Press Releases (2020)

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

December

• Establishment of the “Expert Panel on Sustainable Finance” (December 25,2020)
• Updated statistics of money lending business (December 25,2020)
• Financial Industry-wide Cybersecurity Exercise (Delta Wall V) (December 25,2020)
• The Council of Experts Concerning the Follow-up of Japan’s Stewardship Code and Japan’s Corporate Governance Code (December 25,2020)
• Memorandum of Cooperation with Bank of Italy (December 24, 2020)
• Stewardship Code : 291 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of November 30, 2020 (December 24, 2020)
• Memorandum of Cooperation with the Commissione Nazionale per le Sicietà e la Borsa of Italy (CONSOB) (December 23, 2020)
• Joint Statement on Japan’s Temporary Equivalence regarding Reinsurance and Enhanced Cooperation between Japan and EU in the Insurance Sector (December 21, 2020）
• Publication of the “Board Effectiveness and Ensuring Diversity in the Core Human Resources in Companies for Post-COVID Transformation of Companies” (December 18, 2020)
• Bank of Japan Review: Supervisory Simultaneous Stress Testing Based on Common Scenarios (December 17, 2020)
• NAIC-FSA Insurance Dialogue held in WebEx (December 15, 2020)
• Overview of financial results of major insurance companies as of September 30, 2020 (December 11, 2020)
• Japan as an International Financial Center (December 9, 2020)　
• Publication of the summary from “JFSA priorities for July 2020-June 2021” (December 4, 2020)
• Overview of major banks’ financial results as of September 30, 2020 (December 4, 2020)
• Overview of the Japanese regional banks’ financial results for six months ended September 30, 2020 (December 4, 2020)
• “The Council of Experts Concerning the Follow-up of Japan’s Stewardship Code and Japan’s Corporate Governance Code” the Twenty-Second Council (December 4, 2020)
• FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.207 (December 1, 2020)
• Publication of the Special Provisions for the Application of the Guidelines for Debt Consolidation after a  Natural Disaster to the COVID-19 Infection (December 1, 2020)

November

• Comment letter on the IFRS Foundation Consultation Paper on Sustainability Reporting (November 30, 2020)
• Updated statistics of money lending business (November 27, 2020)
• Participation in the International Platform on Sustainable Finance (November 24, 2020)
• Joint EU-Japan financial regulatory forum (November 24, 2020)
• G20: Efforts on Governance Issues in Decentralized Financial Systems "BGIN" - new global network (November 11, 2020)
• Preparation for permanent cessation of LIBOR (November 10, 2020)
• The main issues raised by the FSA at opinion exchange meetings with trade associations (November 6, 2020)
• Promoting the Use of English and Establishing a Single Point of Contact for Foreign Asset Management Firms (November 6, 2020)
• Public Consultation on Cabinet Office Order to Partially Amend Cabinet Office Order on Financial Instruments Business, etc., the Ordinance to Partially Amend the Ordinance on Financial Services Providers’ Deposit for Operation, etc. (November 6, 2020)
• Stewardship Code : 288 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of September 30, 2020 (November 2, 2020)

October

• Updated statistics of money lending business (October 30, 2020)
• FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.206 (October 29, 2020)
• Update on Progress toward Further Efficiency and Transparency in the Screening Procedures for Licensing and Registration of Financial Businesses (October 27, 2020)
• Keynote speech:Preparing for a strong post-COVID growth- by Himino Ryozo, commissioner of the JFSA, at the 2020 IIF (Institute of International Finance) Annual Membership Meeting (October 16, 2020)
• The Advisory Council on the Economic Value-based Solvency Framework (October 16, 2020)
• List of members of the Council of Experts Concerning the Follow-up of Japan’s Stewardship Code and Japan’s Corporate Governance Code (October 15, 2020)
• FSA official is appointed as the Chair of the IOSCO Committee on Issuer Accounting, Audit and Disclosure (Committee 1) (October 14, 2020)
• Thirteenth Meeting of the "Council for Cooperation on Financial Stability" (October 13, 2020)
• International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators published Information Paper (October 9, 2020)
• Publication of “Progress Report on Enhancing the Asset Management Business 2020” (October 7, 2020)
• FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.205 (October 1, 2020)

