Press Releases (2022)

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

December

• Updated : Trends in High-Speed Trading (December 28, 2022)
• Updated : International Financial Center Website (December 27, 2022)
• Tentative decisions on the fundamental elements of the economic value-based solvency regulation (December 23, 2022)
• Financial Industry-Wide Cybersecurity Exercise (Delta Wall VII) (December 23, 2022)
• FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.229  (December 22, 2022)
• Call for Public Comment on Proposed Partial Amendments to the Comprehensive Supervisory Guidelines for Financial Instruments Business Operators, etc. regarding ESG Investment Trusts (December 19, 2022)
• Overview of financial results of major insurance companies as of September 30, 2022 (December 16, 2022)
• Finalization of “the Code of Conduct for ESG Evaluation and Data Providers”  (December 15, 2022)
• Guideline for Supervision of Issuers of Prepaid Payment Instruments (December 15, 2022)
• Guideline for Supervision of Funds Transfer Service Providers (December 15, 2022)
• Guideline for Supervision of Crypto-Asset Exchange Service Providers (December 15, 2022)
• FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.228 (December 12, 2022)
• Updated : Publication of the summary from "The JFSA Strategic Priorities July 2022-June 2023"  (December 12, 2022)
• Stewardship Code : 322 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of November 30, 2022 (December 9, 2022)
• Updated : Living in Japan: How to Open a Bank Account and Send Money (December 9, 2022)
• Administrative Actions against FTX Japan, Inc.  (December 9, 2022)
• Finalization of the "Guidelines for Creating, Recordkeeping and Reporting of Transaction Information specified in Article 4(1) of the Cabinet Office Order on the Regulation of Over-the-Counter Derivatives, etc." (December 9, 2022)
• The fourth meeting of the Working Group on Corporate Disclosure of the Financial System Council  (December 8, 2022)
• A speech on “Regulating the crypto assets landscape in Japan” at the crypto asset roundtable hosted by OMFIF (December 7, 2022)
• Updated : International Financial Center Website  (December 5, 2022)
• Overview of the Japanese regional banks’ financial results for six months ended September 30, 2022  (December 2, 2022)
• Overview of major banks’ financial results as of September 30, 2022 (December 2, 2022)

November

• Establishment of the “Working Group on Financial Institutions’ Efforts towards the Decarbonization of the Economy (November 25, 2022)
• The Japan-Switzerland Financial Dialogue (November 25, 2022)
• Establishment of "Japan Corporate Governance Forum" (November 18, 2022)
• The third meeting of the Working Group on Corporate Disclosure of the Financial System Council　 (November 18, 2022)
• Publication of the "Examples of Indicators for Social Benefits of Social Projects” (November 11, 2022)
• FSA became a signatory to the IOSCO APRC (Asia-Pacific Regional Committee) Supervisory MMoU (November 11, 2022)
• Administrative Actions against FTX Japan, Inc. (November 11, 2022)
• Stewardship Code : 322 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of October 31, 2022 (November 10, 2022)
• Publication of the English translation of "Frequently Asked Questions Regarding “Guidelines for Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism”"(November 9, 2022)
• Updated : International Financial Center Website (November 4, 2022)
• Fintech and Innovation (November 4, 2022)
• FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.227 (November 4, 2022)
• FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.226 (November 4, 2022)
• FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.225 (November 4, 2022)

October

• Updated : International Financial Center Website  (October 31, 2022)
• Updated : The Financial Market Entry Office  (October 31, 2022)
• Finalization of Partial Amendment for Regulatory Notice Specifying the Documents Based on Article 2 (1) of the Cabinet Office Order on Financial Instruments Business, etc. (October 31, 2022)
• Administrative Actions, etc. against SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.  (October 28, 2022)
• The second meeting of the Working Group on Corporate Disclosure of the Financial System Council (October 26, 2022)
• Establishment of “Working Group on Impact Investment” (October 25, 2022)
• Publication of the summary from "Annual Report on Insurance Monitoring 2022" (October 24, 2022)
• Director for International AML/CFT Policy, International Affairs Office Elected New Co-Chair of the Virtual Assets Contact Group of FATF (October 24, 2022)
• Seventeenth Meeting of the "Council for Cooperation on Financial Stability"(October 18, 2022)
• Updated : Release of “Pilot Scenario Analysis Exercise on Climate-Related Risks Based on Common Scenarios” (October 14, 2022)
• Stewardship Code : 322 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of September 30, 2022  (October 11, 2022)
• Update on Progress toward Further Efficiency and Transparency in the Screening Procedures for Licensing and Registration of Financial Businesses (October 7, 2022)
• Updated statistics of money lending business  (October 7, 2022)
• Publication of the English version of the " "Anti-Money Laundering, Counter Financing of Terrorism, and Counter-Proliferation Financing Current Status and Challenges" (October 7, 2022)

