0001752724-19-084751.txt : 20190729 0001752724-19-084751.hdr.sgml : 20190729 20190729171513 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001752724-19-084751 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: NPORT-EX PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20190531 FILED AS OF DATE: 20190729 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: iShares, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000930667 IRS NUMBER: 510396525 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 0831 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: NPORT-EX SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-09102 FILM NUMBER: 19982230 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 400 HOWARD STREET CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94105 BUSINESS PHONE: (415) 670-2000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 400 HOWARD STREET CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94105 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: iSHARES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20070126 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ISHARES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20000516 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: WEBS INDEX FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19970211 0000930667 S000004249 iShares MSCI Japan ETF C000011953 iShares MSCI Japan ETF EWJ ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001752724-19-078011 NPORT-EX 1 NPORT_6174794198150733.htm iShares MSCI Japan ETF

Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) 

May 31, 2019

  

iShares® MSCI Japan ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

   
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.3%            

SG Holdings Co. Ltd.

    556,700     $ 15,079,481  

Yamato Holdings Co. Ltd.

    1,191,700       24,157,787  
   

 

 

 
      39,237,268  
Airlines — 0.2%            

ANA Holdings Inc.

    444,200       14,875,535  

Japan Airlines Co. Ltd.

    444,900       13,985,206  
   

 

 

 
      28,860,741  
Auto Components — 2.3%            

Aisin Seiki Co. Ltd.

    633,800       21,043,970  

Bridgestone Corp.

    2,208,600       82,566,957  

Denso Corp.

    1,674,900       64,820,905  

Koito Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

    402,700       18,693,143  

NGK Spark Plug Co. Ltd.

    628,000       11,053,263  

Stanley Electric Co. Ltd.

    509,000       11,654,377  

Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.

    2,915,500       35,216,931  

Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd.

    629,900       6,985,030  

Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd.

    250,000       4,372,553  

Toyota Industries Corp.

    565,700       29,125,148  

Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. (The)

    471,000       7,869,160  
   

 

 

 
      293,401,437  
Automobiles — 7.5%            

Honda Motor Co. Ltd.

    6,318,300       154,269,521  

Isuzu Motors Ltd.

    2,131,300       23,555,699  

Mazda Motor Corp.

    2,181,900       21,331,677  

Mitsubishi Motors Corp.

    2,585,400       12,191,801  

Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.

    8,944,500       60,516,967  

Subaru Corp.

    2,380,300       55,290,045  

Suzuki Motor Corp.

    1,424,600       67,677,521  

Toyota Motor Corp.

    8,834,400       519,445,633  

Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd.

    1,087,000       18,651,448  
   

 

 

 
      932,930,312  
Banks — 5.8%            

Aozora Bank Ltd.

    471,000       11,448,022  

Bank of Kyoto Ltd. (The)

    206,400       8,079,208  

Chiba Bank Ltd. (The)

    2,167,200       10,399,366  

Concordia Financial Group Ltd.

    4,168,400       15,971,028  

Fukuoka Financial Group Inc.

    666,100       11,417,104  

Japan Post Bank Co. Ltd.

    1,563,200       16,009,932  

Mebuki Financial Group Inc.

    3,407,080       8,566,731  

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc.

    47,568,080       219,538,244  

Mizuho Financial Group Inc.

    93,446,480       132,283,896  

Resona Holdings Inc.

    8,080,200       34,225,964  

Seven Bank Ltd.

    2,166,000       5,545,918  

Shinsei Bank Ltd.(a)

    628,500       8,931,849  

Shizuoka Bank Ltd. (The)

    1,778,500       14,087,129  

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.

    5,140,500       179,106,714  

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc.

    1,284,832       47,156,855  
   

 

 

 
      722,767,960  
Beverages — 1.3%            

Asahi Group Holdings Ltd.

    1,402,400       61,701,725  

Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Holdings Inc.

    478,800       10,883,522  

Kirin Holdings Co. Ltd.

    3,181,700       69,011,315  

Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd.

