Press Releases (2019)

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

December

• Stewardship Code: 273 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of December 27, 2019 (December 27, 2019)
• Publication of Final Report by the Expert Study Group on Capital Markets in Japan of the Financial System Council (December 27, 2019)
• Updated statistics of money lending business (December 26, 2019)
• Blockchain Global Governance Conference [BG2C] (December 24, 2019)
• Use of AI in examining annual reports: summary of the proof-of-concept test results (December 23, 2019)
• Publication of the draft of the “Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors” «Japan’s Stewardship Code» - To promote sustainable growth of companies through investment and dialogue - (Draft) (December 20, 2019)
• At the 35th Annual General Meeting of the International Bankers Association of Japan - Keynote Speech by Commissioner ENDO Toshihide (December 19, 2019)
• Inspection Manuals were repealed (December 18, 2019)
• Overview of financial results of major insurance companies as of September 30, 2019 (December 17, 2019)
• The eighth meeting of the Payments Council on Financial Innovation (December 16, 2019)
• Overview of major banks’ financial results for the six months ended September 30, 2019 (December 6, 2019)
• Overview of the Japanese regional  banks’ financial results for six months ended September 30, 2019 (December 6, 2019)
• The Council of Experts on the Stewardship Code (2019):The Third Council (December 4, 2019)

November

• GFIA (Global Federation of Insurance Associations) Annual Report 2018-2019 - Contributed article by Commissioner ENDO Toshihide (November 28, 2019)
• State Minister Miyashita Presented the Progress Report of the Technical Assistance Plan for the Insurance Sector Development to the Ministry of Planning and Finance of Myanmar (November 22, 2019)
• FSA’s Assistant Commissioner for International Affairs Elected as a New Vice Chair of the Executive Committee of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (November 20, 2019)

October

• Updated statistics of money lending business (October 31, 2019)
• FSA have opened official English Twitter account (October 31, 2019)
• The Council of Experts on the Stewardship Code (2019): The Second Council (October 31, 2019)
• 2019 ISDA Annual Japan Conference - Speech by HIMINO Ryozo, Vice Minister for International Affairs (October 29, 2019)
• The Financial Sector Cybersecurity Report (October 28, 2019)
• Game companies are required to notify the Japanese authority (Local Finance Bureau) in accordance with the Payment Services Act. (October 28, 2019)
• Publication of monitoring report on financial institutions’ computer system integration and renewal (October 28, 2019)
• Publication of analysis report on financial institutions’ computer system failures (October 28, 2019)
• Publication of the finalized “Discussion Paper on Dialogues and Practices Regarding Financial Institutions’ IT Governance" (October 28, 2019)
• Financial Industry-wide Cybersecurity Exercise (Delta Wall IV) (October 28, 2019)
• EU-Asia Pacific Forum on Financial Regulation (October 23, 2019)
• Participation in the GBP SBP Advisory Council (October 21, 2019)
• Typhoon No.19 in 2019 (Hagibis) Information (October 18, 2019)
• Development in Green, Social and Sustainability Bond Markets - Keynote Speech by Commissioner Toshihide Endo (October 16, 2019)
• Opening Ceremony of World Investor Week 2019 - Opening Remarks by Commissioner Toshihide Endo (October 16, 2019)
• ASIFMA (Asia Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association) Annual Conference 2019 - Keynote Speech by Commissioner Toshihide Endo (October 16, 2019)
• ASIFMA (Asia Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association) Annual Conference 2019 - Keynote Speech by Jun MIZUGUCHI,Senior Deputy Commissioner for International Affairs (October 16, 2019)
• Joint EU-Japan financial regulatory forum (October 15, 2019)
• US NAIC-FSA Insurance Dialogue held in Washington DC (October 11, 2019)
• Exchange of Letters on Cooperation in the area of banking resolution with the Single Resolution Board(SRB) (October 11, 2019)
• Eleventh Meeting of the "Council for Cooperation on Financial Stability" (October 9, 2019)
• FSB Workshop on Pre-Positioning, Ring-Fencing, and Market Fragmentation - Remarks by Himino Ryozo, Vice Minister for International Affairs (October 9, 2019)
• Living in Japan: How to Open a Bank Account and Send Money (October 7, 2019)
• Stewardship Code : 269 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of September 30, 2019 (October 1, 2019)

