efc11-449_fmnq.htm
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number:  811-05992                                

JAPAN SMALLER CAPITALIZATION FUND, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

Two World Financial Center
Building B, 18th Floor
New York, New York 10281-1712

(Address of principal executive offices)

Shigeru Shinohara
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc.
Two World Financial Center
Building B, 18th Floor
New York, New York 10281-1712

(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 833-0018

Date of fiscal year end:  February 28, 2011                                

Date of reporting period:  March 1, 2011  –  May 31, 2011

 
 

 
 
Item 1.  Schedule of Investments.
 

JAPAN SMALLER CAPITALIZATION FUND, INC.
 
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
 
IN SECURITIES OF UNAFFILIATED ISSUERS
 
May 31, 2011
 
 
 
                           
% of
 
               
Market
   
Unrealized
   
Net
 
   
Shares
   
Cost
   
Value
   
Gain/Loss
   
Assets
 
COMMON STOCKS
                             
Automotive Equipment and Parts
                             
Musashi Seimitsu Industry Co., Ltd.
    116,500     $ 2,199,713     $ 2,856,074     $ 656,361       1.5  
 Ball joints, camshafts, and gears
                                       
Tokai Rika Co., Ltd.
    117,800       2,401,860       2,157,626       (244,234 )     1.1  
 Electronic parts
                                       
Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    112,200       2,625,409       2,434,600       (190,809 )     1.3  
 Resin and rubber parts
                                       
Total Automotive Equipment and Parts
      7,226,982       7,448,300       221,318       3.9  
                                         
                                         
Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals
                                       
Adeka Corporation
    289,600       2,729,378       2,767,934       38,556       1.4  
 Resin products
                                       
Daicel Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    416,000       2,146,528       2,666,043       519,515       1.4  
 Organic/inorganic chemicals
                                       
Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.
    192,100       3,561,131       3,887,133       326,002       2.0  
 Semiconductor materials
                                       
Rohto Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    297,000       3,290,275       3,214,958       (75,317 )     1.7  
 Pharmaceuticals manufacturer
                                       
                                         
Total Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals
      11,727,312       12,536,068       808,756       6.5  
                                         
Electronics
                                       
Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    62,200       1,843,165       1,889,068       45,903       1.0  
 Audio-visual equipment
                                       
Fuji Machine Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    131,100       1,914,874       2,733,434       818,560       1.4  
 Automated assembly machines
                                       
MegaChips Corporation
    137,400       2,385,342       2,374,648       (10,694 )     1.2  
 Large-Scale-Integration circuits
                                       
Shinko Electric Industries Co., Ltd.
    193,900       2,205,233       1,853,254       (351,979 )     1.0  
 Semiconductor packages
                                       
Total Electronics
      8,348,614       8,850,404       501,790       4.6  
                                         
Food Manufacturing
                                       
Fuji Oil Co., Ltd.
    170,500       2,210,509       2,487,398       276,889       1.3  
Palm oil and coconut oil
                                       
Total Food Manufacturing
      2,210,509       2,487,398       276,889       1.3  
                                         
Information and Software
                                       
Itochu Techno-Solutions Corporation
    119,100       4,037,464       4,011,265       (26,199 )     2.1  
 Computer network systems developer
                                       
 
 
 
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JAPAN SMALLER CAPITALIZATION FUND, INC.
 
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
 
IN SECURITIES OF UNAFFILIATED ISSUERS
 
May 31, 2011
 
 
 
                           
% of
 
               
Market
   
Unrealized
   
Net
 
   
Shares
   
Cost
   
Value
   
Gain/Loss
   
Assets
 
                               
Otsuka Corporation
    101,400     $ 6,357,279     $ 5,899,772     $ (457,507 )     3.1  
Computer information system developer
                                       
Sato Corporation
    141,800       1,562,533       1,822,757       260,224       1.0  
 Automation recognition systems
                                       
Total Information and Software
      11,957,276       11,733,794       (223,482 )     6.1  
                                         
Iron and Steel
                                       
Hanwa Co., Ltd.
    583,000       2,301,876       2,402,423       100,547       1.3  
 Steel imports/exports
                                       
Hitachi Metals Ltd.
    158,000       2,136,663       2,054,321       (82,342 )     1.1  
 Specialty steel and metal products
                                       
Neturen Co., Ltd.
    328,500       2,894,890       2,505,320       (389,570 )     1.3  
 Induction hardening equipment
                                       
Total Iron and Steel
      7,333,429       6,962,064       (371,365 )     3.6  
                                         
                                         
Miscellaneous Manufacturing
                                       
Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    649,000       1,840,606       2,075,650       235,044       1.1  
 Non-ferrous metals
                                       
