BlackRock Japan Co. Ltd

Q4 2015 13F Holdings Report, Stock Holdings

Signature - Title
/s/ Andrew Crain - Attorney-In-Fact pursuant to PoA date October 2015
Location
Tokyo
Holdings as of
December 31, 2015
Value $
$26.8B
Num holdings
1,384
Date filed
2/11/2016, 12:36 PM
Form type
13F-HR
Description
All US holdings of this investor are reported in this report. Top holdings included AAPL, MSFT, XOM, IVV, and GEXXXX. Confidential Treatment Requested (one or more holding(s) omitted).
Previous filing
Q3 2015 - Nov 13, 2015
Sym Weight Trade Impact Company Class Shares Change Activity Value Change $ Value $ * Price $ Shares Principal
Filing 2015 Q4 compared to 2015 Q3 by default.
* Reported Price is the price of the security as of the portfolio date. This value is significant in that it is the last known price at which the security was still held.
An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Confidential Treatment Requested. (The Manager has omitted from this public Form 13F one or more holding(s) for which it is requesting confidential treatment from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to section 13(f) of the Exchange Act and rule 24b-2 thereunder)

Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:

Name Title City, State Date
/s/ Andrew Crain Attorney-In-Fact pursuant to PoA date October 2015 New York, New York 12/31/2015

BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. is an institutionalinvestment manager based in Japan and is subject to Section13(f) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rulespromulgated thereunder. BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. is asubsidiary of BlackRock, Inc. The securities positionsreported by BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd., are also beingreported on behalf of BlackRock, Inc. However, BlackRock, Inc.does not exercise, and therefore disclaims, investment discretionwith respect to any Section 13(f) securities positions overwhich BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. exercises such discretion.