Press Releases (2004)

• December
• November
• October
• September
• July
• June
• May
• April
• March
• February
• January

• Administrative Actions on Mizuho Bank (December 28, 2004) Japanese version
• Further Measures for Ensuring Confidence in the Disclosure System (December 24, 2004) Japanese version
• Program for Further Financial Reform -Japan's challenge:Moving toward a Financial Services Nation- (December 24, 2004) Japanese version
• Summary of the ''Program for Further Financial Reform'' (December 24, 2004) Japanese version
• FSA's Comments on the draft ''Concept Paper on Equivalence of Certain Third Country GAAP and on Description of Certain Third Countries Mechanisms of Enforcement of Financial Information'' by the Committee of European Securities Regulators (December 21, 2004) Japanese version
• Administrative Actions on Banco do Brasil S.A. Japan Branch Office (December 16, 2004) Japanese version

November

• Financial Statements of Major Bank : September 2004 (Non-consolidated) (November 25, 2004) Japanese version
• Participation in Open Hearing on How CESR Intends to Measure Equivalence between Third Country GAAP and IAS/IFRS (November 18, 2004) Japanese version
• Measures for Ensuring Confidence in the Disclosure System (November 16, 2004) Japanese version
• Results of the Special Inspections (November 12, 2004) Japanese version
• EU-Japan High Level Meeting on Financial Issues (November 11, 2004) Japanese version
• Establishment of Financial Conglomerate Office and Office of International Affairs (November 8, 2004) Japanese version

October

• Summary of a Revision on Funding Rules of Policy Reserves Relating to Variable Annuities, Etc. (October 21, 2004) Japanese version
• Administrative Action on the UFJ Bank (October 7, 2004) Japanese version

September

• Administrative Actions on Citibank, N.A. Japan Branch (related to the Banking Law) (September 17, 2004) Japanese version
• The administrative action against Citibank, N.A. Japan Branch (related to the Securities and Exchange Law) (September 17, 2004) Japanese version
• The administrative action against Cantor Fitzgerald Shoken Kaisha Ltd., Tokyo Branch (September 17, 2004) Japanese version
• The Gap between Major Banks' Self-Assessment and the Result of FSA's Inspections (September 16, 2004) Japanese version
• Signing of Information Sharing Arrangement with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (September 3, 2004) Japanese version

July

• The Status of Non Performing Loans as of end-March 2004 (July 30, 2004) Japanese version
• Announcement of the ''Basic Guidelines and Plan for Financial Inspections for Program Year (PY) 2004'' (July 28, 2004) Japanese version

June

• Issues on the International Accounting Standards and Japan's Treatment (June 30,2004)
• Agenda of the 19th Meeting of the First Subcommittee of the Financial System Council (June 23, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Agenda of the 17th Meeting of the Second Subcommittee of the Financial System Council (June 22, 2004) Available in Japanese
• ''Report of the Second Sub-Committee of the Financial System Council regarding Regulatory Treatment of Deferred Tax Assets in Calculating Capital Adequacy Ratios and Other Issues related to Capital Adequacy of Banks (Outline)'' (June 22, 2004)
• Summary of the 11th Meeting of the Special Subcommittee of the Financial System Council (June 21, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Agenda of the 11th Meeting of the Special Subcommittee of the Financial System Council (June 21, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Administrative Actions on the UFJ Holdings and the UFJ Bank (June 18, 2004) Japanese version
• Agenda of the Planning and Coordination Committee of the Business Accounting Council (June 17, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Agenda of the 18th Meeting of the First Subcommittee of the Financial System Council (June 16, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Summary of the 10th Meeting of the Special Subcommittee of the Financial System Council (June 15, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Agenda of the 10th Meeting of the Special Subcommittee of the Financial System Council (June 15, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Notification of the 11th Meeting of the Special Subcommittee of the Financial System Council (June 11 2004) Available in Japanese
• Business Plan of Ashikaga Bank (June 11, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Administrative Actions on Citibank, N.A. Japan Branch (June 11, 2004) Japanese version
• Notification of the 10th Meeting of the Special Subcommittee of the Financial System Council (June 7, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Comprehensive Revision of the CPAs Law (June 1,2004) monochrome version

