Holding(s) in Company

JPMorgan Fleming Japanese IT PLC
04 August 2005

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1)   Name of company.

JPMORGAN FLEMING JAPANESE INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

2)   Name of shareholder having a major interest.


BARCLAYS PLC

3)   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial
interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that
person's spouse or children under the age of 18.

AS ABOVE

4)   Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number
of shares held by each of them.

BARCLAYS TRUST CO                         99,336
BOISS NOMINEES                            79,901
CHASE NOMINEES                            91,154
CLYDESDALE NOMINEES                       58,491
GERRARD NOMINEES                          10,150
GREIG MIDDLETON NOMINEES                 104,090
JPMORGAN                               2,618,976
R C GREIG NOMINEES LIMITED             2,676,148

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

NOT DISCLOSED

6)   Percentage of issued class.

NOT DISCLOSED


7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed.

N/A

8)   Percentage of issued class.

N/A

9)   Class of security.

ORDINARY 25P SHARES

10)  Date of transaction.

NOT DISCLOSED

11)  Date company informed.

2ND AUGUST 2005

12)  Total holding following this notification.

5,738,246

13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification.

3.09%

14)  Any additional information.

N/A

15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries.

JENNIFER PALMER      020 7742 3458

16)  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification

ANDREW NORMAN


Date of notification:

4TH AUGUST 2005


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