September

• Publication of the summary of “JFSA’s Approach to Compliance Risk Management” and “Trends and Issues in Compliance Risk Management” (September 30, 2019)
• Updated statistics of money lending business (September 27, 2019)
• Update on Progress toward Further Efficiency and Transparency in the Screening Procedures for Licensing and Registration of Financial Businesses (September 27, 2019)
• The Council of Experts on the Stewardship Code (2019):The First Council (September 25, 2019)
• Joint session of the 42nd general meeting of Financial System Council and the 30th meeting of Sectional Committee on Financial System (September 18, 2019)
• The results of monitoring customer-oriented business conduct of investment trust distributors (September 13, 2019)
• THE SECOND ROUNDTABLE ON SUPERVISORY OVERSIGHT OF CRYPTO-ASSETS -TOWARD A NEW STAGE OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION- (September 9, 2019)
• The second Roundtable on Supervisory Oversight of Crypto - Asset - Toward a New Stage of International Cooperation - Opening remarks by Ryozo Himino (September 9, 2019)

August

• The FSA publishes the status of loans held by all banks as of the end of March 2019, based on the Financial Reconstruction Act (August 30, 2019)
• Updated statistics of money lending business (August 29, 2019)
• Publication of summary points from JFSA policy assessment and strategic priorities 2019 (August 28, 2019)
• Publication of the “Report on the development of regulations regarding payment and settlement and cross-sectional financial services intermediaries－basic concept” by the “Study Group on the Financial System” under the Financial System Council (August 28, 2019)
• FSA will organize FIN/SUM 2019 (August 28, 2019)
• The Study Group on the Economic Value-based Solvency Framework (August 23, 2019)
• Stewardship Code : 256 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of August 1, 2019 (August 19, 2019)
• ICGN Annual Conference 2019 - Keynote Speech by Commissioner Toshihide Endo (Augst 2, 2019)

July

• Updated statistics of money lending business (July 30, 2019)
• Status of digitalization efforts in financial monitoring (July 10, 2019)

June

• Stewardship Code : 251 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of June 28, 2019 (June 28, 2019)
• Updated statistics of money lending business (June 27, 2019)
• Comment Letter on the U.S. agencies’ proposed changes to regulatory requirements for foreign banking organizations (June 24, 2019)
• Overview of financial results of major insurance companies as of March 31, 2019 (June 21, 2019)
• The seventh meeting of the Payments Council on Financial Innovation (June 18, 2019)
• Field Tests of Economic Value-Based Evaluation and Supervisory Method - 2018 Results and 2019 Direction - (June 14, 2019)
• Insurance Forum Japan 2019 - Remarks by Taro Aso, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, Minister of State for Financial Services (June 13, 2019)
• Others IIF Spring Membership Meeting - Keynote Speech by FSA Commissioner Toshihide Endo (June 13, 2019)
• IIF Spring Membership Meeting - Remarks by Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso (June 13, 2019)
• G20/OECD Seminar on Corporate Governance - Closing Remarks by Commissioner Toshihide Endo (June 8, 2019)
• 20/OECD Seminar on Corporate Governance - Opening Remarks by Taro Aso, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, and Minister of State for Financial Services (June 8, 2019)
• Session 2 of the G20 High-level Seminar on Financial Innovation ”Our Future in the Digital Age” - Introductory remarks by Commissioner Toshihide Endo (June 8, 2019)
• G20 High-level Seminar on Financial Innovation ”Our Future in the Digital Age” - Opening Remarks by Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso (June 8, 2019)
• Exchange of Letters for Cooperation in the area of financial institutions supervision with Federal Financial Supervisory Authority of Germany(BaFin) (June 7, 2019)
• Administrative Actions against Citigroup Global Markets Japan Inc. (June 7, 2019)
• G20 High-level Symposium on Aging and Financial Inclusion (GPFI Forum) - Remarks by Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso (June 7, 2019)
• Overview of major banks’ financial results as of March 31, 2019 (June 6, 2019)
• Overview of the Japanese regional  banks’ financial results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019 (June 6, 2019)
• Publication of “Principles Regarding the Disclosure of Narrative Information” (June 6, 2019)
• G20 Fukuoka Policy Priorities on Aging and Financial Inclusion (June 6, 2019)