Nihon Kohden Corporation
    130,600       1,925,449       3,050,734       1,125,285       1.6  
 Medical equipment
                                       
Total Miscellaneous Manufacturing
      3,766,055       5,126,384       1,360,329       2.7  
                                         
Retail                                        
Xebio Co., Ltd.
    105,400       2,127,547       2,201,479       73,932       1.1  
 Sporting goods
                                       
Total Retail
      2,127,547       2,201,479       73,932       1.1  
                                         
Services
                                       
Daiseki Co., Ltd.
    130,100       2,665,736       2,558,951       (106,785 )     1.3  
 Waste disposal
                                       
Fuyo General Lease Co., Ltd.
    58,800       1,095,430       1,858,860       763,430       1.0  
 Machinery Leasing
                                       
NEC Networks & System Integration Corporation
    179,200       2,182,592       2,219,748       37,156       1.2  
 Communication systems
                                       
Park24 Co., Ltd.
    309,500       3,240,634       3,011,434       (229,200 )     1.6  
 Parking garages
                                       
Rakuten, Inc.
    2,841       2,277,458       2,883,111       605,653       1.5  
 Manages consumer websites
                                       
Total Services
      11,461,850       12,532,104       1,070,254       6.5  
                                         
Telecommunications
                                       
Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
    273,000       2,152,692       2,135,777       (16,915 )     1.1  
 Wireless communication equipment
                                       
Total Telecommunications
      2,152,692       2,135,777       (16,915 )     1.1  
                                         
Textiles and Apparel
                                       
ABC-Mart, Inc.
    50,600       1,781,794       2,025,992       244,198       1.1  
 Shoes
                                       
Total Textiles and Apparel
      1,781,794       2,025,992       244,198       1.1  
                                         
 
 
 
 
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JAPAN SMALLER CAPITALIZATION FUND, INC.
 
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
 
IN SECURITIES OF UNAFFILIATED ISSUERS
 
May 31, 2011
 
 

 
                           
% of
 
               
Market
   
Unrealized
   
Net
 
   
Shares
   
Cost
   
Value
   
Gain/Loss
   
Assets
 
                                         
Transportation
                                       
Kintetsu World Express Inc.
    68,500     $ 1,725,668     $ 2,258,195     $ 532,527       1.2  
 Distribution services
                                       
Senko Co., Ltd.
    698,000       2,361,560       2,326,810       (34,750 )     1.2  
 Trucking and warehousing
                                       
Total Transportation
      4,087,228       4,585,005       497,777       2.4  
                                         
Wholesale
                                       
Paltac Corporation
    68,400       1,172,950       1,181,298       8,348       0.6  
 Daily necessities
                                       
Total Wholesale
      1,172,950       1,181,298       8,348       0.6  
                                         
TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN COMMON STOCKS
    $ 75,354,238     $ 79,806,067     $ 4,451,829       41.8  
                                         
INVESTMENTS IN FOREIGN CURRENCY
                                       
Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.
                                       
  Non- interest bearing account
JPY 90,279,022     $ 1,117,705     $ 1,110,511     $ (7,194 )     0.2  
TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN FOREIGN CURRENCY
      1,117,705       1,110,511       (7,194 )     0.2  
                                         
TOTAL INVESTMENTS
    $ 76,471,943     $ 80,916,578     $ 4,444,635       42.1  
                                         
OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES, NET
      111,507,739               58.0  
                                         
                    $ 192,424,317               100.0  
+ Non-Income Producing Security
                                       
* Aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all securities in which there is an excess of value over tax cost was $ 14,760,516
         
   Aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all securities in which there is an excess of tax cost over value was $ 13,080,423
         
Portfolio securities and foreign currency holdings were translated at the
                                 
following exchange rate as of May 31, 2011.
                                       
                                         
Japanese Yen
      81.295    
=$1.00
                 
                                         
 

 

 
 
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Item 2.  Controls and Procedures.

(a)  The Registrant’s Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer evaluated the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures within 90 days of the filing of this report and concluded that they were effective in providing reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by the Registrant in its reports or statements filed under the 1934 Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
(b)  There were no changes in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Registrant’s last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 3.  Exhibits.

(a)  Certifications of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 are attached hereto as an exhibit.
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


JAPAN SMALLER CAPITALIZATION FUND, INC.



By:     /s/ Shigeru Shinohara        
        Shigeru Shinohara, President
        (Principal Executive Officer)

Date:  July 28, 2011


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following person on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.



By:     /s/ Rita Chopra-Brathwaite         
        Rita Chopra-Brathwaite, Treasurer
        (Principal Financial Officer)

Date:   July 28, 2011
 
 
 
 
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