ABRDN JAPAN EQUITY FUND, INC. (JEQ)

Latest Insider Confidence Score

2025Q4

47.4
Bearish

Company insider confidence (by quarter)

2004Q1 2025Q4

Largest shareholders

Insider Role (last 12 mo) Shares held Filed at
Weinstein Boaz 10% Owner 1,514,739 Aug 21, 2025
Saba Capital Management, L.P. 10% Owner 551,552 Sep 17, 2025
Gruber Martin J Director 8,096 Jan 7, 2004
Porter Rahn K Director 4,000 Sep 28, 2011
Dowling Austin C Director 4,000 Jan 7, 2004

Recent buy/sell transactions

Exec date Filing date Insider Role Signal Confidence Shares % of shares Under plan? Amount (USD)
Oct 10, 2025 Oct 14, 2025 Maher Bill Director Neutral 27.5 -1,249 -100.00% ✗ -
Oct 10, 2025 Oct 14, 2025 DiMartino Rose Director Neutral 27.5 -364 -100.00% ✗ -
Oct 10, 2025 Oct 14, 2025 Clark Anthony S. Director Neutral 27.5 -364 -100.00% ✗ -
Oct 10, 2025 Oct 14, 2025 Ajmera Radhika Director Neutral 27.5 -623 -100.00% ✗ -
Sep 3, 2025 Oct 10, 2025 Maher Bill Director Sell 26.3 -2,182 -63.59% ✗ $17.5K
Sep 19, 2025 Iamthongthong Pruksa Other Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Sep 15, 2025 Sep 17, 2025 Saba Capital Management, L.P. 10% Owner Sell 16.3 -963,187 -63.59% ✗ $7.7M
Sep 3, 2025 Sep 5, 2025 Clark Anthony S. Director Sell 27.5 -636 -63.60% ✗ $5.1K
Sep 3, 2025 Sep 5, 2025 DiMartino Rose Director Sell 27.5 -636 -63.60% ✗ $5.1K
Sep 3, 2025 Sep 5, 2025 Ajmera Radhika Director Sell 27.5 -1,090 -63.60% ✗ $8.8K
Sep 3, 2025 Sep 5, 2025 Maher Bill Director Sell 26.3 -2,183 -61.82% ✗ $17.6K
Aug 19, 2025 Aug 21, 2025 Saba Capital Management, L.P. 10% Owner Sell 51.3 -1,730 -0.11% ✗ $14.1K
Jun 3, 2025 Jun 5, 2025 Saba Capital Management, L.P. 10% Owner Buy 47.5 +640 0.04% ✗ $4.6K
May 29, 2025 May 30, 2025 Saba Capital Management, L.P. 10% Owner Buy 72.5 +7,596 0.50% ✗ $54.2K
May 28, 2025 May 29, 2025 Saba Capital Management, L.P. 10% Owner Buy 90.0 +52,651 3.62% ✗ $374.3K
May 19, 2025 Muliany Henny Other Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
May 19, 2025 O'Brien David Ian Other Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
May 14, 2025 Saba Capital Management, L.P. 10% Owner Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Mar 20, 2025 Arakawa Hisashi President Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Feb 19, 2025 Siow Jiping Alvin Other Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Dec 20, 2024 Silue Kolotioloma President Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Oct 2, 2024 Oct 4, 2024 DiMartino Rose Director Buy 90.0 +1,000 100.00% ✗ $6.2K
Aug 23, 2024 Aug 27, 2024 Maher Bill Director Buy 90.0 +809 31.62% ✗ $5K
Aug 14, 2024 Aug 16, 2024 Maher Bill Director Buy 90.0 +1,000 64.16% ✗ $5.9K
Jun 18, 2024 Taggart Michael President Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
May 23, 2024 DiMartino Rose Director Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Apr 12, 2024 Kong Ho Loon Other Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Dec 8, 2023 Grant Andrew Philip Other Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Jul 10, 2023 Jul 12, 2023 Maher Bill Director Buy 90.0 +1,500 100.00% ✗ $8.8K
Jun 15, 2023 Maher Bill Director Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Mar 30, 2023 Gebauer Katie Lynn President Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Jan 27, 2023 Corey Katherine A. President Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Oct 31, 2022 Aik Ai Hua Other Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Feb 3, 2022 Kim Andrew Wonil President Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Feb 3, 2022 Hepp Robert W. President Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Jan 31, 2022 Kwok Chern Yeh President Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Jan 31, 2022 Marsico Michael President Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Jan 31, 2022 Kordeck Brian President Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Oct 18, 2021 Nov 1, 2021 BIRD STEPHEN Director Buy 90.0 +1,000 100.00% ✗ $9.3K
Aug 12, 2021 Aug 13, 2021 MALONE PETER GERALD Director Buy 90.0 +1,000 100.00% ✗ $9.1K
