Press Conference by Taro Aso, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, and Minister of State for Financial Services
(Excerpt)
(Tuesday, October 2, 2018, 12:18 pm to 12:29 pm)
[Questions and answers:]
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There will be a Cabinet reshuffle today, so could you sum up your achievements or recollections during your tenure as a minister?
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Although there were a number of issues in the financial sector, we have been trying to change our image from a financial punishment agency to the stance to nurturing financial sector while addressing crypto-assets and other issues related to new financial technologies. We accomplished a variety of things with one major achievement of reaching 510,000 Dollar-Cost Averaging NISA accounts as of March this year. While there are still many things that have yet to be completed, I think we did well.