iShares MSCI Japan ETF

EWJ has been the most established way to own the Japanese stock market from abroad since the 1990s. One of the original single-country ETFs, launched back in 1996, it tracks a broad index of large and mid-sized Japanese companies, giving exposure to the carmakers, electronics firms, banks and trading houses that make up one of the world's largest economies. Issued by BlackRock's iShares, it offers a simple, liquid route into a market that spent decades in the doldrums after its 1980s bubble and has more recently drawn fresh interest as corporate reforms and the end of deflation lifted Japanese shares to record highs. Because the fund holds its stocks in yen while trading in dollars, a big part of the return depends on the currency: a weak yen can erode gains for US investors even when the Tokyo market rises. EWJ is the default building block for adding Japan exposure to a global portfolio.

On MyRWA, EWJ trades tokenized across 19 on-chain venues - see the listings below.