Speeches

Past Speeches

• October 25, 2008
  "Global financial crisis and Japan's experience in the 1990s" Keynote speech by Takafumi Sato, Commissioner, Financial Services Agency, at the “Symposium on Building the Financial System of the 21st Century“ Co-organized by Program on International Financial Systems at Harvard Law School and International House of Japan
• September 25, 2008
  "Global Market Turmoil and Beyond -Need for Longer-Term Perspectives-" Keynote, Address by Takafumi Sato, Commissioner, Financial Services Agency, at the Euromoney Japan Capital Markets Congress 2008 Presentation material
• September 18, 2008
  "Financial Innovation and Global Market Turmoil ∼ Preparing for the Post-Subprime World of Finance ∼" speech by Takafumi Sato, Commissioner, Financial Services Agency, at the FIA Asia Derivatives Conference, Tokyo Presentation material
• September 11, 2008
  "FSA Action in Response to Global Market Turmoil ∼ Preparing for the Post-Subprime World of Finance ∼" speech by Takafumi Sato, Commissioner, Financial Services Agency, at the IIF Asian CEO Summit Presentation material
• September 11, 2008
  "Internationalization of Japan's Property Markets and the FSA's Better Market Initiative" speech by Takafumi Sato, Commissioner, Financial Services Agency, at the Real Estate Investment Forum TOKYO Presentation material
• August 25, 2008
  "Japanese Economy: Obstacles and Opportunities" Speech by Toshimitsu Motegi, Minister of State for Financial Services and Administrative Reform, at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan Presentation material
• June 26, 2008
  Progress in the FSA's Efforts toward "Better Regulation" speech by Takafumi Sato, Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency at the International Bankers Association Presentation Material
• February 20, 2008
  ''Strengthening the Competitiveness of Japan's Financial and Capital Markets'' Speech by Takafumi Sato, Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency at Third Japan CFO Roundtable, Tokyo Presentation Material
• December 6, 2007
  ''The Global Financial Market Turmoil and its Policy Implications'' Speech by Takafumi Sato, Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency at the EU Financial Counsellors Meeting, Tokyo
• November 9, 2007
  Closing remarks by Akihiko Yamamoto Senior Vice Minister of State for Financial Services, Japan at the IOSCO Technical Committee Conference Tokyo Japanese version
• November 8, 2007
  Keynote Speech by His Excellency Yoshimi Watanabe Minister of State for Financial Services, Japan at the IOSCO Technical Committee Conference Tokyo Japanese version
• November 7, 2007
  Remarks by Dr. Takafumi Sato Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency, Japan at the welcome reception of the IOSCO Technical Committee Conference Tokyo
• September 25 and 26, 2007
  ''Toward Better Regulation'' speech by Takafumi Sato, Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency Presentation Material
• May 2, 2005
  ''The New Forward-Looking Phase of Japan's Financial System'' Speech by Tatsuya Ito, Minister for Financial Services (PDF:41KB)
• September 20, 2002
  ''Japanese Financial Sector : Progress and Prospect'' speech by Hakuo Yanagisawa, Minister for Financial Services
• September 3, 2001
  ''Japan's Financial Sector Reform:Progress and Challenges'' speech by Hakuo Yanagisawa, Minister for Financial Services
• July 19, 2001
  Speech by Hakuo Yanagisawa, Minister for Financial Services Japanese version
• September 13, 2000
  ''On the Establishment of the Financial Services Agency'' Speech by Masaharu Hino, Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency