RetireJapan

As the title says, is there a way to do this, specifically for the eMAXISLIM funds? I tried searching a bit on the website but couldn't find much. Even found a page which gives you the divident payout history, but it shows as empty for the All Country fund.

Also, looking at the page for many of the funds that people here recommend, it's showing 直近分配金 as 0円. Looking through a good 15-20 of these, I can't find any that are non-zero. Maybe I'm misunderstanding something, but since I've setup my NISA to reinvest dividends, I was assuming that funds paying dividends would be normal! Is there somewhere else I should be looking for this data?

In Japan, mutual funds are allowed to reinvest dividends without paying taxes, so most of them do as this is more tax-efficient. So that is why you are seeing 0 yen as the dividend, because it is reinvested regardless of whether you choose to reinvest or pay out when you buy the fund.

Here is the all country prospectus direct from emaxis: https://emaxis.jp/pdf/koumokuromi/25342 ... 200723.pdf

On the page numbered 9 (page 10 of the PDF file), it lists the date as 25 April. Then it says that they pay the dividend the next working day after that.

It also says:

分配金額の決定にあたっては、信託財産の成長を優先し、原則として分配を抑制する方針とします。

Which roughly translates to: In order to prioritize the growth of the fund's assets, dividends will not be paid in principle.

Interesting that it doesn't say the dividends will be reinvested, but that they will not pay it and prioritize growth.

The dividends (of 0 yen) are also listed on the fund's official page: https://emaxis.jp/fund/253425.html.

Looking at my NISA account, there were "dividends" of 0 yen on 28 April 2020 and 26 April 2019, which correlates with the prospectus and the above page, although one day later for some reason.

Thanks both, really helpful!

So am I correct in assuming it is actually zero? Or is there some undisclosed amount that gets reinvested automatically? Like, assuming the stock market was stagnant, would the amount I have invested suddenly go up on April 26?