September

• Trends in High-Speed Trading (September 30, 2022)
• Publication of "Supervisory Guidance on Climate-related Risk Management and Client Engagement" (full text)  (September 29, 2022)
• The first meeting of the Working Group on Corporate Disclosure of the Financial System Council  (September 28, 2022)
• Publication of the summary from "The JFSA Strategic Priorities July 2022-June 2023"  (September 26, 2022)
• Joint session of the 50th general meeting of Financial System Council and the 38th meeting of Sectional Committee on Financial System (September 26, 2022)
• Contribution of “JFSA's approach to climate-related financial risk management” to the Eurofi Magazine (September 14, 2022)
• Contribution of “Three major policy perspectives for financial regulators regarding crypto-assets” to the Eurofi Magazine (September 14, 2022)
• Publication of the "Guidelines for Creating, Recordkeeping and Reporting of Transaction Information specified in Article 4(1) of the Cabinet Office Order on the Regulation of Over-the-Counter Derivatives, etc. (Draft)" - Open for Public Comments (September 12, 2022)
• Stewardship Code : 322 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of August 31, 2022 (September 9, 2022)
• Updated : International Financial Center Website (September 8, 2022)
• The 3rd Japan-China Capital Markets Forum was Held Online (September 7, 2022)
• Administrative Action against REVOLUT TECHNOLOGIES JAPAN, Inc. (September 2, 2022)

August

• Public Consultation on Partial Amendment for Regulatory Notice Specifying the Documents Based on Article 2 (1) of the Cabinet Office Order on Financial Instruments Business, etc. (August 31, 2022)
• Updated statistics of money lending business (August 30, 2022)
• The FSA publishes the status of loans held by all banks as of the end of March 2022, based on the Financial Reconstruction Act (August 26, 2022)
• Release of “Pilot Scenario Analysis Exercise on Climate-Related Risks Based on Common Scenarios”  (August 26, 2022)
• FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.224 (August 23, 2022)
• FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.223 (August 23, 2022)
• Updated : International Financial Center Website (August 17, 2022)
• Stewardship Code : 322 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of July 31, 2022 (August 10, 2022)
• Updated : Guidebook for Registration of Investment Management Business and Other Financial Instruments Businesses (August 9, 2022)
• Sustainable finance  (August 4, 2022)
• Updated : Financial Services Agency’s Efforts to Promote Innovation  (August 3, 2022)

July

• Open Policy Lab Initiative (July 28, 2022)
• Updated：Statistics of money lending business (July 28, 2022)
• Updated : International Financial Center Website (July 26, 2022)
• Publication of "Supervisory Guidance on Climate-related Risk Management and Client Engagement"  (July 15, 2022)
• Bilateral meeting between Commissioner Nakajima and Ms. Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury of the United States (July 13, 2022)
• "The Second Report by the Expert Panel on Sustainable Finance" Announced  (July 13, 2022)
• Publication of “Discussion Paper – Study on Climate-related Scenarios Analysis: Characteristics of NGFS Scenarios and their Applications in Climate-related Financial Risk Analysis” (July 12, 2022)
• Report of the Technical Committee for ESG Evaluation and Data Providers  (July 12, 2022)
• Invitation for Public Comments regarding “the Code of Conduct for ESG Evaluation and Data Providers”  (July 12, 2022)
• Partial revision of the "Reference Cases" regarding the "Independent Agent Exemption" of fund managers  (July 8, 2022)
• Partial revision of the notice regarding the tax treatment of Carried Interest(July 8, 2022)
• Progress in Initiatives for Further Strengthening Coordination between the Financial Services Agency and the Bank of Japan(July 8, 2022)
• Updated : International Financial Center Website (July 7, 2022)
• Stewardship Code : 323 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of June 30, 2022  (July 6, 2022)
• Updated : The Council of Experts Concerning the Follow-up of Japan’s Stewardship Code and Japan’s Corporate Governance Code (July 5, 2022)

