Holding(s) in Company

JPMorgan Fleming Japanese Smllr Cos
08 February 2006

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1)   Name of company

JPMORGAN FLEMING JAPANESE SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

2)   Name of shareholder having a major interest

LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC

AS ABOVE

4)   Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number
of shares held by each of them

N/A



5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

N/A


6)   Percentage of issued class

N/A


7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

N/A


8)   Percentage of issued class

N/A



9)           Class of security

ORDINARY 25P SHARES

10)  Date of transaction


NOT NOTIFIED

11)  Date company informed

8 February 2006

12)  Total holding following this notification

5,489,300

13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

13.93%


14)  Any additional information

N/A

15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

VICTORIA STREATER  020 7742 5485

16)  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification



PHILIP JONES 0207742 6000


17) Date of notification



8 February 2006










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