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Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc as of 02/08/2010

NYSE / JOF

Asset Class: Developed Market Funds

1 YR Lipper Avg: 37.01%

Growth of $10K
Graph reflects most recent month-end data.
Avg Annual Total Return %
	10 YR	5 YR	1 YR	YTD
Market Return	-1.14%	-6.38%	11.31%	0.55%
Lipper Pct. Rank	70	86	79	8

NAV Return	-3.00%	-2.88%	17.97%	3.49%
Lipper Pct. Rank	67	82	79	8

Premium/Discount History
Graph reflects most recent month-end data.
Premium/Discount
10 YR Avg	5 YR Avg	YTD Avg
-1.464%	-0.711%	-10.380%

NAV	$8.31	Market Price	$7.36
Net Change	-$0.05	Market Change	$0.02
Premium/Discount			-11.43%
1 YR NAV Return			17.970%
1 YR NAV Rank			79
12-Mo Yield as of 12/31/2009			Yield Def
Income Only Yield			0.52%
Distribution Yield (Market)			0.72%

Most Recent Income Dividend	$0.053
Ex-Div Date	12/21/2009
Most Recent Cap Gain Dividend	$0.442
Ex-Div Date	12/20/2006
Dividend Frequency	Annually
YTD Dividends	$0.053
YTD Capital Gains	--

Inception Date	3/14/1990
Fund Advisor	Nomura Asset Management USA Inc
Manager & Tenure	Takeshi Ebihara since 2004
Phone	800-833-0018
Website	www.nomura.com
Annual Report	Free Download
Total Net Assets (mil) as of 1/31/2010		$175.5
% Leveraged Assets as of 2/28/2009		--
Portfolio Turnover		76.00%
Mgmt Fees		0.972%
Expense Ratio		1.420%

Fund Objective

The Fund seeks to provide shareholders with long-term capital appreciation primarily through investments in equity securities traded in the Japanese over-the-counter market.

Top Holdings (as of 8/31/2009)
Fuyo General Lease Co Ltd	2.13%
DAICEL CHEM INDS	1.96%
Musashino Bank	1.81%
DAIBIRU CORP	1.78%
Hitachi High Technologies Corp	1.69%
ADEKA CORP	1.54%
San-in Godo Bank	1.54%
ROHTO PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD	1.46%
Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co Ltd	1.45%
Nissay Dowa General Insurance Co Ltd	1.40%

Top Sectors (as of 8/31/2009)
Industrials	23.22%
Financials	18.68%
Basic Materials	15.75%
Consumer Goods	13.67%
Technology	11.52%
Consumer Services	11.45%
Health Care	3.84%
Oil & Gas	0.80%
Telecommunications	0.51%

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