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EWJ · Ishares MSCI Japan ETF
Over the last 15 years (2011-09 to 2026-10), $10,000 invested in EWJ with dividends reinvested grew to $33,235, 8.24% a year, with a worst peak-to-trough fall of -28.85%. Past performance doesn't predict future results.
Growth of $10,000 · 2011-09 to 2026-10 · dividends reinvested
How EWJ held up in past market crashes
EWJ has been through 5 of the market crashes since 2000 in our data. Its deepest price fall was 60.2% in the Dot-com bust, when the S&P 500 fell 49.1%. It took 18.2 years from the bottom to get back to its high. No fund is safe from losses; past falls do not predict future ones.
| Crash | EWJ deepest fall | S&P 500 (SPY) | Peak to bottom | Back to peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dot-com bust | -60.2% | -49.1% | Mar 2000 to Oct 2002 | 18.2 years |
| 2008 financial crisis | -52.7% | -56.5% | Oct 2007 to Mar 2009 | 8.7 years |
| 2018 fourth-quarter selloff | -19.0% | -20.2% | Oct 2018 to Dec 2018 | 11 months |
| 2020 COVID crash | -24.8% | -34.1% | Feb 2020 to Mar 2020 | 3 months |
| 2022 bear market | -28.3% | -25.4% | Jan 2022 to Oct 2022 | 16 months |
Price declines in the fund's listing currency, dividends not included, inside each crash's S&P 500 peak-to-bottom window. See how 50 popular ETFs compare in the crash study.
About EWJ
iShares MSCI Japan ETF is an exchange-traded fund designed to provide broad exposure to Japanese equities by tracking the MSCI Japan Index. The fund focuses on large- and mid-cap companies across Japan, giving investors diversified access to major sectors such as industrials, financials, technology, and consumer-related businesses. Managed by BlackRock’s iShares platform, it is used as a core building block for gaining single-country exposure to Japan’s public equity market through a passive, index-based structure. The portfolio typically includes established Japanese corporations spanning domestic and global business activities, making the ETF a practical vehicle for reflecting the performance of the country’s stock market in one fund. iShares MSCI Japan ETF plays an important role in the market as a liquid, diversified tool for accessing Japanese listed companies within a regulated investment wrapper.
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