Transaction in Own Shares

JPMorgan Japanese Inv. Trust PLC
03 July 2007



                       LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT

                     JPMORGAN JAPANESE INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

                 REPURCHASE OF ORDINARY SHARES FOR CANCELLATION



JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust plc has today purchased 200,000 ordinary
shares for cancellation at 225.75 pence per share.

Following the transaction the remaining shares in issue total 181,751,919.



3rd July 2007

For further information, please contact:

Andrew Norman
JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Limited, 020 7742 6000

Gavin Tooke
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein - Stockbrokers to the Company
0207 623 8000




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