    537,300       22,343,168  
   

 

 

 
      163,939,730  
Biotechnology — 0.1%            

PeptiDream Inc.(b)

    362,000       18,037,486  
   

 

 

 
Security   Shares     Value  
Building Products — 1.4%            

AGC Inc./Japan

    704,900     $ 22,690,541  

Daikin Industries Ltd.

    964,000       117,464,610  

LIXIL Group Corp.

    1,054,200       13,515,509  

TOTO Ltd.

    556,800       20,743,781  
   

 

 

 
      174,414,441  
Capital Markets — 0.9%            

Daiwa Securities Group Inc.

    5,905,300       25,802,204  

Japan Exchange Group Inc.

    1,969,000       30,539,222  

Nomura Holdings Inc.

    12,818,000       40,410,789  

SBI Holdings Inc./Japan

    902,010       20,860,669  
   

 

 

 
      117,612,884  
Chemicals — 3.8%            

Air Water Inc.

    575,200       8,571,712  

Asahi Kasei Corp.

    4,878,800       50,282,083  

Daicel Corp.

    1,013,100       8,631,061  

Hitachi Chemical Co. Ltd.

    391,400       10,475,785  

JSR Corp.

    773,200       11,002,478  

Kaneka Corp.

    190,200       6,569,192  

Kansai Paint Co. Ltd.

    686,600       13,007,932  

Kuraray Co. Ltd.

    1,239,900       14,229,016  

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp.

    4,946,000       32,402,393  

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co. Inc.

    644,300       8,040,769  

Mitsui Chemicals Inc.

    705,500       15,510,279  

Nippon Paint Holdings Co. Ltd.

    564,900       22,372,277  

Nissan Chemical Corp.

    481,500       20,444,071  

Nitto Denko Corp.

    604,300       26,437,255  

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd.

    1,405,500       117,113,134  

Showa Denko KK

    535,700       14,737,609  

Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd.

    5,754,000       24,907,944  

Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corp.

    481,600       9,030,970  

Teijin Ltd.

    690,400       11,274,043  

Toray Industries Inc.

    5,312,900       36,548,054  

Tosoh Corp.

    1,003,700       12,738,647  
   

 

 

 
      474,326,704  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.0%            

Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd.

    956,600       20,748,727  

Park24 Co. Ltd.

    471,000       8,849,551  

Secom Co. Ltd.

    812,600       69,520,989  

Sohgo Security Services Co. Ltd.

    275,400       13,316,601  

Toppan Printing Co. Ltd.

    928,900       13,568,827  
   

 

 

 
      126,004,695  
Construction & Engineering — 0.8%            

JGC Corp.

    849,600       11,346,258  

Kajima Corp.

    1,715,500       23,526,406  

Obayashi Corp.

    2,483,200       22,825,085  

Shimizu Corp.

    2,282,600       18,605,581  

Taisei Corp.

    781,500       28,539,236  
   

 

 

 
      104,842,566  
Construction Materials — 0.1%            

Taiheiyo Cement Corp.

    471,000       13,925,029  
   

 

 

 
Consumer Finance — 0.2%            

Acom Co. Ltd.

    1,537,300       5,153,831  

AEON Financial Service Co. Ltd.

    435,270       6,963,518  

Credit Saison Co. Ltd.

    629,200       6,780,235  
   

 

 

 
      18,897,584  
Containers & Packaging — 0.1%            

Toyo Seikan Group Holdings Ltd.

    550,400       10,422,495  
   

 

 

 
 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

May 31, 2019

  

iShares® MSCI Japan ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.1%            

Benesse Holdings Inc.

    276,600     $ 6,440,201  
   

 

 

 
Diversified Financial Services — 0.7%            

Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Co. Ltd.

    1,539,300       7,684,095  

ORIX Corp.

    5,121,500       72,406,194  

Tokyo Century Corp.

    162,400       6,581,257  
   

 

 

 
      86,671,546  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.9%        

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.

    2,480,700       111,177,400  
   

 

 

 
Electric Utilities — 1.1%            

Chubu Electric Power Co. Inc.

