Matthews Japan  MJFOX
  Morningstar Report
Overall Morningstar
Rating™
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As of 2009-10-31
Out of
Japan Stock Funds
Rating derived from a weighted average of the fund's 3, 5, 10-year rating which are based on risk-adjusted performance.
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   Medium
   Growth
  
  
As of 2009-06-30
Day Change
$ -0.01
  
NAV (2009-11-10)
$ 11.14
  
YTD Return % (2009-11-10)
9.32%
  
Total Assets ($ mil)
94
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  Performance    
Growth of $10,000 Fund: Matthews Japan
(from 1999-01-01 to 2009-10-31) Category: Japan Stock
Index: MSCI EAFE NR USD
Total Annualized Returns % 1yr, 3yr and 5yr Returns as of 2009-11-10
Inception date: 1998-12-31 10yr and Inception Returns as of 2009-10-31
YTD Returns as of 2009-11-10
YTD 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year Since Inception
Fund 3.63 23.28 -10.58 -5.44 -5.13 2.88
+/- Category -1.00 11.31 4.79 -1.86 -0.81 ---
+/- MSCI EAFE NR USD -25.98 -29.40 -5.83 -9.70 --- ---
Standardized Annual Returns %   more on standardized returns
Quarter-End (as of 2009-09-30) 7.75 -2.70 -11.91 -3.55 -4.83 2.98
Month-End (as of 2009-10-31) 6.87 15.29 -12.18 -3.83 -5.13 2.88
After Tax Returns % (as of 2009-09-30 )  
On Distribution --- 14.90 -12.53 -4.07 -5.76 ---
On Distribution & Sale of Shares --- 10.37 -10.07 -3.18 -4.43 ---
Morningstar Rating --- --- ---
# of compared funds covered (3 yrs : out of 30 funds), (5 yrs : out of 20 funds), (10 yrs : out of 16 funds). Ratings are based on risk-adjusted performance. The maximum initial sales fee is none, the maximum deferred sales fee is none, and the maximum redemption sales fee is 2.00%.
The performance quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate thus an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted herein.
  Portfolio Profile    
Sector Breakdown %
Information 16.60
Software 3.75
Hardware 4.52
Media 3.19
Telecommunications 5.14
Service 36.70
Healthcare 1.80
Consumer Services 2.11
Business Services 7.53
Financial Services 25.25
Manufacturing 46.71
Consumer Goods 20.33
Industrial Materials 26.37
Energy 0.00
Utilities 0.00
Asset Allocation
% of Net Assets
Cash 0.0
Stocks 100.0
Bonds 0.0
Other 0.0
Foreign Stocks 100.0
(as a % of Assets)
Data through 2009-06-30 Data through 2009-06-30
 
Holding Status
Total Number of Stock Holdings 53 Turnover % 89
Total Number of Bond Holdings 0 30 Day SEC Yield % ---
% of Assets in Top 10 Holdings 33.54 ending as of 2009-09-30
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Top 10 Holdings Sector Country % of Net
Assets
Softbank Corporation Japan 5.55
NIDEC CORPORATION Japan 3.97
NSD Japan 3.75
Toshiba Machine Japan 3.18
GOURMET NAVIGATOR INCORPORATED Japan 3.04
Kyocera Corporation Japan 2.96
Fuji Heavy Industries Japan 2.87
TOSHIBA PLANT SYSTEMS & SERVICES CORP. Japan 2.85
DAIMEI TELECOM ENGINEERING CORP. Japan 2.81
Inpex Holdings Inc. Japan 2.56
Data through 2009-06-30
  Other Information
Fund Inception: 1998-12-31
Portfolio Manager  (Start Date)
Taizo Ishida  (2006-09-29)
Taizo Ishida is a Portfolio Manager at Matthews. Prior to joining Matthews in 2006, Taizo spent six years on the global and international teams at Wellington Management Company as a Vice President and Portfolio Manager. From 1997 to 2000, he was a Senior Securities Analyst and a member of the international investment team at USAA Investment Management Company. From 1990 to 1997, he was a Principal and Senior Research Analyst at Sanford Bernstein & Co. Prior to beginning his investment career at Yamaichi International (America), Inc. as a Research Analyst in 1987, Taizo spent three years in Dhaka, Bangladesh as a Program Officer with the United Nations Development Program. Taizo received a B.A. in Social Science from International Christian University in Tokyo, Japan and an M.A. in International Relations from The City College of New York. He is fluent in Japanese.
Sales Charge %
(taken from prospectus dated 2009-04-29)
Front: None
Deferred: None
Expense Ratio % 1.23
based on net assets
(taken from annual report dated 2008-12-31)
Correspondence Information
Four Embarcadero Center
Suite 550
San Francisco,  CA  94111
USA
Telephone:
800-789-2742
Data on this page does not include the fund's short positions (if any).
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