June

• Publication of Summary of Report by the Working Group on Corporate Disclosure of the Financial System Council (June 30, 2022)
• FSA updated Information on COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) (June 30, 2022)
• Updated : Guidebook for Registration of Investment Management Business and Other Financial Instruments Businesses (June 30, 2022)
• Updated : Publication of “Progress Report on Enhancing the Asset Management Business 2022”  (June 29, 2022)
• Updated : International Financial Center Website (June 27, 2022)
• Bank of Japan Review Progress toward resolvability to address TBTF problem (June 22, 2022)
• Assistant Commissioner of International Affairs Office Elected New Co-Chair of the FATF Policy Development Group (June 20, 2022)
• Overview of major banks’ financial results as of March 31, 2022 (June 17, 2022)
• Overview of financial results of major insurance companies as of March 31, 2022 (June 17, 2022)
• Japan and Indonesia Sign Letters on Cooperation Framework regarding Innovation in the Financial Sector (June 17, 2022)
• FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.222 (June 15, 2022)
• Updated : International Financial Center Website (June 14, 2022)
• Summary of Results of the FSA-sponsored International Symposium “Transition to Net-Zero: The Role of Finance and Pathway toward a Sustainable Future” (June 14, 2022)
• The first Meeting of the UK-Japan Financial Regulatory Forum and Exchange of Letters on Co-operation in the area of Financial Regulation with HMT (June 10, 2022)
• Stewardship Code : 322 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of May 31, 2022 (June 10, 2022)
• Welcome Remarks by SUZUKI Shunichi, Minister of State for Financial Services, at Transition to Net Zero: The Role of Finance and Pathway toward Sustainable Future (June 8, 2022)
• Closing Remarks by AMAYA Tomoko, Vice Minister for International Affairs, at Transition to Net Zero: The Role of Finance and Pathway toward Sustainable Future (June 8, 2022)
• FSA publishes an English translation (preliminary version) of the “Comprehensive Guidelines for Supervision of Major Banks” (June 8, 2022)
• Updated : The Council of Experts Concerning the Follow-up of Japan’s Stewardship Code and Japan’s Corporate Governance Code (June 6, 2022) 
• Overview of the Japanese regional banks' financial results for six months ended September 30, 2021 (June 3, 2022)
• Updated : Preparation for permanent cessation of LIBOR (June 2, 2022)
• Bank of Japan Review Review of JPY LIBOR Transition and Future Initiatives (June 2, 2022)
• Publication of the Key Results of the Survey on JBA TIBOR Exposures by JBA TIBOR Administration (June 1, 2022)

May

• Keynote by AMAYA Tomoko, Vice Minister for International, Affairs at “RI Japan 2022” hosted by Responsible Investor (May 31, 2022)
• Publication of the English translation of "Frequently Asked Questions Regarding “Guidelines for Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism”" (May 31, 2022)
• Updated statistics of money lending business (May 30, 2022)
• FSA updated Information on COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) (May 30, 2022)
• Publication of “Progress Report on Enhancing the Asset Management Business 2022”  (May 27, 2022)
• Stewardship Code : 324 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of April 30, 2022 (May 20, 2022)
• Study Group on Digital and Decentralized Finance Interim Report (May 20, 2022)
• The ninth meeting of the Working Group on Corporate Disclosure of the Financial System Council (May 16, 2022)
• The FSA to sponsor International Symposium on Sustainable Finance in May (May 10, 2022)
• Vitrtual Meeting of the International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators (IFIAR) (May 9, 2022)
• The Council of Experts Concerning the Follow-up of Japan's Stewardship Code and Japan's Corporate Governance Code : Twenty-Seventh Meeting (May 9, 2022)