    2,491,300       33,993,654  

Chugoku Electric Power Co. Inc. (The)

    1,082,900       13,554,327  

Kansai Electric Power Co. Inc. (The)

    2,720,000       31,703,062  

Kyushu Electric Power Co. Inc.

    1,464,800       14,449,006  

Tohoku Electric Power Co. Inc.

    1,651,000       16,848,335  

Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings Inc.(b)

    5,896,800       30,305,452  
   

 

 

 
      140,853,836  
Electrical Equipment — 1.7%            

Fuji Electric Co. Ltd.

    491,200       16,422,344  

Mitsubishi Electric Corp.

    7,055,300       88,406,499  

Nidec Corp.(a)

    863,000       108,019,065  
   

 

 

 
      212,847,908  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 5.6%  

Alps Alpine Co. Ltd.

    805,000       13,345,614  

Hamamatsu Photonics KK

    544,000       19,540,410  

Hirose Electric Co. Ltd.

    125,958       13,805,205  

Hitachi High-Technologies Corp.

    265,300       11,301,059  

Hitachi Ltd.

    3,737,900       126,897,531  

Keyence Corp.

    353,552       200,294,575  

Kyocera Corp.

    1,241,000       75,711,573  

Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

    2,222,600       96,314,372  

Nippon Electric Glass Co. Ltd.

    318,100       7,658,424  

Omron Corp.

    743,800       35,348,911  

Shimadzu Corp.

    860,400       21,562,500  

TDK Corp.

    501,800       34,200,506  

Yaskawa Electric Corp.

    927,900       26,920,424  

Yokogawa Electric Corp.

    881,700       17,158,942  
   

 

 

 
      700,060,046  
Entertainment — 1.8%            

Konami Holdings Corp.

    361,800       17,061,165  

Nexon Co. Ltd.(b)

    1,900,000       28,296,569  

Nintendo Co. Ltd.

    437,600       155,976,238  

Toho Co. Ltd./Tokyo

    437,800       18,790,219  
   

 

 

 
      220,124,191  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 1.4%  

Daiwa House REIT Investment Corp.

    7,178       16,964,078  

Japan Prime Realty Investment Corp.

    3,032       12,957,384  

Japan Real Estate Investment Corp.

    5,098       30,285,149  

Japan Retail Fund Investment Corp.

    10,130       20,395,284  

Nippon Building Fund Inc.

    5,245       35,844,255  

Nippon Prologis REIT Inc.

    6,774       14,730,292  

Nomura Real Estate Master Fund Inc.

    15,023       23,300,697  

United Urban Investment Corp.

    11,219       18,495,980  
   

 

 

 
      172,973,119  
Food & Staples Retailing — 1.6%            

Aeon Co. Ltd.

    2,529,400       43,738,876  

FamilyMart UNY Holdings Co. Ltd.

    980,900       23,633,750  

Lawson Inc.

    194,800       9,096,348  
Security   Shares     Value  
Food & Staples Retailing (continued)            

Seven & i Holdings Co. Ltd.

    2,912,480     $ 98,338,952  

Sundrug Co. Ltd.

    276,100       6,921,890  

Tsuruha Holdings Inc.

    142,500       11,431,499  

Welcia Holdings Co. Ltd.

    183,000       6,421,644  
   

 

 

 
      199,582,959  
Food Products — 1.5%            

Ajinomoto Co. Inc.

    1,713,900       29,155,637  

Calbee Inc.

    315,000       8,935,759  

Kikkoman Corp.

    560,900       23,272,894  

MEIJI Holdings Co. Ltd.

    442,256       30,997,634  

NH Foods Ltd.

    333,000       13,464,149  

Nisshin Seifun Group Inc.

    765,175       17,787,720  

Nissin Foods Holdings Co. Ltd.

    243,700       14,769,017  

Toyo Suisan Kaisha Ltd.

    343,700       13,421,948  

Yakult Honsha Co. Ltd.

    462,900       26,347,889  

Yamazaki Baking Co. Ltd.

    471,000       7,075,303  
   

 

 

 
      185,227,950  
Gas Utilities — 0.6%            

Osaka Gas Co. Ltd.