September

• Preparation for permanent cessation of LIBOR (September 30, 2020)
• Updated statistics of money lending business (September 29, 2020)
• Emergency Registration Exemption for Foreign Financial Institutions / Asset Managers (Temporary relief to address overseas business disruptions due to disaster or other reasons) (September 24, 2020)
• Stewardship Code : 286 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of August 31, 2020 (September 23, 2020)
• Looking through the six phases of the COVID cycle- Remarks by Himino Ryozo, commissioner of the JFSA, at the Columbia SIPA webinar on Recent Lessons for Financial Regulation and Macroprudential Policy (September 11, 2020)
• Joint session of the 44th general meeting of Financial System Council and the 32th meeting of Sectional Committee on Financial System (September 8, 2020)
• G20: Efforts on Governance Issues in Decentralized Financial Systems ’BGIN’ ― new global network (September 3, 2020)

August

• Publication of Summary from ’JFSA priorities for July 2020-June 2021’（August 31, 2020)
• Updated statistics of money lending business (August 28, 2020)
• FSA publishes the status of loans held by all banks as of the end of March 2020, based on the Financial Reconstruction Act (August 28, 2020)
• FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.204 (August 27, 2020)
• Opening Remarks by Aso Taro, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance and Minister in Charge of Finance at the Blockchain Global Governance Conference (BG2C) in Tokyo (August 26, 2020)
• Is Satoshi’s dream still relevant today? - Closing remarks by Himino Ryozo, commissioner of the JFSA, at the Blockchain Global Governance Conference (BG2C) in Tokyo (August 26, 2020)
• Financial hub cities in the post-COVID era (August 25, 2020)
• G20: Efforts on Governance Issues in Decentralized Financial Systems ’BGIN’ ― new global network (August 24, 2020)
• Brochure about the FSA (August 12, 2020)
• Preparation for permanent cessation of LIBOR (August 11, 2020)
• Stewardship Code : 285 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of July 31, 2020 (August 7, 2020)
• FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA Extra Issue (August 5, 2020)

July

• Updated statistics of money lending business (July 30, 2020)
• FSA updated Information on COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) (July 30, 2020)
• FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.203 (July 29, 2020)
• Partial revision of the "Reference Cases", etc. regarding the "Independent Agent Exemption" of fund managers (July 22, 2020)
• The results of monitoring customer-oriented business conduct of investment trust distributors(2019 business year) (July 22, 2020)
• Stewardship Code : 284 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of June 30, 2020 (July 3, 2020)
• At the FSB workshop on Policy Responses to COVID-19 - Introductory remarks by HIMINO Ryozo, Vice Minister for International Affairs (July 3, 2020)

June

• Updated statistics of money lending business (June 29, 2020)
• Bank of Japan Review: Developments in Overseas Credit Investment and Lending by Japanese Financial Institutions (June 26, 2020)
• Announcement of the new dates of BG2C, FIN/SUM BB (June 25, 2020)
• FSA updated Information on COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) (June 23, 2020)
• Overview of financial results of major insurance companies as of March 31, 2020 (June 23, 2020)
• Preparation for permanent cessation of LIBOR (June 9, 2020)
• Overview of major banks’ financial results as of March 31, 2020 (June 5, 2020)
• Overview of the Japanese regional  banks’ financial results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2020 (June 5, 2020)
• G20: Efforts on Governance Issues in Decentralized Financial Systems "BGIN" - new global network (June 5, 2020)
• FSA updated Information on COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) (June 4, 2020)
• Stewardship Code : 281 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of May 29, 2020 (June 3, 2020)
• Letters to the CEOs of Major Financial Institutions regarding LIBOR Transition (June 1, 2020)

May

• Updated statistics of money lending business (May 28, 2020)
• FSA updated Information on COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) (May 27, 2020)
• Statement by Minister for Financial Services, Amendment to the “Act on Special Measures for Strengthening Financial Functions” (May 27, 2020)
• The main issues raised by the FSA at opinion exchange meetings with trade associations (May 22, 2020)
• Publication of Final Report for “Study on Impact Investing Activities in Listed Equity” (May 22, 2020)
• FSA updated Information on COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) (May 19, 2020)
• IFIAR published IFIAR Chair’s Update on COVID-19 to stakeholders (May 11, 2020)
• FSA publishes GLOPAC Newsletter vol.15 (May 11, 2020)
• Stewardship Code : 281 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of April 30, 2020 (May 1, 2020)

