

Graded Oct 12, 2026.

## Grade pillars

| Pillar | Score | Category rank |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cost | 56 | 8 of 18 |
| Mission | 100 | 1 of 14 |
| Risk | 42 | 13 of 18 |
| Tradability | 98 | 1 of 18 |
| Holdings | 51 | 11 of 18 |
| Durability | 90 | 1 of 18 |

## Top holdings

The fund holds 170 positions. These are the largest 30, by weight.

| # | Ticker | Name | Weight |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 8306.T | Mitsubishi Ufj Financial Group | 4.36% |
| 2 | 6857.T | Advantest | 3.59% |
| 3 | 8035.T | Tokyo Electron | 3.26% |
| 4 | 7203.T | Toyota Motor | 3.25% |
| 5 | 6501.T | Hitachi | 2.96% |
| 6 | 8316.T | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group | 2.79% |
| 7 | 6098.T | Recruit Holdings Ltd | 2.77% |
| 8 | 6758.T | Sony Group | 2.62% |
| 9 | 9984.T | Softbank Group Corp | 2.54% |
| 10 | 285A.T | Kioxia Holdings | 2.37% |
| 11 | 8411.T | Mizuho Financial Group | 2.25% |
| 12 | 6861.T | Keyence | 1.79% |
| 13 | 8766.T | Tokio Marine Holdings | 1.66% |
| 14 | 8058.T | Mitsubishi | 1.66% |
| 15 | 9983.T | Fast Retailing | 1.55% |
| 16 | 6981.T | Murata Manufacturing | 1.52% |
| 17 | 8001.T | Itochu | 1.41% |
| 18 | 7011.T | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | 1.39% |
| 19 | 8031.T | Mitsui | 1.33% |
| 20 | 6752.T | Panasonic Holdings | 1.22% |
| 21 | 4063.T | Shin Etsu Chemical | 1.18% |
| 22 | 6503.T | Mitsubishi Electric | 1.15% |
| 23 | 4502.T | Takeda Pharmaceutical | 1.10% |
| 24 | 7974.T | Nintendo | 1.05% |
| 25 | 9433.T | Kddi | 0.99% |
| 26 | 7741.T | Hoya | 0.99% |
| 27 | 5803.T | Fujikura | 0.96% |
| 28 | 2914.T | Japan Tobacco | 0.94% |
| 29 | 6702.T | Fujitsu | 0.85% |
| 30 | — | Jpy Cash | 0.84% |

Source: etf.net, https://etf.net/etf/EWJ. Please cite the page URL.