Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii			Fidelity Japanese Values PLC
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights				Y
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		FIL Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		See section 9
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		24 August 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:		25 August  2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		13%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of  voting rights x

Indirect

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GB0003328555

13,725,548

13,725,548

1,645,775

1,645,775

12,079,773

1.44%

10.59%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/ Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Subscription shares

86.50p

29 April 2016

1,082,739

Nominal

Delta

0.95%

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

14,808,287

12.98%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Custodian  Total Management Company BBHISL NOMINEES LIMITED         2,085,973 FIL JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH           728,320 FISL FIL NOMINEE (SHAREHOLDINGS) LTD GENPEP         5,664,466 FIL BNY MELLON NOMINEES LTD         6,329,528 FIL Grand Total       14,808,287
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		FIL Limited
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:		463,279
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:		24 August 2015
13. Additional information:	FIL may exercise any voting rights attaching to Fidelity ISA or Fidelity Share plan clients beneficial shareholding unless the client has elected to exercise such rights themselves.
14. Contact name:	Sally-Ann Hatton
15. Contact telephone number:	[e-mail], 01737 837148

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name	Christopher Pirnie For and on behalf of FIL Investments International
Contact address	Kingswood Place, Millfield Lane, Lower Kingswood, Tadworth, Surrey KT20 6RB
Phone number & email	01737 837929
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)

C: Additional information

Issuer name: FIDELITY JAPANESE VALUES PLC Current ownership percentage: 12.98% Total shares held: 14,808,287 Issued share capital: 114,025,893 FIL Limited (FIL) is the parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, including FIL Fund Management Limited (FFML), FIL Investment Services (UK) Ltd (FISL), FIL Gestion (FIGEST), FIL Asset Management (Korea) Limited (FIAKL), FIL Investments Management (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), FIL Pensions Management (FPM), Fidelity Investments Japan (FIJ) and FIL Investments International (FII), investment managers for various non-US investment companies and institutional clients. Ordinary shares BBHISL Nominees Limited 2,085,973 shares (direct) JPMorgan, Bournemouth 728,320 shares (indirect) FIL Nominee (Shareholdings) Ltd GENPEP 5,664,466 shares (indirect) BNY Mellon Nominees Ltd  6,329,528 shares (indirect)

i This form is to be sent to the issuer or underlying issuer and to be filed with the competent authority.

ⁱⁱ Either the full name of the legal entity or another method for identifying the issuer or underlying issuer provided it is reliable and accurate.

ⁱⁱⁱ This should be the full name of (a) the shareholder; (b) the person acquiring, disposing of or exercising voting rights in the cases provided for in DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h); (c) all the parties to the agreement referred to in DTR5.2.1 (a), or (d) the direct or indirect holder of financial instruments entitled to acquire shares already issued to which voting rights are attached, or the direct or indirect holder of financial instruments having a similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments, as appropriate.

In relation to the transactions referred to in points DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h), the following list is provided as indication of the persons who should be mentioned:

- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (b), the person that acquires the voting rights and is entitled to exercise them under the agreement and the natural person or legal entity who is transferring temporarily for consideration the voting rights;

- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR 5.2.1 (c), the person holding the collateral, provided the person or entity controls the voting rights and declares its intention of exercising them, and person lodging the collateral under these conditions;

- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1(d), the person who has a life interest in shares if that person is entitled to exercise the voting rights attached to the shares and the person who is disposing of the voting rights when the life interest is created;

- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (e), the parent undertaking and, provided it has a notification duty at an individual level under DTR 5.1, under DTR5.2.1 (a) to (d) or under a combination of any of those situations, the controlled undertaking;

- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (f), the deposit taker of the shares, if he can exercise the voting rights attached to the shares deposited with him at his discretion, and the depositor of the shares allowing the deposit taker to exercise the voting rights at his discretion;

- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (g), the person that controls the voting rights;

- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (h), the proxy holder, if he can exercise the voting rights at his discretion, and the shareholder who has given his proxy to the proxy holder allowing the latter to exercise the voting rights at his discretion.

^iv Applicable in the cases provided for in DTR 5.2.1 (b) to (h). This should be the full name of the shareholder or holder of financial instruments who is the counterparty to the natural person or legal entity referred to in DTR5.2.

^v The date of the transaction should normally be, in the case of an on exchange transaction, the date on which the matching of orders occurs; in the case of an off exchange transaction, the date of entering into an agreement.

The date on which a threshold is crossed should normally be the date on which the acquisition, disposal or possibility to exercise voting rights takes effect (see DTR 5.1.1R (3)). For passive crossings, the date when the corporate event took effect.

In the case of financial instruments with a similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments, the date on which a threshold is reached or crossed is the date of entering into the agreement. In the case of reaching or crossing a threshold passively as a result of a change in a delta adjusted holding or due to a change in the total voting rights of the issuer, the date should be that when the delta adjustment occurs or the total voting rights change rather than the date at which the agreement was entered into.

^vi Please refer to the situation disclosed in the previous notification, In case the situation prior to the triggering transaction was below 3%, please state ‘below 3%’.

^vii If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold, the notifying party should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding, only that the new holding is less than 3%.

^viii Direct and Indirect

^ix In case of combined holdings of shares with voting rights attached ‘direct holding’ and voting rights ‘indirect holdings’, please split the voting rights number and percentage into the direct and indirect columns-if there is no combined holdings, please leave the relevant box blank.

^x If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold, the notifying party should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding, only that the new holding is below 3%.

^xi Voting rights attached to shares in respect of which the notifying party is a direct shareholder (DTR 5.1)

^xii Voting rights held by the notifying party as an indirect shareholder (DTR 5.2.1)

^xiii date of maturity / expiration of the financial instrument i.e. the date when the right to acquire shares ends.

^xiv If the financial instrument has such a period-please specify the period- for example once every three months starting from the [date]

^xv In case of notifying the aggregate of all voting rights deemed to be held as a result of holdings of instruments having a similar economic effect to (but not including) qualifying instruments on a nominal basis, please also provide the exercise price and either expiration date, or conversion period. If notifying on a nominal basis there is no requirement to then provide the delta-adjusted figures as well.

^xvi In case of notifying the aggregate of all voting rights deemed to be held as a result of holdings of instruments having a similar economic effect to (but not including) qualifying instruments on a delta-adjusted basis, please provide the expiration date/conversion period as appropriate.

^xvii expiration date of the financial instrument with a similar economic effect to a qualifying financial instrument i.e. the date when the instrument is due to be settled.

^xviii If the financial instrument has a conversion/settlement period-please specify the period- for example once every three months starting from the [date]

^xix Nominal and delta-adjusted basis (transitional period to run until 31 December 2009)

^xx If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold, the notifying party should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding, only that the new holding is below 3%.

^xxi The notification should include the name(s) of the controlled undertakings through which the voting rights are held. The notification should also include the amount of voting rights and the percentage held, or deemed to be held, by each controlled undertaking, insofar as individually the controlled undertaking holds 3% or more, and insofar as the notification by the parent undertaking is intended to cover the notification obligations of the controlled undertaking.

^xxii This annex is only to be filed with the competent authority.