April

• Updated statistics of money lending business (April 27, 2022)
• Supervisory Focus Points and Actions in Light of the Losses Resulting from the Default of a U.S. Investment Fund (April 20, 2022)
• Updated : Guidebook for Registration of Investment Management Business and Other Financial Instruments Businesses (April 15, 2022)
• Sixteenth Meeting of the ″Council for Cooperation on Financial Stability (April 14, 2022)
• FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.221 (April 14, 2022)
• Stewardship Code : 323 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of March 31, 2022 (April 13, 2022)
• Updated : International Financial Center Website (April 12, 2022)
• The eighth meeting of the Working Group on Corporate Disclosure of the Financial System Council (April 11, 2022)
• EU-Asia Pacific Forum on Financial Regulation (April 5, 2022)
• International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators published the Report on 2021 Survey of Inspection Findings (April 5, 2022)

March

• Updated : International Financial Center Website (March 31, 2022)

• Updated : International Financial Center Website (March 31, 2022)
• Summary of Results of the Third Survey on the Use of LIBOR (March 31, 2022)
• Updated : Preparation for permanent cessation of LIBOR (March 31, 2022)
• Updated statistics of money lending business (March 30, 2022)
• Updated : The Financial Market Entry Office (March 29, 2022)
• Updated : Guidebook for Registration of Investment Management Business and Other Financial Instruments Businesses (March 29, 2022)
• Updated : International Financial Center Website (March 29, 2022)
• Finalization of Cabinet Office Order to Partially Amend Cabinet Office Order on Financial Instruments Business, etc.  (March 29, 2022)
• FSA and European Commission (DG FISMA) adopted the regulatory cooperation framework established under Annex 8-A of the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (March 25, 2022)
• Amendments to the Memorandum of Cooperation with European Securities and Markets Authority (March 24, 2022)
• Press Release on the "Development of a New High-precision AI-based Translation Engine Specialized for the Financial Sector" (March 24,2022)
• Press Release on the "Development of a New High-precision AI-based Translation Engine Specialized for the Financial Sector" (March 23, 2022)
• The seventh meeting of the Working Group on Corporate Disclosure of the Financial System Council (March 18, 2022)
• Updated : International Financial Center Website (March 17, 2022)
• The third Meeting of the EU-Japan Joint Financial Regulatory Forum (March 10 and 11, 2022) (March 14, 2022)
• Announcements Pertaining to Global Money Week 2022 (March 10, 2022)
• Stewardship Code : 321 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of February 28, 2022 (March 9, 2022)
• “FIN/SUM 2022 (March 4, 2022)
• Updated : International Financial Center Website (March 1, 2022)

February

• Updated statistics of money lending business (February 28, 2022)
• The FSA publishes the status of loans held by all banks as of the end of September 2021, based on the Financial Reconstruction Act (February 28, 2022)
• Updated : Preparation for permanent cessation of LIBOR (February 22, 2022)
• Updated : International Financial Center Website (February 22, 2022)
• FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.220  (February 22, 2022)
• Establishment of “Technical Committee for ESG Rating and Data Providers, etc.” (February 17, 2022)
• The sixth meeting of the Working Group on Corporate Disclosure of the Financial System Council  (February 10, 2022)
• Stewardship Code : 320 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of January 31, 2022  (February 10, 2022)

January

• FSA updated Information on COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) (January 31, 2022)
• Updated statistics of money lending business (January 31, 2022)
• FSA updated Information on COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) (January 28, 2022)
• Joint session of the 49th general meeting of Financial System Council and the 37th meeting of Sectional Committee on Financial System (January 24, 2022)
• Stewardship Code : 320 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of December 31, 2021 (January 21, 2022)
• Public Consultation on Cabinet Office Order to Partially Amend Cabinet Office Order on Financial Instruments Business, etc. (January 18, 2022)
• The 1st EIOPA-FSA Insurance Dialogue (January 18, 2022)
• Stewardship Code : 321 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of December 31, 2021 (January 17, 2022)
• The fifth meeting of the Working Group on Corporate Disclosure of the Financial System Council (January 12, 2022)
• Updated : International Financial Center Website (January 4, 2022)
• Financial Services Agency has launched an official LinkedIn Page (January 4, 2022)