Which Japan stocks moved this week? (Aug 24, 2026)

Taking the Japan holdings inside the ETFs we track, here is where the movement was in the latest data.

Biggest gains:

• ITOCY (Itochu Corporation) $13.05, 2.68% — held by 1 ETF
• KDDIY (KDDI Corp) $18.35, 2.40% — held by 1 ETF
• HMC (Honda Motor) $33.37, 2.36% — held by 1 ETF
• MUFG (Mitsubishi UFJ) $22.04, 2.23% — held by 4 ETFS
• SMFG (Sumitomo Mitsui) $25.05, 2.08% — held by 1 ETF

Biggest falls:

• RCRRF (Recruit Holdings) $98.77, -5.01% — held by 1 ETF
• SFTBY (SoftBank Group) $16.53, -1.43% — held by 1 ETF
• RCRUY (Recruit Holdings) $20.07, -0.94% — held by 1 ETF
• HTHIY (Hitachi) $32.82, -0.73% — held by 2 ETFS
• SHECY (Shin-Etsu Chemical) $18.97, -0.68% — held by 2 ETFS

Two cautions on reading a list like this. A single day's move tells you very little about a business, and small companies move further on less volume — so the top of a gainers list is often the least liquid name rather than the most improved one.

Companies trading within 5% of their 52-week high this week: HMC, JAPAY.

Where a stock sits in its 52-week range is a momentum observation, not a valuation one — a company can sit at a high and still be cheap, or at a low and still be expensive.

The more useful follow-up for a fund investor is which ETFs hold these companies and at what weight, because that is what actually moves your portfolio. Each name above links to that breakdown.