    1,447,600       25,692,150  

Toho Gas Co. Ltd.(a)

    287,300       11,192,991  

Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd.

    1,485,300       36,901,651  
   

 

 

 
      73,786,792  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.3%            

Asahi Intecc Co. Ltd.

    374,500       19,177,711  

Hoya Corp.

    1,476,000       102,745,642  

Olympus Corp.

    4,483,600       53,064,020  

Sysmex Corp.

    642,100       44,525,636  

Terumo Corp.

    2,496,400       71,000,536  
   

 

 

 
      290,513,545  
Health Care Providers & Services — 0.4%            

Alfresa Holdings Corp.

    725,800       18,282,873  

Medipal Holdings Corp.

    708,100       15,332,656  

Suzuken Co. Ltd./Aichi Japan

    279,040       17,193,439  
   

 

 

 
      50,808,968  
Health Care Technology — 0.2%            

M3 Inc.

    1,626,600       30,741,729  
   

 

 

 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.9%            

McDonald’s Holdings Co. Japan Ltd.(a)

    255,800       11,638,517  

Oriental Land Co. Ltd./Japan

    773,300       94,370,021  
   

 

 

 
      106,008,538  
Household Durables — 3.3%            

Casio Computer Co. Ltd.

    748,000       8,342,878  

Iida Group Holdings Co. Ltd.

    568,080       9,009,751  

Nikon Corp.

    1,242,900       17,010,817  

Panasonic Corp.

    8,533,015       67,965,474  

Rinnai Corp.

    129,100       8,465,964  

Sekisui Chemical Co. Ltd.

    1,401,500       20,614,280  

Sekisui House Ltd.

    2,401,600       38,520,713  

Sharp Corp./Japan(a)

    803,500       7,311,610  

Sony Corp.

    4,915,400       237,994,546  
   

 

 

 
      415,236,033  
Household Products — 0.6%            

Lion Corp.

    865,400       16,769,989  

Pigeon Corp.

    446,400       17,000,820  

Unicharm Corp.

    1,570,400       47,137,312  
   

 

 

 
      80,908,121  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

May 31, 2019

  

iShares® MSCI Japan ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.1%

 

Electric Power Development Co. Ltd.

    565,000     $ 12,390,191  
   

 

 

 
Industrial Conglomerates — 0.7%            

Keihan Holdings Co. Ltd.(a)

    373,400       16,112,171  

Toshiba Corp.

    2,151,000       68,348,607  
   

 

 

 
      84,460,778  
Insurance — 3.2%  

Dai-ichi Life Holdings Inc.

    4,168,500       60,430,293  

Japan Post Holdings Co. Ltd.

    6,087,400       67,391,709  

MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings Inc.

    1,834,540       58,225,419  

Sompo Holdings Inc.

    1,300,350       49,247,425  

Sony Financial Holdings Inc.

    588,000       13,040,792  

T&D Holdings Inc.

    2,181,900       22,818,765  

Tokio Marine Holdings Inc.

    2,504,900       124,604,788  
   

 

 

 
          395,759,191  
Interactive Media & Services — 0.4%  

Kakaku.com Inc.

    527,900       10,706,293  

LINE Corp.(a)(b)

    233,800       6,826,120  

Yahoo Japan Corp.

    10,945,500       31,553,687  
   

 

 

 
      49,086,100  
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.5%  

Mercari Inc.(b)

    287,600       8,476,353  

Rakuten Inc.(a)

    3,300,300       34,500,027  

ZOZO Inc.(a)

    780,600       13,429,987  
   

 

 

 
      56,406,367  
IT Services — 1.3%            

Fujitsu Ltd.

    760,000       51,483,307  

GMO Payment Gateway Inc.

    158,548       10,659,916  

Itochu Techno-Solutions Corp.

    373,500       9,274,290  

Nomura Research Institute Ltd.

    436,504       21,347,789  

NTT Data Corp.

    2,439,200       29,205,250  

Obic Co. Ltd.

    249,000       30,111,628  

Otsuka Corp.