May

• Comprehensive guideline for supervision of small- and medium- sized and regional financial institutions (May 31, 2004) Available in Japanese
• The administrative action against UBS Securities Japan Ltd., Tokyo Branch (May 28, 2004) Japanese version
• Minutes of the 5th Meeting of the Second Committee of the Business Accounting Council (May 26, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Minutes of the 17th Meeting of the First Committee of the Financial System Council (May 26, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Summary of the 17th Meeting of the First Committee of the Financial System Council (May 26, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Agenda of the 17th Meeting of the First Committee of the Financial System Council (May 26, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Business Improvement Administrative Order against Tokyo Stock Exchange (May 24,2004) Japanese version
• Financial Statements of Major Bank : as of the end of March 2004 (May 24, 2004) Japanese version
• ''Administrative Actions on Deutsche Bank AG, Tokyo Branch'' (May 20, 2004) Japanese version
• ''Administrative Actions on Deutsche Trust Bank Limited'' (May 20, 2004) Japanese version
• Minutes of the 9th Meeting of the Special Subcommittee of the Financial System Council (May 19, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Agenda of the 9th Meeting of the Special Subcommittee of the Financial System Council (May 19, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Summary of the 9th Meeting of the Special Subcommittee of the Financial System Council (May 19, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Administrative Actions on JAPAN SECURITIES AGENTS LTD. (May 14, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Notification of the 9th Meeting of the Special Subcommittee of the Financial System Council (May 12, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Minutes of the 4th Meeting of the Second Committee of the Business Accounting Council (May 10, 2004) Available in Japanese

April

• Minutes of the 3rd Meeting of the Second Committee of the Business Accounting Council (April 28, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Results of the Special Inspections (April 27, 2004) Japanese version
• Minutes of the 8th Meeting of the Special Subcommittee of the Financial System Council (April 26, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Summary of the 8th Meeting of the Special Subcommittee of the Financial System Council (April 26, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Agenda of the 8th Meeting of the Special Subcommittee of Financial System Council (April 26, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Minutes of the 9th Meeting of the Planning and Cordination Committee of the Business Accounting Council (April 23, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Agenda of the 9th Meeting of the Planning and Cordination Committee of the Business Accounting Council (April 23, 2004) Available in Japanese
• State of reception and utilization of information concerning ''Hotline for credit crunch and credit withdrawal'' (April 23, 2004) Available in Japanese
• ''Administrative Actions on the NikkoCiti Trust and Banking Corporation'' (April 23, 2004) Japanese version
• Holding of the 8th meeting of the Special Subcommittee of Financial System Council (April 19, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Evolving Japanese GAAP - High Quality Accounting Standards - (April 19, 2004) Japanese version
• Minutes of the 16th Meeting of the First Committee of the Financial System Council (April 16, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Summary of the 16th Meeting of the First Committee of the Financial System Council (April 16, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Agenda of the 16th Meeting of the First Subcommittee of Financial System Council (April 16, 2004) Available in Japanese
• FSA's measures for the protection of personal information (April 14, 2004) Available in Japanese
• License for Banking Business (Nippon Shinko Bank, Limited) (April 13, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Minutes of the 2nd Meeting of the Second Committee of the Business Accounting Council (April 7, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Draft of a comprehensive guideline for supervision of small- and medium- sized and regional financial institutions (April 2, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Major financial data of small- and medium- sized and regional financial institutions (April 2, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Supervisory action against New Bank Tokyo (April 1, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Approval of the business restructuring plan based on the Law on Special Measures for Industrial Revitalization (The Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange) (April 1, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Approval of the installation of the system terminal of foreign financial futures exchange (April 1, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Approval of the installation of the system terminal of foreign securities exchange (April 1, 2004) Available in Japanese

