State Street® SPDR® MSCI Japan UCITS ETF
The State Street® SPDR® MSCI Japan UCITS ETF is an exchange-traded index fund (ETF) from SPDR that tracks the MSCI Japan index physically. With a total expense ratio (TER) of 0.12% per year it is very low-cost for its category. Income is automatically reinvested (accumulating); it trades as a Europe-domiciled UCITS fund. The fund spreads across 167 individual holdings – the largest currently Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. at 4.56%. The full composition plus the sector and country breakdown are shown below; it is one of 104 ETFs we cover.
The ten largest holdings make up 30.0% of the fund, out of 167 in total. The largest sector is Industrials at 24.3% (as of Oct 30, 2026).
Alysly Data Analysis: ZPDJ
Data Points
The map shows how ZPDJ connects to ETFs, indices and other names. Each link is based on measured data and is not a recommendation.
- Fujitsu Limited Stock · holds
- KDDI Corporation Stock · holds
- Marubeni Corporation Stock · holds
- MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings Stock · holds
- Sompo HoldingsInc. Stock · holds
- Sumitomo Corporation Stock · holds
- Takeda Pharmaceutical Stock · holds
- Toyota Tsusho Stock · holds
- XMJP ETF · overlaps with
- XM1D ETF · overlaps with
- MSCI Japan Index · tracks
The 100 Largest Holdings
of 167 in total · as of Oct 30, 2026
Top Sectors
Geographic Breakdown
Holdings lists from our database since Sep 30, 2026, 2 reporting dates.
Changes in Holdings
This compares the holdings list of Sep 30, 2026 with that of Oct 30, 2026: 0 names were added and 1 dropped out. Weights also shift without any buying or selling, because the prices of the holdings move differently.
Removed
- Crasus Chemical Inc. · 0.01%
Weight Up
- Recruit Holdings Co. Ltd. · 3.15% (+0.49 pp)
- Toyota Motor Corp. · 3.61% (+0.31 pp)
- Sony Group Corporation · 2.85% (+0.25 pp)
- Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. · 1.92% (+0.24 pp)
- Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. · 1.32% (+0.22 pp)
Weight Down
- SoftBank Group Corp. · 2.07% (-0.79 pp)
- Kioxia Holdings Corporation · 1.92% (-0.50 pp)
- Tokyo Electron Ltd. · 2.62% (-0.43 pp)
- Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. · 1.28% (-0.24 pp)
- Panasonic Holdings Corporation · 1.03% (-0.22 pp)
Compared With Other Funds
How much this fund overlaps with others — the figure is the share of capital financing the same companies in both.
Data and Charts: ZPDJ
Effective means the number of equally weighted holdings that would produce the same spread as this fund's 167 counted positions.
Key Facts
| Inception | Nov 30, 2015 |
|---|---|
| Distribution | Accumulating |
| Product structure | Physical |
NAV History
The chart shows net asset value per share and is set to the current year by default. The NAV is up 18.0% year to date and up 21.2% over twelve months. The last recorded close on October 30, 2026, was at 75% of the 52-week range.
Net asset value per share in JPY, set once per trading day. It is not an exchange price. Distributions are not added back, so for distributing funds the value drops by the amount paid out on the distribution date.
Net asset values from our database since Nov 30, 2015, 2,793 daily values.
Performance
Calculated from the fund's NAV history.
| Trailing (1Y) | +21.2% | Year to date | +18.0% |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calendar year 2016 | -1.0% | ||
| Calendar year 2017 | +19.3% | ||
| Calendar year 2018 | -15.3% | ||
| Calendar year 2019 | +17.8% | ||
| Calendar year 2020 | +8.5% | ||
| Calendar year 2021 | +13.3% | ||
| Calendar year 2022 | -4.6% | ||
| Calendar year 2023 | +28.4% | ||
| Calendar year 2024 | +20.6% | ||
| Calendar year 2025 | +24.1% |
Published Fund Performance
| Year to date | +22.87% |
|---|---|
| 1 year annualized | +34.59% |
| 3 years annualized | +23.41% |
| 5 years annualized | +17.42% |
| 10 years annualized | +14.25% |
Periods of one year or longer are annualized, as of Sep 30, 2026.
Fundamental Analysis: ZPDJ
Tax (Germany)
Equity ETF: 30% partial exemption (Teilfreistellung). Accumulating → Vorabpauschale advance tax applies. Details.
Technical Analysis: ZPDJ
Correlated With
| Instrument | r | −1 … +1 |
|---|---|---|
| MSCI ACWI | +0.83 | |
| MSCI World ex USA | +0.83 | |
| MSCI Emerging Markets | +0.79 | |
| MSCI EM IMI | +0.79 | |
| MSCI World | +0.77 | |
| Nasdaq 100 | +0.75 | |
| Altria Group Inc. | -0.51 | |
| Arch Capital Group Ltd. | -0.47 | |
| Republic Services Inc. | -0.46 |
The strongest co-movers are listed at the top, the strongest inverse movers at the bottom. Low or negative correlations can help spread risk more broadly across a portfolio.
Based on the underlying index MSCI Japan's own correlations — we don't have individual price series for UCITS ETFs.