AGM Statement

Baillie Gifford Japan Trust PLC
06 December 2006

                      THE BAILLIE GIFFORD JAPAN TRUST PLC

                     Annual General Meeting 6 December 2006



At the AGM held on 6 December 2006 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 2007, with 99.96% 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 2007 or at the conclusion of the 2007 AGM of the Company, unless
previously varied, revoked or renewed; and

•         shareholders extended  the Directors' authority to issue shares and
sell treasury shares on a non-pre-emptive basis from 5% to 10%. The Directors
have indicated that the authority will only be used to issue shares or sell
treasury shares at above net asset value.



The full text of all the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual
General Meeting contained in the Annual Report and Accounts, copies of which are
available for viewing at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility,
which is situated at:



Financial Services Authority

25 The North Colonnade

Canary Wharf

London

E14 5HS



Tel. no. (0)20 7676 1000



                                                            Baillie Gifford & Co

                                                               Company Secretary

                                                                6  December 2006








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