All charts and data below are with dividends reinvested. (Inflation adjustment is OFF !)
EWJ total return snapshot: EWJ returned +30.47% over the past year and +15.98% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Mar. 18, 1996, EWJ is up +142.19% in nominal total return, or +2.96%/yr, and is currently −3.95% below its total-return high on Jun. 22, 2026.
Data ending Thu Jul. 2, 2026
| Mon 1996-03-18💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EWJ × |
+15.98%
2026-07-02 |
+30.47%
2026-07-02 |
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| iShares MSCI Japan ETF Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Mon 1996-03-18💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EWJ × |
+142.19%
+2.96%/yr |
+3.01%/yr
(R2=0.612) |
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| iShares MSCI Japan ETF Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Mon 1996-03-18💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EWJ × |
$10,000.00
1996-03-18 |
$24,219.19
2026-07-02 |
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| iShares MSCI Japan ETF Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Year | EWJ |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +15.98% |
| 2025 | +25.84% |
| 2024 | +7.03% |
| 2023 | +20.29% |
| 2022 | −17.72% |
| 2021 | +1.16% |
| 2020 | +15.40% |
| 2019 | +19.34% |
| 2018 | −14.10% |
| 2017 | +24.27% |
| 2016 | +2.76% |
| 2015 | +9.17% |
| 2014 | −6.21% |
| 2013 | +25.99% |
| 2012 | +9.22% |
| 2011 | −14.76% |
| 2010 | +13.59% |
| 2009 | +3.14% |
| 2008 | −26.97% |
| 2007 | −5.50% |
| 2006 | +5.86% |
| 2005 | +24.34% |
| 2004 | +13.74% |
| 2003 | +38.73% |
| 2002 | −9.86% |
| 2001 | −30.31% |
| 2000 | −26.29% |
| 1999 | +60.86% |
| 1998 | +4.03% |
| 1997 | −24.37% |
| 1996 | −13.28% |
| Mon 1996-03-18💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EWJ × |
−3.95%
from 2026-06-22 peak |
−58.89%
2003-04-25 from 2000-03-31 peak |
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| iShares MSCI Japan ETF Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Period ending Thu 2026-07-02 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EWJ × | +30.47% |
+44.45% +20.19%/yr |
+64.15% +17.96%/yr |
+54.46% +9.08%/yr |
+147.50% +9.49%/yr |
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| iShares MSCI Japan ETF Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
