Sector/Geographical Breakdown

Fleming Japanese Smaller Cos IT PLC
9 April 2002


SECTOR/GEOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWNS BY % AND TEN LARGEST INVESTMENTS, March 2002

THE FLEMING JAPANESE SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST plc

                                                                       %
BY SECTOR

Assets/Liabilities                                                  -0.1
Resources                                                              -
Cyclical Consumer Goods                                              5.2
Cyclical Services                                                   35.5
Financials                                                          15.0
General Industrials                                                 25.3
Information Technology                                               7.3
Non Cyclical Consumer Goods                                          4.9
Non Cyclical Services                                                4.7
Basic Industries                                                     2.2

Total                                                                100


BY TERRITORY                                                           %

Japan                                                              100.1
Assets/Liabilities                                                  -0.1
United Kingdom                                                         -

Total                                                                100


TEN LARGEST INVESTMENTS
                                                              
Yanmada Denki                                                        7.0
Aeon Credit Service                                                  6.2
Otsuka Kagu                                                          5.7
Komori                                                               4.1
Eneserve                                                             3.4
ARRK                                                                 4.1
Yakult Honsha                                                        4.1
Belluna                                                              3.3
Fuji Soft ABC.                                                       3.6
Hosiden                                                              3.2

Total                                                               44.7




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