UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: September 30, 1999
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Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: Merrill Lynch Mercury Asset Management Japan Limited
Address: Otemachi Financial Center Building 5-4, Otemachi 1-Chome
Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo 100-0004 Japan
13F File Number:
The institutional investment manager filing this report and the
person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person
signing the report is authorized to submit it, that all
information contained herein is true, correct and complete, and
that it is understood that all required items, statements,
schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of
this form.
Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:
Name: Jun Ueda
Title: Vice President & Senior Counsel
Phone: 03/5220-7298
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
Jun Ueda Tokyo, JAPAN October 25, 1999
Merrill Lynch Mercury Asset Management Japan Limited ("MLMAMJ") is an
indirect wholly-owned unit of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. ("ML&Co."). The
securities positions of MLMAMJ reported herein are also being reported
on behalf of ML&Co. which may be deemed to share with MLMAMJ,
investment discretion with respect to such positions. Unless otherwise
indicated, MLMAMJ, has sole voting authority with respect to the
securities reported herein.
Report Type (Check only one.):
[X] 13F HOLDING REPORT.
[ ] 13F NOTICE.
[ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT
I AM SIGNING THIS REPORT AS REQUIRED BY THE SECURITIES EXHCANGE
ACT OF 1934.
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FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 0
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 130
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $1988335
List of Other Included Managers:
NONE
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FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
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VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (X$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE
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ALLIED IRISH BKS P L C ADR 019228402 1359 55200 SH SOLE 55200 0 0
ASHANTI GOLDFIELDS LTD ADR 043743202 13058 1571000 SH SOLE 1571000 0 0
BANCO FRANCES DEL RIO DE LA PL ADR 059591107 677 34969 SH SOLE 34969 0 0
COMPANIA DE MINAS BUENAVENTURA ADR 204448104 14799 839700 SH SOLE 839700 0 0
ENDESA SA ADR 29258N107 994 52000 SH SOLE 52000 0 0
KOREA ELEC PWR CO ADR 500631106 334 20500 SH SOLE 20500 0 0
MATAV RT SPONSORED ADR ADR 559776109 270 10000 SH SOLE 10000 0 0
NEWS CORP LTD ADR 652487703 1390 49000 SH SOLE 49000 0 0
POHANG IRON & STL LTD ADR 730450103 1722 52600 SH SOLE 52600 0 0
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTU ADR 874039100 768 25145 SH SOLE 25145 0 0
TELE NORTE LESTE PARTICIPACOES ADR 879246106 367 24200 SH SOLE 24200 0 0
TELECOMUNICACOES BRASILEIRAS S ADR 879287308 962 13000 SH SOLE 13000 0 0
TELEFONICA DE ESPANA S A ADR 879382208 2088 44426 SH SOLE 44426 0 0
TELEFONOS DE MEXICO S A ADR 879403780 1238 17490 SH SOLE 17490 0 0
AT&T CORP COMM 001957109 17504 419280 SH SOLE 419280 0 0
ADMINISTAFF INC COMM 007094105 379 24500 SH SOLE 24500 0 0
AGNICO EAGLE MINES LTD COMM 008474108 833 100000 SH SOLE 100000 0 0
AIR PRODS & CHEMS INC COMM 009158106 302 10400 SH SOLE 10400 0 0
ALCAN ALUM LTD COMM 013716105 1426 46000 SH SOLE 46000 0 0
ALLIED SIGNAL INC COMM 019512102 778 13000 SH SOLE 13000 0 0