    403,200       15,652,664  
   

 

 

 
      167,734,844  
Leisure Products — 1.0%            

Bandai Namco Holdings Inc.

    772,398       37,988,536  

Sankyo Co. Ltd.

    173,600       6,635,413  

Sega Sammy Holdings Inc.

    639,800       7,589,799  

Shimano Inc.

    286,300       43,877,799  

Yamaha Corp.

    554,500       24,948,031  
   

 

 

 
      121,039,578  
Machinery — 5.1%            

Amada Holdings Co. Ltd.

    1,313,900       13,553,470  

Daifuku Co. Ltd.(a)

    395,100       19,905,107  

FANUC Corp.

    748,900       127,431,982  

Hino Motors Ltd.

    1,108,300       8,788,821  

Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. Ltd.

    414,700       9,667,103  

Hoshizaki Corp.

    211,200       15,989,537  

IHI Corp.

    567,000       12,653,382  

JTEKT Corp.

    771,000       8,180,447  

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd.

    550,500       12,335,864  

Komatsu Ltd.

    3,571,200       79,482,430  

Kubota Corp.

    4,051,600       61,963,452  

Kurita Water Industries Ltd.

    383,500       9,215,303  

Makita Corp.

    864,700       30,343,145  

MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.

    1,416,400       20,820,395  

MISUMI Group Inc.

    1,099,000       25,922,533  

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.

    1,239,100       54,357,203  

Nabtesco Corp.

    434,800       10,992,641  
Security   Shares     Value  
Machinery (continued)            

NGK Insulators Ltd.

    1,011,500     $ 13,731,992  

NSK Ltd.

    1,382,200       11,113,614  

SMC Corp./Japan(a)

    222,900       73,434,336  

Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd.

    426,800       13,542,031  

THK Co. Ltd.

    471,000       9,660,760  
   

 

 

 
          643,085,548  
Marine — 0.1%            

Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd.

    442,600       9,441,046  

Nippon Yusen KK

    591,100       8,944,760  
   

 

 

 
      18,385,806  
Media — 0.5%            

CyberAgent Inc.

    394,100       15,172,351  

Dentsu Inc.

    837,700       27,389,685  

Hakuhodo DY Holdings Inc.

    901,700       14,184,698  
   

 

 

 
      56,746,734  
Metals & Mining — 1.1%            

Hitachi Metals Ltd.

    791,500       7,887,663  

JFE Holdings Inc.

    1,923,950       26,721,774  

Kobe Steel Ltd.

    1,225,800       7,598,097  

Maruichi Steel Tube Ltd.

    213,400       5,591,738  

Mitsubishi Materials Corp.

    431,400       11,256,332  

Nippon Steel Corp.

    3,126,970       52,027,366  

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd.

    898,800       23,692,062  
   

 

 

 
      134,775,032  
Multiline Retail — 0.6%  

Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd.

    1,248,460       10,325,739  

J Front Retailing Co. Ltd.

    888,200       9,284,891  

Marui Group Co. Ltd.

    734,600       15,317,839  

Pan Pacific International Holdings Corp.

    427,500       26,459,129  

Ryohin Keikaku Co. Ltd.

    90,900       16,467,907  
   

 

 

 
      77,855,505  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.9%  

Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd.

    757,929       21,465,638  

Inpex Corp.

    3,955,000       32,011,550  

JXTG Holdings Inc.

    12,345,795       58,957,354  
   

 

 

 
      112,434,542  
Paper & Forest Products — 0.1%  

Oji Holdings Corp.

    3,328,500       17,290,113  
   

 

 

 
Personal Products — 2.4%            

Kao Corp.

    1,891,300       147,715,625  

Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

    188,800       14,050,233  

Kose Corp.

    128,300       20,289,302  

Pola Orbis Holdings Inc.

    355,400       9,836,307  

Shiseido Co. Ltd.

    1,546,900       111,599,058  
   

 

 

 
      303,490,525  
Pharmaceuticals — 5.8%            

Astellas Pharma Inc.

    7,271,550       97,947,427  

Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

    864,100       57,619,931  

Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd.

