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NEW YORK, Dec. 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc. (NYSE: JOF) (the “Fund”) announced that it would make an ordinary income distribution of $0.3118 per share payable on December 27, 2024 to shareholders of record on December 19, 2024. The ex-dividend date will be December 19, 2024. The amounts and sources of distributions reported in this press release are only estimates and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of...

NEW YORK, Sept. 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc. (NYSE: JOF) (the “Fund”) announced that it will hold its annual meeting of shareholders (the “Meeting”) at the offices of Nomura Asset Management U.S.A. Inc., 309 West 49 th Street, New York, NY 10019, at 10:30 a.m., Eastern Time on November 21, 2024. The record date for determining shareholders entitled to participate in the Meeting is September 26, 2024. The Fund invests primarily in the securities of...

NEW YORK, May 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nomura Asset Management U.S.A. Inc. (“NAM-USA”), the manager of Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc. (NYSE: JOF) (the “Fund”) announces that Hiroaki Tanaka of Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd. (“NAM-Tokyo”) has replaced Makoto Ito of NAM-Tokyo as the Fund’s deputy portfolio manager effective April 30, 2024. Atsushi Katayama of NAM-Tokyo will continue to serve as the lead portfolio manager for the Fund and Mr. Ito will continue on the...

NEW YORK, Dec. 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc. (NYSE: JOF) (the “Fund”) announced that it would make an ordinary income distribution of $0.2655 per share payable on December 27, 2023 to shareholders of record on December 19, 2023. The ex-dividend date will be December 18, 2023. The amounts and sources of distributions reported in this press release are only estimates and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of...

NEW YORK, Sept. 25, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc. (NYSE: JOF) (the “Fund”) announced that it will hold its annual meeting of shareholders (the “Meeting”) at the offices of Nomura Asset Management U.S.A. Inc., 309 West 49 th Street, New York, NY 10019, at 10:30 a.m., Eastern Time on November 20, 2023. The record date for determining shareholders entitled to participate in the Meeting is September 26, 2023. The Fund invests primarily in the securities of...

NEW YORK, March 31, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nomura Asset Management U.S.A. Inc. (NAM-USA), the manager of Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc. (NYSE: JOF) (the “Fund”) announced today that Atsushi Katayama of Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd. (“NAM-Tokyo”) will replace Hiromitsu Daimon as the Fund’s lead portfolio manager effective April 1, 2023. Makoto Ito of NAM-Tokyo will continue to serve as a portfolio manager for the Fund. Mr. Katayama is a portfolio manager at NAM-Tokyo...

NEW YORK, Dec. 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc. (NYSE: JOF) (the “Fund”) announced that it would make an ordinary income distribution of $0.0461 per share payable on December 28, 2022 to shareholders of record on December 20, 2022. The ex-dividend date will be December 19, 2022. The amounts and sources of distributions reported in this press release are only estimates and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of...

NEW YORK, Oct. 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc. (NYSE: JOF) (the “Fund”) announced that it will reschedule its annual meeting of shareholders (the “Meeting”) previously announced from November 21, 2022, at 10:30 a.m., Eastern Time to December 15, 2022, at 10:30 a.m., Eastern Time. The Meeting will be held virtually. The record date for determining shareholders entitled to participate in the Meeting has remained as of September 23, 2022. The Fund...

NEW YORK, Sept. 16, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc. (NYSE: JOF) (the “Fund”) announced that it will hold its annual meeting of shareholders (the “Meeting”) on November 21, 2022, at 10:30 a.m., Eastern Time. The Meeting will be held virtually. The record date for determining shareholders entitled to participate in the Meeting is September 23, 2022. The Fund invests primarily in the securities of smaller capitalization companies in Japan and is designed for...

NEW YORK, Dec. 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc. (NYSE: JOF) (the “Fund”) announced that it would make an ordinary income distribution of $0.2116 per share, a short-term capital gains distribution of $0.2837 per share, and a long-term capital gains distribution of $0.1108 per share, payable on December 28, 2021 to shareholders of record on December 17, 2021. The ex-dividend date will be December 16, 2021. The amounts and sources of distributions reported in...

NEW YORK, Sept. 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc. (NYSE: JOF) (the “Fund”) announced that it will hold its virtual-only 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”) on Monday, November 22, 2021, at 10:30 a.m., Eastern Time, to consider the election of its Directors. The Directors nominated for election will serve for a term of one year and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. The record date for determining shareholders entitled...

NEW YORK, Dec. 07, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc. (NYSE: JOF) (the “Fund”) announced that it would make an ordinary income distribution of $0.1281 per share and a long-term capital gains distribution of $0.2160 per share, payable on December 28, 2020 to shareholders of record on December 18, 2020. The ex-dividend date will be December 17, 2020. The amounts and sources of distributions reported in this press release are only estimates and are not being...

NEW YORK, Sept. 14, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc. (NYSE: JOF) (the “Fund”) announced that it will hold its 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”) on Tuesday, November 24, 2020, at 10:30 A.M. to consider the election of three Directors. The Fund’s Board of Directors previously approved the declassification of the Fund’s board pursuant to a process that is being implemented over a three-year period. As a result, the three Directors...

NEW YORK, Dec. 06, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc. (NYSE: JOF) (the “Fund”) announced that it would make an ordinary income distribution of $0.2703 per share, a short-term capital gains distribution of $0.1259 per share, and a long-term capital gains distribution of $0.3464 per share, payable on December 27, 2019 to shareholders of record on December 18, 2019. The ex-dividend date will be December 17, 2019. The amounts and sources of distributions reported in...

NEW YORK, Sept. 13, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc. (NYSE: JOF) (the “Fund”) announced that it will hold its 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”) at the offices of Nomura Asset Management U.S.A. Inc., Worldwide Plaza, 309 West 49 th Street, 28 th Floor, New York, New York, on Tuesday, November 26, 2019, at 10:30 A.M. to consider the election of two Directors. The Fund’s Board of Directors has approved the declassification of the Fund’s...

NEW YORK, Dec. 07, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc. (NYSE: JOF) (the “Fund”) announced that it would make an ordinary income distribution of $0.0926 per share, a short-term capital gains distribution of $0.2126 per share, and a long-term capital gains distribution of $1.4044 per share, payable on December 27, 2018 to shareholders of record on December 17, 2018. The ex-dividend date will be December 14, 2018. The amounts and sources of distributions reported in...

NEW YORK, Nov. 26, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc. (NYSE: JOF) (the “Fund”) announced that the two Directors proposed for election, Rodney A. Buck and David B. Chemidlin, were elected to three-year terms at the Fund’s 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The Fund also announced that a shareholder proposal requesting the Board of Directors to take action to declassify the Board had been approved. The shareholder proposal was a precatory, non-binding...

NEW YORK, Oct. 05, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc. (NYSE: JOF) (the “Fund”) announced that it will hold its 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”) at the offices of Nomura Asset Management U.S.A. Inc., Worldwide Plaza, 309 West 49 th Street, 28 th Floor, New York, New York, on Tuesday, November 20, 2018, at 10:30 A.M. to consider the election of two Directors to serve as Class III Directors, to serve for a term to expire in 2021 and a...