Listing Rule 9.6.14

Baillie Gifford Japan Trust PLC
30 March 2007

                      The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust PLC

                              Listing Rule 9.6.14

The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust PLC hereby gives notification that Mr RA
Barfield, a non-executive director of the Company, has resigned as a
non-executive director of Equitas Ltd on 30 March 2007.

                                                            Baillie Gifford & Co

                                                             Company Secretaries

                                                                   30 March 2007


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