Purchase of Own Securities

Fleming Japanese Inv Trust PLC
6 February 2002


                          STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT


                   THE FLEMING JAPANESE INVESTMENT TRUST PLC


                 REPURCHASE OF ORDINARY SHARES FOR CANCELLATION


The Fleming Japanese Investment Trust plc announces that yesterday in the market
they purchased for cancellation 25,000 ordinary shares at 163p per share
representing 0.01% of the ordinary shares in issue.

The remaining shares in issue following this repurchase total 190,031,919.

6th February 2002

For further information, please contact:

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

James Moseley
HSBC Securities - Stockbrokers to the Company, 020 7336 2035


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