Jun 24, 2021 BIRD STEPHEN Director Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Jun 4, 2021 MALONE PETER GERALD Director Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Apr 26, 2021 Buehlmann Rene Other Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Jun 25, 2020 Keener Matthew Assistant Secretary Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Jun 25, 2020 O'Connor James Joseph President Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Jun 25, 2020 Demetriou Chris President Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Mar 2, 2020 McCabe Adam Other Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Sep 12, 2019 GILBERT MARTIN JAMES Director Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Aug 8, 2019 Hendry Andrew Peter Other Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Oct 30, 2018 Oct 31, 2018 Ajmera Radhika Director Buy 90.0 +1,097 100.00% ✗ $8K
Sep 19, 2018 Sep 24, 2018 Clark Anthony Director Buy 90.0 +1,000 100.00% ✗ $8.3K
Sep 19, 2018 Sep 24, 2018 Clark Anthony Director Buy 90.0 +1,000 100.00% ✗ $8.3K
May 11, 2018 Duigan Vance Michael Other Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
May 12, 2017 Kheng Guet Tay Other Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Mar 29, 2017 Lim Terence Other Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Mar 22, 2017 Andolina Joseph President Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Jan 9, 2017 Cheong Flavia Other Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Jun 20, 2016 Ng Hui Lin Other Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Sep 15, 2015 Clark Anthony Director Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Aug 27, 2015 Macdonald Ian Other Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Aug 27, 2015 Amstad Donald Roy Other Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Jul 31, 2015 Foo Li-Nee Other Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Jul 31, 2015 CHONG YOON CHOU Other Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Jul 31, 2015 CORFE PATRICK JAMES J Other Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Jul 31, 2015 Hadow Nicholas Philip Hugh Other Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Jul 31, 2015 YOUNG HUGH Other Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Jul 31, 2015 CHEOK YU UN CORINNE Other Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Jul 31, 2015 Kang Puay-ju Other Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Jul 31, 2015 Rodriguez Victor Other Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Jul 31, 2015 Sock-Hwei Lim Other Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Jul 29, 2015 Narracott Andrew Other Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Dec 10, 2014 HENDRY BEVERLEY President Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Sep 3, 2014 Ajmera Radhika Director Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Mar 5, 2014 Ferrari Sharon Assistant Secretary Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Mar 5, 2014 Rosala Sofia President Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Oct 1, 2012 Sitar Lucia President Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Oct 1, 2012 O'Keefe John Assistant Treasurer Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Oct 1, 2012 Hasson Heather Assistant Secretary Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Oct 1, 2012 Kennedy Megan Secretary Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Oct 1, 2012 Pittard Christian President Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Oct 1, 2012 Nichols Jennifer A President Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Oct 1, 2012 Marshall Gary President Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Oct 1, 2012 Melia Andrea Treasurer Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Oct 1, 2012 Cotton Jeffrey President Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Oct 1, 2012 Goodson Alan R President Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Sep 26, 2011 Sep 28, 2011 Porter Rahn K Director Buy 91.3 +2,000 100.00% ✗ $10.4K
Mar 26, 2008 Mar 27, 2008 Porter Rahn K Director Buy 91.3 +2,000 100.00% ✗ $13.9K
Mar 17, 2008 Mar 19, 2008 HERRING RICHARD J Director Buy 91.3 +2,300 100.00% ✗ $14.7K
Sep 13, 2007 Porter Rahn K Director Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Sep 13, 2007 HERRING RICHARD J Director Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Jan 5, 2004 Jan 7, 2004 HARMER DAVID G Director Buy 90.0 +834 83.40% ✗ $4.7K
Jan 5, 2004 Jan 7, 2004 DOWLING AUSTIN C Director Buy 90.0 +1,000 33.33% ✗ $5.7K
Jan 5, 2004 Jan 7, 2004 GRUBER MARTIN J Director Buy 91.3 +2,774 52.12% ✗ $15.8K