Transaction in Own Shares

JPMorgan Japanese Inv. Trust PLC
08 January 2008



                       LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT

                     JPMORGAN JAPANESE INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

                 REPURCHASE OF ORDINARY SHARES FOR CANCELLATION


JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust plc has today purchased 166,000 ordinary
shares for cancellation at 187.00 pence per share.

Following the transaction the remaining shares in issue total 174,238,919.



8th January 2008


For further information, please contact:

Andrew Norman
JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Limited, 020 7742 6000


Gavin Tooke
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, 0207 623 8000








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