Press Releases (2020)

• September
• August
• July
• June
• May
• April
• March
• February
• January

September

• 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 : FSA（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)