Press Releases (2021)

• April
• March
• February
• January

April

• Fourteenth Meeting of the ”Council for Cooperation on Financial Stability” (April 8, 2021)
• Revision of the Corporate Governance Code (April 7, 2021)
• Call for Public Comments on the ”Guidelines for Investor and Company Engagement” (Revision Draft) (April 7, 2021)
• FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.211 (April 7, 2021)
• Stewardship Code : 299 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of February 28, 2021 (April 7, 2021)
• Revision of the Corporate Governance Code (April 6, 2021)
• Revisions of Japan‘s Corporate Governance Code and Guidelines for Investor and Company Engagement (April 6, 2021)
• Preparation for permanent cessation of LIBOR (April 2, 2021)
• Tax Policies for Japan as an International Financial Center (April 1, 2021)

March

• Request for Notification of Originator and Beneficiary Information upon Crypto Assets Transfer (i.e. the travel rule) (March 31, 2021)
• Revision of the Corporate Governance Code (March 31, 2021)
• Dedicated Internasional Financial Center Page Launched (March 30, 2021)
• Updated statistics of money lending business (March 30, 2021)
• Living in Japan: How to Open a Bank Account and Send Money (March 29, 2021)
• Financial sector’s roles in the transition to carbon neutrality- Concluding Remarks by Himino Ryozo, Commissioner, Financial Services Agency of Japan, at the Bank of Japan International Research Workshop on Climate-related Financial Risks (March 29, 2021)
• EU-Asia Pacific Forum on Financial Regulation (March 26, 2021)
• “The Council of Experts Concerning the Follow-up of Japan’s Stewardship Code and Japan’s Corporate Governance Code” the Twenty- Sixth Council (March 24, 2021)
• International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators published the Report on 2020 Survey of Inspection Findings (March 23, 2021)
• Closing Remarks by ASO Taro, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance and Minister of State for Financial Services at FIN/SUM 2021, Tokyo (March 23, 2021)
• Opening Remarks by AKAZAWA Ryosei, State Minister for Financial Services at FIN/SUM 2021, Tokyo (March 23, 2021) 
• FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.210 (March 22, 2021)
• Keynote Speech by MORITA Tokio, Vice Minister for International Affairs at the 7th EU-ASIA Financial Services Dialogue (March 22, 2021)
• FSA updated Information on COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) (March 22, 2021)
• The Announcements Pertaining to Global Money Week 2021（March 18, 2021)
• FSA updated Information on COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) (March 10, 2021)
• Preparation for permanent cessation of LIBOR (March 8, 2021)
• “The Council of Experts Concerning the Follow-up of Japan’s Stewardship Code and Japan’s Corporate Governance Code” the Twenty- Fifth Council"（March 2, 2021)
• Exchange of Letters on Co-operation in the area of Insurance Supervision with the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (March 2, 2021)
• G20: Efforts on Governance Issues in Decentralized Financial Systems ”BGIN” - new global network (March 2, 2021)
• “FIN/SUM 2021” (March 2, 2021)
• “The Council of Experts Concerning the Follow-up of Japan’s Stewardship Code and Japan’s Corporate Governance Code” the Twenty- Fifth Council"（March 2, 2021)
• Exchange of Letters on Co-operation in the area of Insurance Supervision with the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (March 2, 2021)

February

• Updated statistics of money lending business (February 26, 2021)
• The FSA publishes the status of loans held by all banks as of the end of September 2020, based on the Financial Reconstruction Act (February 26, 2021)
• FSA updated Information on COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) (February 25, 2021)
• FSA updated Information on COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) (February 19, 2021)
• Public Consultation on the Cabinet Office Order to Partially Amend the Regulation for Enforcement of the Insurance Business Act（February 15, 2021)
• Stewardship Code : 293 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of December 31, 2020 (February 12, 2021)
• FSA updated Information on COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) (February 12, 2021)
• “The Council of Experts Concerning the Follow-up of Japan’s Stewardship Code and Japan’s Corporate Governance Code” the Twenty-Fourth Council (February 8, 2021)
• FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.209 (February 8, 2021)
• Joint session of the 45th general meeting of Financial System Council and the 33rd meeting of Sectional Committee on Financial System (February 3, 2021)

January

• What we saw in 2020 and what we need to do in 2021 and beyond- Remarks by Himino Ryozo, Commissioner, Financial Services Agency of Japan, at the Asian Financial Forum (January 28, 2021)
• Updated statistics of money lending business (January 28, 2021)
• FSA updated Information on COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) (January 28, 2021)
• Publication of the First Report by the Working Group on Capital Market Regulations of the Financial System Council (January 26, 2021)
• The 2nd Japan-China Capital Markets Forum was Held Online (January 26, 2021)
• FSA updated Information on COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) (January 22, 2021)
• FSA updated Information on COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) (January 21, 2021)
• “The Council of Experts Concerning the Follow-up of Japan’s Stewardship Code and Japan’s Corporate Governance Code” the Twenty-Third Council (January 20, 2021)
• FSA updated Information on COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) (January 15, 2021)
• Preparation for permanent cessation of LIBOR (January 12, 2021)
• The Financial Market Entry Office (January 12, 2021)
• Finalization of 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 and Regulatory Notices (January 12, 2021)
• FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.208 (January 5, 2021)