May

• International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators Report on 2018 Survey of Inspection Findings (May 31, 2019)
• Updated statistics of money lending business (May 30, 2019)
• Administrative Action against Nomura Holdings, Inc. and Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. (May 28, 2019)
• Launching the TCFD Consortium of Japan (May 21, 2019)
• Greece Meeting of the International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators (''IFIAR'') (May 14, 2019)
• Stewardship Code : 248 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of May 8, 2019 (May 10, 2019)
• JFSA's Blockchain Round-Table 2019 [Multilateral Joint Research project] (May 7, 2019)

April

• Updated statistics of money lending business (April 25, 2019)
• Publication of the "Recommended Directions for Further Promotion of Corporate Governance Reform" (April 24, 2019)
• Overview of Financial System Issues for the 2019 G20 Japan Presidency - speech by Shunsuke Shirakawa (April 23, 2019)
• The NGFS publishes its first comprehensive report (April 19, 2019)
• Stewardship Code : 246 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of April 12, 2019 (April 18, 2019)
• Interview on ISDA Quarterly (April 2019) (April 10, 2019)
• FSA hosted Interim Nominating Committee (April 8, 2019)
• Partial revision of the "Reference Cases" regarding the "Independent Agent Exemption" of fund managers (April 1, 2019)

March

• Updated statistics of money lending business (March 28, 2019)
• Tenth Meeting of the "Council for Cooperation on Financial Stability"(March 25,2019)
• Publication of Report from Study Group on Virtual Currency Exchange Services (March 22, 2019)
• Appointment of Chief Sustainable Finance Officer (March 15, 2019)
• Commissioner Toshihide Endo Paid a Courtesy Call on H.E. U Soe Win, Union Minister for Planning and Finance of Republic of the Union of Myanmar (March 11, 2019)
• Publication of the list of links to English translations of Annual Securities Reports(ASRs) (March 8, 2019)

February

• Updated statistics of money lending business (February 28, 2019)
• Joint session of the 41st general meeting of Financial System Council and the 29th meeting of Sectional Committee on Financial System (February 26, 2019)
• Publication of the “Report on the development of regulations for financial institutions regarding data utilization” by the “Study Group on the Financial System” under the Financial System Council (February 14, 2019)
• FSA publishes the status of loans held by all banks as of the end of September 2018, based on the Financial Reconstruction Act (February 13, 2019)

January

• International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators 2018 Report on Survey of Audit Regulators’ Enforcement Regimes (January 31, 2019)
• Updated statistics of money lending business (January 30, 2019)
• FSA and US NAIC held the 10th meeting of the Insurance Regulatory Dialogue (January 30, 2019)
• Risks and opportunities in an aging society - speech by Ryozo Himino (January 25, 2019)
• Publication of the Summary from “FinTech Summit 2018” (January 25, 2019)
• The sixth meeting of the Payments Council on Financial Innovation (January 23, 2019)
• Update of the Policy Approaches to Strengthen Cyber Security in the Financial Sector (January 15, 2019)
• Financial Industry-wide Cybersecurity Exercise (Delta Wall III) (January 15, 2019)