Purchase of Own Secs-Rplcmnt

Fleming Japanese Inv Trust PLC
9 January 2002

                         STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT


                  THE FLEMING JAPANESE INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

                REPURCHASE OF ORDINARY SHARES FOR CANCELLATION


The issuer advises that the Purchase of Own Securities announcement released
today at 11:48 under RNS Number 7127P has been withdrawn and should be 
disregarded.  It was a duplicate and was previously released under RNS Number 
7092P at 11:26 today.'




Fraser Easton (Company Secretary)
J.P. Morgan Fleming Asset Management (UK) Limited, 020 7742 3425


9th January 2002