April

• Updated statistics of money lending business (April 30, 2020)
• FSA updated Information on COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) (April 23, 2020)
• Statement by Minister for Financial Services, on maintaining the function of the financial system and financial markets under the declaration of a state of emergency responding to the spread of COVID-19 (April 17, 2020)
• FSA updated Information on COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) (April 17, 2020)
• FSA updated Information on COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) (April 16, 2020)
• Corporate Year-End Closing of Accounts, Auditing and Shareholders meeting in Response to the Increasing Impact of COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) (April 15, 2020)
• Presentations at the GLOPAC Fellowship Program from Visiting Fellows (April 9, 2020)
• Twelfth Meeting of the "Council for Cooperation on Financial Stability" (April 8, 2020)
• Statement by Minister for Financial Services, on maintaining the function of the financial system and financial markets under the declaration of a state of emergency responding to the spread of COVID-19 (Aprl 7, 2020)
• Preparation for permanent cessation of LIBOR (April 3, 2020)
• BG2C put off further to be rescheduled after Covid-19 subsides (April 3, 2020)
• Appointment of the Director of the Financial Research Center (April 1, 2020)

March

• Updated statistics of money lending business (March 30, 2020)
• FSA updated Information on COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) (March 27, 2020)
• Statement by Minister for Financial Services, on ensuring sound market function and market fairness (March 24, 2020)
• Finalization of Japan’s Stewardship Code (Second revised version) (March 24, 2020)
• At BG2C [Blockchain Global Governance Conference] Special Online Panel Discussion - Keynote Speech by Commissioner ENDO Toshihide (March 24, 2020)
• Stewardship Code : 280 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of March 13, 2020 (March 16, 2020)
• Information on COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) (March 13, 2020)
• Joint Survey on the Use of LIBOR (March 13, 2020)
• Preparation for permanent cessation of LIBOR (March 13, 2020)
• Launch of a new global network for blockchain "Blockchain Governance Initiative Network" [BGIN] (March 10, 2020)
• Exchange of Letters on Cooperation in the area of supervision with the Banco Central do Brasil (March 3, 2020)
• Notice of postponing BG2C and FIN/SUM BB (March 2, 2020)
• The European Financial Forum 2020 - Speech by MIYASHITA Ichiro, State Minister for Financial Services (March 2, 2020)

February

• Updated statistics of money lending business (February 27, 2020)
• FSA publishes English version of Reference Cases on Suspicious Transactions (February 21, 2020)
• FSA publishes the status of loans held by all banks as of the end of September 2019, based on the Financial Reconstruction Act (February 21, 2020)
• FSA hosted the IOSCO Committee on Issuer Accounting, Audit and Disclosure (Committee 1) meeting (February 21, 2020)
• International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators published the Report on 2019 Survey of Inspection Findings (February 21, 2020)
• Stewardship Code : 277 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of February 14, 2020 (February 18, 2020)
• Publication of Final Report by the Expert Study Group on Capital Markets in Japan of the Financial System Council (February 17, 2020)
• Joint Session of the 43rd General Meeting of Financial System Council and the 31st Meeting of Sectional Committee on Financial System (February 10, 2020)
• IFIAR announced the results of a four-year initiative to reduce the inspection findings rate (February 5, 2020)
• Game companies are required to notify the Japanese authority (Local Finance Bureau) in accordance with the Payment Services Act.(Available in Japanese, English and Chinese) (February 5, 2020)

January

• Updated statistics of money lending business (January 30, 2020)
• Release of videos of "G20 High-level Seminar on Financial Innovation" and "G20/OECD Seminar on Corporate Governance" (January 28, 2020)
• FSA publishes GLOPAC Newsletter vol.14 (January 23, 2020)
• The FSA published new materials and minutes of The Council of Experts on the Stewardship Code (January 20, 2020)
• Guidebook for Registration of Investment Management Business and Other Financial Instruments Businesses (January 10, 2020)