Financial Services AgencyFSA Weekly Review No.574

February 16, 2024

What’s New on the FSA Website

Week of February 2, 2024 - February 8, 2024

This page contains the latest in events, developments, and updates to the FSA website.

Public Comments

February 8, 2024 Publication of the draft amendments to the FSA's regulatory notices concerning the "designated IFRSs" for public consultation
<Summary>
The FSA proposed the draft amendments to the regulatory notices concerning the "designated IFRSs" stipulated in the "Regulation for Terminology, Forms and Preparation of Consolidated Financial Statements" and the "Regulation for Terminology, Forms and Preparation of Financial Statements" (hereinafter collectively referred to as "the proposal") for public consultation.
The proposal is mainly intended to:
1. change the designation of business accounting standards generally accepted as fair and appropriate
2. renew the designation of designated international accounting standards, and
3. provide necessary amendments in response to the amendments to the Regulation on Financial Statements.
 
Public comments will be accepted until 5:00 p.m. [JST], March 11, 2024.

The original press release is available in Japanese.open new window 
February 5, 2024 Publication of the draft "Cabinet Office Order to Amend the Regulation for Enforcement of the Money Lending Business Act" for public consultation 
<Summary>
The FSA published the draft "Cabinet Office Order to Amend the Regulation for Enforcement of the Money Lending Business Act" (hereinafter referred to as the "proposal") for public consultation.
The proposal is intended to provide consequential amendments to the said Regulation for Enforcement in response to the enforcement of the "Act Partially Amending the Health Insurance Act to Establish a Sustainable Social Security System that is Applicable to All Generations" (provisional English law title). 
Public comments will be accepted until 5:00 p.m. [JST], March 6, 2024.

The original press release is available in Japanese.open new window

Press Releases

Councils

February 2, 2024 Publication of the agenda and handouts of the 65th Meeting of the Financial Service ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution) Liaison Group 
<Summary>
The FSA published the agenda and handouts of the 65th Meeting of the Financial Service ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution) Liaison Group, which was held on February 2, 2024. 
The liaison group members discussed the operational status of and the responses taken in counseling (with parties/clients) by the respective designated ADR organizations in the first half of FY2023.

The original press release is available in Japanese.open new window

Others

February 8, 2024 Call for participation in the consultation meeting for an annual update of EDINET Taxonomy
<Summary>
The FSA announced the call for participation in the consultation meeting for an annual update of EDINET Taxonomy to be held on March 8, 2024.

The original press release is available in Japanese.open new window
February 5, 2024 Initiators' meeting of Japan Financial Literacy and Education Corporation
<Summary>
The FSA announced that the Central Council for Financial Services Information, the Japanese Bankers Association, and the Japan Securities Dealers Association (JSDA) jointly held on February 5, 2024, the initiators' meeting* of Japan Financial Literacy and Education Corporation (J-FLEC), an authorized corporation to be established under the "Act on Provision of Financial Services and the Development of the Accessible Environment Thereto" (provisional English law title), which was amended in November 2023. 
 
* The initiators' meeting consisted of the representatives (including Chairpersons) of the said council and associations as well as the responsible officials of the FSA, who will jointly apply to the Prime Minister for approval of the establishment of J-FLEC.

The original press release is available in Japanese.open new window
February 2, 2024 Initiatives by the financial industry to enhance their asset management businesses

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