| EWJ | |
|---|---|
| Total return | +134.6% |
| Annualised (CAGR) | +8.9% |
| Volatility (annualised) | +13.7% |
| Sharpe (rf = 0) | 0.65 |
| Deepest drawdown | -33.1% |
| Drawdown peak → trough | 2021-09-15 → 2022-10-20 |
| Fee (annual expense ratio) | 0.50% |
| Dividend yield (12m distributions) | 3.69% (as of 2026-09-29) |
Over the 10.0 years to 2026-09-29 the fund returned +134.6% in total (+8.9% a year), with a deepest drawdown of -33.1% from 2021-09-15 to 2022-10-20. Its worst calendar year was 2022 (-17.7%), its best 2025 (+25.9%).
| Year | EWJ |
|---|---|
| 2026 | +20.2% |
| 2025 | +25.9% |
| 2024 | +7.0% |
| 2023 | +20.3% |
| 2022 | -17.7% |
| 2021 | +1.2% |
| 2020 | +15.4% |
| 2019 | +19.3% |
| 2018 | -14.1% |
| 2017 | +24.3% |
| 2016 | -1.6% |
+134.6% in total, which works out to +8.9% a year over the 10 years to 2026-09-29. Both figures assume dividends were reinvested and the fund's own fees were already deducted, so they are what an investor would have kept — before tax.
2022 — its calendar-year return was -17.7% (net of fees, dividends reinvested). Its best year was 2025 (+25.9%).
-33.1%, from a peak on 2021-09-15 to a trough on 2022-10-20. From that trough it took 503 days (about 16.5 months) to climb back to the earlier peak.
Over the last 12 months it distributed 3.69% of its share price (as of 2026-09-29). That is a past distribution, not a promise of future income, and it is already counted in every return figure on this page.
0.50% a year, and it is already deducted from every return figure on this page. A fund charges it inside the fund rather than billing you, which is why fee differences show up as a smaller final balance, not as a line item.
It does not say EWJ is a good or bad fund, and it is not a forecast. Returns above are history: they already include dividends and already exclude the fund's own fees. A drawdown of -33.1% means an investor who bought at the peak would have watched that much value disappear before it recovered — how long that takes is the part most tables leave out.
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