LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT

JPMORGAN JAPANESE INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

(the 'Company')

REPURCHASE OF ORDINARY SHARES INTO TREASURY

Legal Entity Identifier: 549300JZW3TSSO464R15

The Company announces that it has today purchased 75,000 Ordinary Shares into Treasury at 525.827 pence per share.

Following the transaction the Company holds 885,000 shares in Treasury. The shares in issue less the total number of Treasury shares is 160,363,078. The Company will only re-issue shares held in Treasury at a premium to net asset value.

04 August 2020

For further information, please contact:

Faith Pengelly

JPMorgan Funds Limited

020 7742 4000