---
ticker: "SCJ"
name: "iShares MSCI Japan Small-Cap ETF"
url: "https://etf.net/etf/SCJ"
grade: "A"
score: 74
graded_at: "2026-10-12"
category: "Japan"
category_rank: "3 of 18"
methodology: "https://etf.net/methodology"
---

# SCJ: iShares MSCI Japan Small-Cap ETF

Grade **A**, Score 74 of 100. Rank 3 of 18 in Japan.

Graded Oct 12, 2026.

## Grade pillars

| Pillar | Score | Category rank |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cost | 56 | 8 of 18 |
| Mission | 96 | 9 of 14 |
| Risk | 71 | 1 of 18 |
| Tradability | 72 | 5 of 18 |
| Holdings | 90 | 1 of 18 |
| Durability | 64 | 8 of 18 |

## Top holdings

The fund holds 767 positions. These are the largest 30, by weight.

| # | Ticker | Name | Weight |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | — | Jpy Cash | 1.00% |
| 2 | 6963.T | Rohm | 0.71% |
| 3 | 5831.T | Shizuoka Financial Group Inc | 0.65% |
| 4 | 6976.T | Taiyo Yuden Ltd | 0.64% |
| 5 | 7167.T | Mebuki Financial Group Inc | 0.63% |
| 6 | 8354.T | Fukuoka Financial Group | 0.56% |
| 7 | 6532.T | Baycurrent Inc | 0.56% |
| 8 | 3436.T | Sumco | 0.55% |
| 9 | 5333.T | Ngk | 0.55% |
| 10 | 3563.T | Food & Life Companies | 0.54% |
| 11 | 5334.T | Niterra | 0.53% |
| 12 | 4021.T | Nissan Chemical Corp | 0.52% |
| 13 | 9147.T | Nippon Express Holdings | 0.52% |
| 14 | 6645.T | Omron | 0.52% |
| 15 | 9962.T | Misumi Group | 0.51% |
| 16 | 6506.T | Yaskawa Electric | 0.50% |
| 17 | 3099.T | Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings | 0.50% |
| 18 | 2768.T | Sojitz Corp | 0.49% |
| 19 | 6448.T | Brother Industries | 0.48% |
| 20 | 7701.T | Shimadzu | 0.47% |
| 21 | 5844.T | Kyoto Financial Group | 0.47% |
| 22 | 2269.T | Meiji Holdings Ltd | 0.46% |
| 23 | 6856.T | Horiba | 0.46% |
| 24 | 8359.T | Hachijuni Nagano Bank | 0.45% |
| 25 | 6724.T | Seiko Epson | 0.45% |
| 26 | 5411.T | Jfe Holdings | 0.45% |
| 27 | 4704.T | Trend Micro | 0.44% |
| 28 | 8334.T | Gunma Bank | 0.44% |
| 29 | 5101.T | Yokohama Rubber | 0.42% |
| 30 | 4204.T | Sekisui Chemical | 0.42% |

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