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Matthews Japan Fund March 31, 2024
Schedule of Investmentsa (unaudited)
COMMON EQUITIES: 97.4%  
  Shares Value
Information Technology: 20.7%
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment: 8.4%
Tokyo Electron, Ltd.  121,300 $31,592,485
Renesas Electronics Corp.  1,196,500 21,322,419
Disco Corp.  26,700 9,759,744
    62,674,648
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components: 4.6%
Keyence Corp.  73,300 34,030,325
IT Services: 4.5%
NEC Corp.  287,100 20,959,834
OBIC Co., Ltd.  83,300 12,582,561
    33,542,395
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals: 2.9%
FUJIFILM Holdings Corp.  977,100 21,940,407
Software: 0.3%
Appier Group, Inc.b  185,200 1,919,991
Total Information Technology   154,107,766
Consumer Discretionary: 20.1%
Broadline Retail: 5.2%
Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings, Ltd.  1,223,500 19,857,487
Pan Pacific International Holdings Corp.  705,800 18,704,913
    38,562,400
Automobiles: 4.5%
Toyota Motor Corp.  819,600 20,715,366
Suzuki Motor Corp.  1,121,600 12,805,608
    33,520,974
Specialty Retail: 4.2%
Fast Retailing Co., Ltd.  69,700 21,594,880
ZOZO, Inc.  383,800 9,525,850
    31,120,730
Automobile Components: 2.5%
Denso Corp.  768,300 14,714,231
Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.  138,100 3,724,913
    18,439,144
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods: 2.3%
Asics Corp.  292,700 13,856,101
Goldwin, Inc.  57,200 3,642,025
    17,498,126
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure: 1.4%
Kyoritsu Maintenance Co., Ltd.  452,200 10,353,857
Total Consumer Discretionary   149,495,231
Industrials: 19.5%
Industrial Conglomerates: 5.9%
Hitachi, Ltd.  338,700 30,950,558
Hikari Tsushin, Inc.  68,000 12,788,841
    43,739,399
   
  Shares Value
Trading Companies & Distributors: 5.5%
Mitsubishi Corp.  982,200 $22,699,851
ITOCHU Corp.  417,500 17,935,633
    40,635,484
Electrical Equipment: 2.9%
GS Yuasa Corp.  539,200 11,237,489
Mitsubishi Electric Corp.  617,100 10,329,605
    21,567,094
Professional Services: 2.9%
Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.  489,000 21,470,429
Construction & Engineering: 1.6%
Kajima Corp.  588,900 12,086,981
Machinery: 0.6%
THK Co., Ltd.  205,100 4,822,231
Commercial Services & Supplies: 0.1%
TOPPAN Holdings, Inc.  45,400 1,138,042
Total Industrials   145,459,660
Financials: 12.6%
Insurance: 4.0%
Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.  959,200 30,067,340
Financial Services: 3.4%
ORIX Corp.  1,143,500 25,010,347
Banks: 3.2%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.  2,339,500 23,802,312
Consumer Finance: 2.0%
Credit Saison Co., Ltd.  721,500 14,882,257
Total Financials   93,762,256
Materials: 7.7%
Chemicals: 6.0%
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.  766,000 33,598,254
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.  376,200 11,036,191
    44,634,445
Construction Materials: 0.9%
Taiheiyo Cement Corp.  281,700 6,487,949
Metals & Mining: 0.8%
Nippon Steel Corp.  250,400 6,025,746
Total Materials   57,148,140
Health Care: 5.1%
Pharmaceuticals: 2.6%
Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.  347,700 11,063,432
Sawai Group Holdings Co., Ltd.  218,200 8,531,220
    19,594,652
Health Care Equipment & Supplies: 2.5%
Terumo Corp.  1,014,200 18,558,494
Total Health Care   38,153,146
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Schedule of Investmentsa (unaudited) (continued)
COMMON EQUITIES (continued)  
  Shares Value
Consumer Staples: 4.3%
Food Products: 2.4%
Ajinomoto Co., Inc.  484,700 $18,100,449
Household Products: 1.3%
Unicharm Corp.  291,500 9,280,270
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail: 0.6%
Trial Holdings, Inc.b  268,200 4,668,430
Total Consumer Staples   32,049,149
Real Estate: 4.0%
Real Estate Management & Development: 4.0%
Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd.  1,837,200 19,807,724
Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd.  560,600 10,228,697
Total Real Estate   30,036,421
Communication Services: 3.4%
Entertainment: 1.4%
Capcom Co., Ltd.  560,600 10,502,342
Wireless Telecommunication Services: 1.4%
SoftBank Group Corp.  171,700 10,196,471
   
  Shares Value
Diversified Telecommunication Services: 0.6%
Internet Initiative Japan, Inc.  237,300 $4,431,002
Total Communication Services   25,129,815
Total Investments: 97.4%   725,341,584
(Cost $563,921,733)    
CASH AND OTHER ASSETS,
LESS LIABILITIES: 2.6%
  19,468,937
Net Assets: 100.0%   $744,810,521
    
a Certain securities were fair valued under the valuation policies approved by the Board of Trustees.
b Non-income producing security.
Other information regarding the Fund is available in the Funds’ most recent report to shareholders. This information is available on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website (www.sec.gov).
 
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