ALLSTATE CORP COMM 020002101 10258 418702 SH SOLE 418702 0 0
AMERICA ONLINE INC DEL COMM 02364J104 35551 329558 SH SOLE 329558 0 0
AMERICAN EXPRESS CO COMM 025816109 52183 397208 SH SOLE 397208 0 0
AMERICAN INTL GROUP INC COMM 026874107 53689 631638 SH SOLE 631638 0 0
ARMOR HLDGS INC COMM 042260109 367 35400 SH SOLE 35400 0 0
ASARCO INC COMM 043413103 856 32000 SH SOLE 32000 0 0
ASPECT DEV INC COMM 045234101 505 20000 SH SOLE 20000 0 0
BANK NEW YORK INC COMM 064057102 1300 40000 SH SOLE 40000 0 0
BARRICK GOLD CORP COMM 067901108 3580 160000 SH SOLE 160000 0 0
BATTLE MTN GOLD CO COMM 071593107 14000 4000000 SH SOLE 4000000 0 0
BECKMAN COULTER INC COMM 075811109 1056 24000 SH SOLE 24000 0 0
BELL ATLANTIC CORP COMM 077853109 57571 867374 SH SOLE 867374 0 0
BLOCK H & R INC COMM 093671105 1320 30000 SH SOLE 30000 0 0
BLUE SQUARE - ISRAEL LTD COMM 096055108 291 21400 SH SOLE 21400 0 0
BOEING CO COMM 097023105 22908 534320 SH SOLE 534320 0 0
BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO COMM 110122108 47817 680074 SH SOLE 680074 0 0
CAROLINA FIRST CORP COMM 143877108 213 10800 SH SOLE 10800 0 0
CASE CORP COMM 14743R103 38599 773930 SH SOLE 773930 0 0
CHEVRON CORP COMM 166751107 14791 167730 SH SOLE 167730 0 0
CISCO SYS INC COMM 17275R102 62622 909222 SH SOLE 909222 0 0
CITIGROUP INC COMM 172967101 36884 852830 SH SOLE 852830 0 0
CLOROX CO COMM 189054109 2476 63400 SH SOLE 63400 0 0
COMINCO LTD COMM 200435105 1614 98500 SH SOLE 98500 0 0
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORP COMM 204493100 2637 117200 SH SOLE 117200 0 0
COMPUTER SCIENCES CORP COMM 205363104 1538 22100 SH SOLE 22100 0 0
CONAGRA INC COMM 205887102 880 40000 SH SOLE 40000 0 0
CRANE CO COMM 224399105 1318 59250 SH SOLE 59250 0 0
CROWN CORK & SEAL INC COMM 228255105 1072 44700 SH SOLE 44700 0 0
DELL COMPUTER CORP COMM 247025109 30087 707420 SH SOLE 707420 0 0
DIAL CORP NEW COMM 25247D101 36884 1442920 SH SOLE 1442920 0 0
E M C CORP MASS COMM 268648102 29899 410280 SH SOLE 410280 0 0
EASTMAN KODAK CO COMM 277461109 1505 20000 SH SOLE 20000 0 0
ELECTRONIC DATA SYS CORP NEW COMM 285661104 1194 23000 SH SOLE 23000 0 0
EMERSON ELEC CO COMM 291011104 635 10000 SH SOLE 10000 0 0
EXXON CORP COMM 302290101 52790 707408 SH SOLE 707408 0 0
FLEET FINL GROUP INC NEW COMM 338915101 24353 658216 SH SOLE 658216 0 0
FORD MTR CO DEL COMM 345370100 17102 337820 SH SOLE 337820 0 0
GTE CORP COMM 362320103 1742 22700 SH SOLE 22700 0 0
GALILEO INTERNATIONAL COMM 363547100 973 25000 SH SOLE 25000 0 0
GENERAL ELEC CO COMM 369604103 105891 902166 SH SOLE 902166 0 0
GERON CORP COMM 374163103 256 24400 SH SOLE 24400 0 0
GUCCI GROUP N V COMM 401566104 4154 50434 SH SOLE 50434 0 0
HANNA M A CO COMM 410522106 315 29000 SH SOLE 29000 0 0
HEWLETT PACKARD CO COMM 428236103 3809 43600 SH SOLE 43600 0 0
HOME DEPOT INC COMM 437076102 33459 480996 SH SOLE 480996 0 0
IMPERIAL BANCORP COMM 452556103 563 25924 SH SOLE 25924 0 0
INCO LTD COMM 453258709 343 43000 SH SOLE 43000 0 0
INGERSOLL RAND CO COMM 456866102 1673 31800 SH SOLE 31800 0 0
INTEL CORP COMM 458140100 50579 674960 SH SOLE 674960 0 0
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS C COMM 459200101 23126 196400 SH SOLE 196400 0 0
JOHNSON & JOHNSON COMM 478160104 39493 420140 SH SOLE 420140 0 0
KIMBERLY CLARK CORP COMM 494368103 791 15000 SH SOLE 15000 0 0
KINROSS GOLD CORP COMM 496902107 4680 1600000 SH SOLE 1600000 0 0
KOHLS CORP COMM 500255104 27911 405248 SH SOLE 405248 0 0
KROGER CO COMM 501044101 31413 1478262 SH SOLE 1478262 0 0
LOWES COS INC COMM 548661107 17253 350770 SH SOLE 350770 0 0
