Transaction in Own Shares

JPMorgan Japanese Inv. Trust PLC
25 September 2007





                       LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT

                     JPMORGAN JAPANESE INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

                 REPURCHASE OF ORDINARY SHARES FOR CANCELLATION


JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust plc today purchased 500,000 ordinary shares
for cancellation at 207.75 pence per share.

Following the transaction the remaining shares in issue total 177,003,919.


25th September 2007


For further information, please contact:

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


Dominic Waters
Dresdner Kleinwort - Stockbrokers to the Company
0207 623 8000




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