Purchase of Own Securities

Fleming Japanese Inv Trust PLC
08 April 2003





                          STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT

                   THE FLEMING JAPANESE INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

                 REPURCHASE OF ORDINARY SHARES FOR CANCELLATION


The Fleming Japanese Investment Trust plc announces that on 4th April 2003 in
the market they purchased for cancellation 250,000 ordinary shares at 122.5p per
share representing 0.10% of the ordinary shares in issue.


The current repurchase authority for 28,153,007 shares was approved by
shareholders on 19th December 2002.  To date 860,000 shares have been
repurchased under this authority.


The remaining shares in issue following this repurchase total 186,951,919.



8th April 2003



For further information, please contact:


Fraser Easton (Company Secretary)
J.P. Morgan Fleming Asset Management (UK) Limited, 020 7742 3425



Gavin Tooke
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein - Stockbrokers to the Company, 020 7475 6685



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