AGM Statement

Baillie Gifford Japan Trust PLC
05 December 2007


                      THE BAILLIE GIFFORD JAPAN TRUST PLC

                     Annual General Meeting 5 December 2007



At the AGM held on 5 December 2007 all resolutions were passed, including those
detailed below:

•         shareholders voted to approve the continuance of the Company until the
AGM to be held in respect of the year to 31 August 2008, with 99.8% of those
voting supporting the resolution;

•         shareholders authorised the Company to renew its authority to make
market purchases of up to 14.99 per cent of the Company's issued share capital,
being 9,284,056 ordinary shares of 5p.  The authority will expire at the earlier
of  31 December 2008 or at the conclusion of the 2008 AGM of the Company, unless
previously varied, revoked or renewed.


The full text of all the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual
General Meeting contained in the Annual Report and Accounts which is available
for viewing at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, the address
of which is shown below. A copy of the resolutions passed under special business
have also been submitted to the UK Listing Authority Document Viewing Facility
and will shortly be available for inspection.



Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5HS

Tel. no. (0)20 7676 1000

                                                            Baillie Gifford & Co
                                                               Company Secretary
                                                                5  December 2007



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