    2,193,469       106,163,293  

Eisai Co. Ltd.

    975,600       57,354,408  

Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co. Inc.

    203,400       8,167,847  

Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co. Ltd.

    956,700       18,063,412  

Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp.

    866,300       10,236,822  

Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

    1,468,200       25,963,104  

Otsuka Holdings Co. Ltd.

    1,508,800       50,666,220  

Santen Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

    1,415,000       20,369,744  

Shionogi & Co. Ltd.

    1,040,100       56,902,547  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

May 31, 2019

  

iShares® MSCI Japan ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Pharmaceuticals (continued)            

Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co. Ltd.

    615,000     $ 12,625,696  

Taisho Pharmaceutical Holdings Co. Ltd.

    139,000       11,381,165  

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

    5,748,500       194,255,091  
   

 

 

 
      727,716,707  
Professional Services — 1.3%            

Persol Holdings Co. Ltd.

    687,900       14,648,167  

Recruit Holdings Co. Ltd.

    4,593,100       146,708,458  
   

 

 

 
      161,356,625  
Real Estate Management & Development — 2.8%  

Aeon Mall Co. Ltd.

    394,200       5,790,919  

Daito Trust Construction Co. Ltd.

    277,100       36,074,681  

Daiwa House Industry Co. Ltd.

    2,189,900       65,570,941  

Hulic Co. Ltd.

    1,020,600       8,102,760  

Mitsubishi Estate Co. Ltd.

    4,572,700       84,104,830  

Mitsui Fudosan Co. Ltd.

    3,454,000       83,713,571  

Nomura Real Estate Holdings Inc.

    473,600       9,744,622  

Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. Ltd.

    1,289,100       47,574,706  

Tokyu Fudosan Holdings Corp.

    2,360,600       13,175,442  
   

 

 

 
          353,852,472  
Road & Rail — 4.4%            

Central Japan Railway Co.

    556,600       116,087,562  

East Japan Railway Co.

    1,179,700       112,021,248  

Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc.

    883,800       31,827,382  

Keikyu Corp.(a)

    850,700       14,408,817  

Keio Corp.

    396,100       26,412,747  

Keisei Electric Railway Co. Ltd.

    489,100       18,289,164  

Kintetsu Group Holdings Co. Ltd.

    664,400       31,820,216  

Kyushu Railway Co.

    629,200       18,776,035  

Nagoya Railroad Co. Ltd.

    705,200       19,472,158  

Nippon Express Co. Ltd.

    314,000       16,744,739  

Odakyu Electric Railway Co. Ltd.

    1,141,000       28,163,758  

Seibu Holdings Inc.

    786,300       13,165,953  

Tobu Railway Co. Ltd.

    738,000       21,478,978  

Tokyu Corp.

    1,930,900       34,252,023  

West Japan Railway Co.

    628,000       49,164,172  
   

 

 

 
      552,084,952  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 1.3%  

Advantest Corp.

    774,000       18,185,347  

Disco Corp.

    103,000       14,391,066  

Renesas Electronics Corp.(b)

    2,893,800       13,193,009  

Rohm Co. Ltd.

    373,200       23,167,101  

SUMCO Corp.

    933,000       10,337,546  

Tokyo Electron Ltd.

    606,352       82,596,786  
   

 

 

 
      161,870,855  
Software — 0.3%            

Oracle Corp. Japan(b)

    148,400       10,373,991  

Trend Micro Inc./Japan

    489,000       21,956,021  
   

 

 

 
      32,330,012  
Specialty Retail — 1.8%            

ABC-Mart Inc.

    127,000       7,930,555  

Fast Retailing Co. Ltd.

    227,200       131,350,164  

Hikari Tsushin Inc.

    81,300       16,488,381  

Nitori Holdings Co. Ltd.

    309,700       36,867,350  

Shimamura Co. Ltd.

    84,100       6,429,012  

USS Co. Ltd.

    845,900       16,072,684  

Yamada Denki Co. Ltd.(a)

    2,424,100       11,341,863  
   

 

 

 
      226,480,009  
Security   Shares     Value  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 2.3%  

Brother Industries Ltd.

