Skip to main content

ETF comparison

EWJ vs FLJP

Both International Developed.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF · Franklin FTSE Japan ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
81.0 %

168 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWJ and FLJP would leave roughly 81.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

EWJ unmatched 18.8% Shared 81.0% FLJP unmatched 19.4%

Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.

In EWJ only
0 positions
Shared
168 positions
In FLJP only
309 positions

Side by side

EWJ

iShares MSCI Japan ETF

iShares · International Developed

71 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.49%
Net assets
$23.40B
TTM yield
3.94%
Top-10 conc.
30.1%
FLJP

Franklin FTSE Japan ETF

Franklin Templeton · International Developed

84 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.090%
Net assets
$4.27B
TTM yield
4.37%
Top-10 conc.
25.4%

Sub-score comparison

51
Cost
91
75
Tax efficiency
74
100
Liquidity
84
71
Concentration
78
—
Tracking quality
—
EWJ sub-score FLJP

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

FLJP is 40 bps cheaper than EWJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $400/yr more in fees for EWJ.

Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with EWJ vs FLJP.

Top shared holdings

168 shared in total
# Holding In EWJ In FLJP Overlap
1 Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 4.62% 3.46% 3.46%
2 Tokyo Electron Limited 2.98% 3.37% 2.98%
3 TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 3.53% 2.89% 2.89%
4 ADVANTEST CORPORATION 2.91% 2.33% 2.33%
5 Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. 2.96% 2.27% 2.27%
6 SoftBank Group Corp. 2.27% 2.23% 2.23%
7 Hitachi, Ltd. 2.85% 1.96% 1.96%
8 Sony Group Corporation 2.74% 1.92% 1.92%
9 Kioxia Holdings Corporation 1.84% 2.99% 1.84%
10 Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. 2.39% 1.81% 1.81%
11 KEYENCE CORPORATION 1.86% 1.51% 1.51%
12 Recruit Holdings Co.,Ltd. 2.85% 1.50% 1.50%

Only in EWJ

0 total

Every EWJ position is also held by FLJP.

Only in FLJP

309 total
  • INSTITUTIONAL FIDUCIARY TRUST 0.80%
  • KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORP 0.25%
  • TAIYO YUDEN CO LTD 0.25%
  • NGK CORP 0.20%
  • NITERRA CO LTD 0.19%
  • YASKAWA ELECTRIC CORP 0.18%
  • ROHM COMPANY LTD 0.17%
  • SUMCO CORP 0.14%
  • TOTO LTD 0.13%
  • SHIZUOKA FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.13%

Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

Open EWJ or FLJP at a brokerage

Both funds trade commission-free at major US brokerages.

Affiliate links — opening an account through these earns PlainIndex a one-time referral. Scoring is computed before any affiliate consideration; see our methodology and funding disclosure.

Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see /methodology/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.