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC COMM 549463107 1377 22000 SH SOLE 22000 0 0
MCI WORLDCOM INC COMM 55268B106 25622 363438 SH SOLE 363438 0 0
MARSH & MCLENNAN COS INC COMM 571748102 761 11400 SH SOLE 11400 0 0
MCDONALDS CORP COMM 580135101 1278 29400 SH SOLE 29400 0 0
MCLEOD INC COMM 582266102 665 16400 SH SOLE 16400 0 0
MELLON BK CORP COMM 585509102 34644 1051818 SH SOLE 1051818 0 0
MERCK & CO INC COMM 589331107 36635 537768 SH SOLE 537768 0 0
MERIDIAN GOLD INC COMM 589975101 14626 2000000 SH SOLE 2000000 0 0
MICROSOFT CORP COMM 594918104 116500 1294674 SH SOLE 1294674 0 0
MINNESOTA MNG & MFG CO COMM 604059105 2996 31750 SH SOLE 31750 0 0
MOBIL CORP COMM 607059102 67439 684666 SH SOLE 684666 0 0
MORGAN STANLEY INDIA INVT FD I COMM 61745C105 1518 118500 SH SOLE 118500 0 0
MOTOROLA INC COMM 620076109 4087 45900 SH SOLE 45900 0 0
NATIONWIDE HEALTH PPTYS INC COMM 638620104 660 40000 SH SOLE 40000 0 0
NETWORKS ASSOCIATES INC COMM 640938106 374 20000 SH SOLE 20000 0 0
NEWMONT MNG CORP COMM 651639106 16468 620000 SH SOLE 620000 0 0
NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS INC COMM 65332V103 37571 534820 SH SOLE 534820 0 0
NEXTLINK COMMUNICATIONS INC COMM 65333H707 562 11200 SH SOLE 11200 0 0
NORFOLK SOUTHN CORP COMM 655844108 800 32500 SH SOLE 32500 0 0
OFFICE DEPOT INC COMM 676220106 1303 127175 SH SOLE 127175 0 0
PPG INDS INC COMM 693506107 897 15000 SH SOLE 15000 0 0
PEPSICO INC COMM 713448108 36479 1162698 SH SOLE 1162698 0 0
PFIZER INC COMM 717081103 17857 478602 SH SOLE 478602 0 0
PHELPS DODGE CORP COMM 717265102 806 15200 SH SOLE 15200 0 0
PLACER DOME INC COMM 725906101 16143 1050000 SH SOLE 1050000 0 0
POTASH CORP SASK INC COMM 73755L107 768 15000 SH SOLE 15000 0 0
PRAXAIR INC COMM 74005P104 1226 26800 SH SOLE 26800 0 0
PROCTER & GAMBLE CO COMM 742718109 39843 426418 SH SOLE 426418 0 0
SBC COMMUNICATIONS INC COMM 78387G103 26086 509006 SH SOLE 509006 0 0
SCHLUMBERGER LTD COMM 806857108 2262 36200 SH SOLE 36200 0 0
SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO COMM 824348106 732 35000 SH SOLE 35000 0 0
SPRINT CORP COMM 852061100 32353 567612 SH SOLE 567612 0 0
SPRINT CORP COMM 852061506 21563 285610 SH SOLE 285610 0 0
STANLEY WKS COMM 854616109 1037 42250 SH SOLE 42250 0 0
STILLWATER MNG CO COMM 86074Q102 1276 47600 SH SOLE 47600 0 0
TAIWAN FD INC COMM 874036106 2323 130000 SH SOLE 130000 0 0
TELEFLEX INC COMM 879369106 1228 30900 SH SOLE 30900 0 0
TENNECO INC NEW COMM 88037E101 382 23000 SH SOLE 23000 0 0
TEXACO INC COMM 881694103 29030 453604 SH SOLE 453604 0 0
TEXAS INSTRS INC COMM 882508104 71321 829018 SH SOLE 829018 0 0
TOLL BROS INC COMM 889478103 387 21000 SH SOLE 21000 0 0
TRANSCANADA PIPELINES LTD COMM 893526103 439 33800 SH SOLE 33800 0 0
TYCO INTERNATIONAL LTD COMM 902124106 47702 464828 SH SOLE 464828 0 0
US BANCORP COMM 902973106 22539 739008 SH SOLE 739008 0 0
UNION PAC CORP COMM 907818108 694 15000 SH SOLE 15000 0 0
UNION PAC RES GROUP INC COMM 907834105 463 30000 SH SOLE 30000 0 0
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP COMM 913017109 41746 720548 SH SOLE 720548 0 0
WICOR INC COMM 929253102 586 20000 SH SOLE 20000 0 0
WAL MART STORES INC COMM 931142103 68783 1423714 SH SOLE 1423714 0 0
WALGREEN CO COMM 931422109 59982 2429672 SH SOLE 2429672 0 0
WASHINGTON MUT INC COMM 939322103 922 32000 SH SOLE 32000 0 0
WASHINGTON REAL ESTATE INVT TR COMM 939653101 612 40000 SH SOLE 40000 0 0
NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BK LTD CVPF 632525309 1248 45000 SH SOLE 45000 0 0
ROYAL DUTCH PETE CO NY REG SHRS 780257804 717 24900 SH SOLE 24900 0 0
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