    860,200     $ 14,759,867  

Canon Inc.

    3,867,850       109,186,832  

FUJIFILM Holdings Corp.

    1,392,200       66,664,037  

Konica Minolta Inc.

    1,746,600       15,410,940  

NEC Corp.

    978,300       36,266,705  

Ricoh Co. Ltd.

    2,590,600       25,148,445  

Seiko Epson Corp.

    1,085,900       16,002,210  
   

 

 

 
      283,439,036  
Tobacco — 0.9%            

Japan Tobacco Inc.

    4,640,800       106,536,440  
   

 

 

 
Trading Companies & Distributors — 3.8%  

ITOCHU Corp.

    5,210,100       95,924,383  

Marubeni Corp.

    6,043,500       38,039,400  

Mitsubishi Corp.

    5,219,600       136,192,741  

Mitsui & Co. Ltd.

    6,423,900       99,250,216  

MonotaRO Co. Ltd.(a)

    473,000       10,111,287  

Sumitomo Corp.

    4,593,800       66,363,116  

Toyota Tsusho Corp.

    822,400       23,746,019  
   

 

 

 
      469,627,162  
Transportation Infrastructure — 0.1%  

Japan Airport Terminal Co. Ltd.(a)

    196,900       7,471,591  

Kamigumi Co. Ltd.

    415,000       9,800,230  
   

 

 

 
      17,271,821  
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 5.4%  

KDDI Corp.

    6,853,300       176,011,302  

NTT DOCOMO Inc.

    5,149,200       118,349,791  

Softbank Corp.

    6,470,100       84,023,403  

SoftBank Group Corp.

    3,193,700       301,500,576  
   

 

 

 
      679,885,072  
   

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks — 98.7%
(Cost: $14,278,222,982)

          12,346,976,231  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

   
Money Market Funds — 0.6%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares,
    2.53%(c)(d)(e)

    63,448,374       63,473,754  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares,
    2.33%(c)(d)

    5,768,579       5,768,579  
   

 

 

 
      69,242,333  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments — 0.6%
(Cost: $69,231,230)

 

    69,242,333  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities — 99.3%
(Cost: $14,347,454,212)

 

    12,416,218,564  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.7%

 

    89,219,861  
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $ 12,505,438,425  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(b) 

Non-income producing security.

(c) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(d) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period-end.

(e) 

All or a portion of this security was purchased with cash collateral received from loaned securities.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

May 31, 2019

  

iShares® MSCI Japan ETF

    

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliates of the Fund during the nine months ended May 31, 2019, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

 

 
Affiliated Issuer    Shares
Held at
08/31/18
     Net Activity      Shares
Held at
05/31/19
     Value at
05/31/19
     Income      Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

 

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares

     71,651,613        (8,203,239      63,448,374      $ 63,473,754      $ 1,718,462 (a)     $ 31,263      $ (6,732

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

     6,517,877        (749,298      5,768,579        5,768,579        168,491                
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
            $ 69,242,333      $ 1,886,953      $ 31,263      $ (6,732
        

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Includes securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities (excluding collateral investment fees), net of fees and other payments to and from borrowers of securities, and less fees paid to BTC as securities lending agent.

 

Futures Contracts

 

 

 
Description    Number of
Contracts
       Expiration
Date
       Notional
Amount
(000)
       Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

 

 

Long Contracts

                 

TOPIX Index

     1,127          06/13/19        $ 156,322        $ (8,344,883
                 

 

 

 

Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to a recently published shareholder report. Shareholder reports are available on the Fund’s website at www.iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of May 31, 2019. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

 

 
     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

 

 

Investments

                 

Assets

                 

Common Stocks

   $ 12,346,976,231        $             —        $             —        $ 12,346,976,231  

Money Market Funds

     69,242,333                            69,242,333  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ 12,416,218,564        $        $        $ 12,416,218,564  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative financial instruments(a)

                 

Liabilities

                 

Futures Contracts

   $ (8,344,883      $        $        $ (8,344,883
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Shown at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the contracts.

 

 

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