March

• Minutes of the 16th Meeting of the Second Committee of the Financial System Council (March 31, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Summary of the 16th Meeting of the Second Subcommittee of Financial System Council (March 31, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Agenda of the 16th Meeting of the Second Subcommittee of Financial System Council (March 31, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Administrative Actions on the JPMorgan Chase Bank, Tokyo Branch (March 31, 2004) Japanese version
• Approval of organizational change of the Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange (March 29, 2004) Available in Japanese
• ''Questionnaire Survey on Disclosure of Foreign Securities in English Language in the Japanese Market'' (March 26) Japanese version
• Minutes of the 1st Meeting of the Second Committee of the Business Accounting Council (March 25, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Advisory for financial institutions that they should report the transactions suspected of their connections with the Taliban and those associated with the Taliban as those suspected to have relations with criminal activities (additional version No. 24) (March 24, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Agenda of the Joint Meeting of the18th Meeting of the Financial System Council and the 6th Meeting of the Sectional Committee on Financial System (March 17, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Administrative action against the Chuo Labour Bank (March 12, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Minutes of the 8th Meeting of Planning and Coordination Committee of Business Accounting Council (March 9, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Agenda of the 8th Meeting of the Planning and Cordination Committee of the Business Accounting Council (March 9, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Removal of Egypt and Ukraine from the list of Non-Cooperative Countries and Territories (NCCTs) by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). (March 4, 2004) Available in Japanese

February

• Summary of the 119th Meeting of Compulsory Automobile Liability Insurance Council (February 27, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Agenda of the 119h Meeting of the Compulsory Automobile Liability Insurance Council (February 27, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Result of the 119th Meeting of the Compulsory Automobile Liability Insurance Council (February 27, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Working Group on fundamental problems of insurance (member addition) (February 27, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Revision of the Supplement to the Financial Inspection Manual: Treatment of Classifications regarding Credits to Small-and Medium-Sized Enterprises (February 26, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Approval of listing of the Osaka Securities Exchange on its own market (Nippon New Market ''Hercules'') (February 26, 2004) Japanese version
• Establishment of the Bridge Bank (February 26, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Minutes of the General Meeting of the Business Accounting Council (February 20, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Agenda of the General Meeting of the Business Accounting Council (February 20, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Administrative Actions on the Standard Chartered Bank, Tokyo Branch (February 20, 2004) Japanese version
• Establishment of an audit committee on operations and an independent research organization at the Ashikaga Bank (February 13, 2004) Available in Japanese
• FSA's Comments on the IASC Foundation Constitution Review (February 12, 2004)
• Business Plan of Ashikaga Bank (February 6, 2004) Available in Japanese
• So-called foreign exchange margin trading or leveraged foreign exchange --alert for trading-- (February 4, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Working Group on fundamental problems of insurance (member change) (February 2, 2004) Available in Japanese

January

• State of reception and utilization of information concerning ''Hotline for credit crunch and credit withdrawal'' (January 30, 2004) Available in Japanese
• The Status of Non Performing Loans as of end-September 2003 (January 30, 2004) Japanese version
• FSA's Comments on the Proposal for modernizing and simplifying the Listing Rules (January 27, 2004) Japanese version
• Summary of the 7th Meeting of the Special Subcommittee of Financial System Council (January 20, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Agenda of the 7th Meeting of the Special Subcommittee of Financial System Council (January 20, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Summary of the 15th Meeting of the Second Subcommittee of Financial System Council (January 16, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Progress on Action Program concerning enhancement of Relationship Banking Functions as of end-September 2003 (January 16, 2004,2003) Available in Japanese
• Agenda of the 15th Meeting of the Second Subcommittee of Financial System Council (January 16, 2004) Available in Japanese
• An administrative action against the Mizuho Investors Securities Co., Ltd. (January 16, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Appointment and exemption of members of Financial System Council (January 16, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Continued progress toward Basel II (January 15, 2004)
• Holding of the 7th meeting of the Special Subcommittee of Financial System Council (January 13, 2004) Available in Japanese
• Administrative actions against laborers' credit cooperatives (January 9, 2004) Available in Japanese