Press Releases (2024)

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

October

• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the ’Payment Services Act’ (October 15) (October 15, 2024)
• Twenty-first Meeting of the "Council for Cooperation on Financial Stability" (October 11, 2024)
• The first meeting of the Council of Experts on the Stewardship Code (2024) (October 11, 2024)
• FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.251 (October 9, 2024)
• Japan-U.S. Financial Services Roundtable (October 4, 2024)
• Exchange of Letters for Cooperation with the Cambodia Non-Bank Financial Services Authority (CFSA) (October 3, 2024)
• The fourth meeting of the Working Group on Disclosure and Assurance of Sustainability-related Financial Information (of the Financial System Council) (October 3, 2024)
• The Second Asia High-level Financial Regulators' Forum (October 2, 2024)
• Updated：Trends in High-Speed Trading (October 2, 2024)
• Asia GX（Green Transformation）Consortium announces its official launch (October 2, 2024)

September

• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the ’Payment Services Act’ (September 30) (September 30, 2024)
• FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.250 (September 25, 2024)
• Prime Minister Kishida's Speech at Bloomberg-hosted event in NY (September 24, 2024)
• The FSA publishes the status of loans held by all banks as of the end of March 2024, based on the Financial Reconstruction Act (September 24, 2024)
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the ’Payment Services Act’ (September 13) (September 17, 2024)
• Publication of the summary from "The JFSA Strategic Priorities July 2024-June 2025" (September 13, 2024)
• Bilateral meeting between Commissioner Ito and Chairman Kim, the Financial Services Commission of the Republic of Korea (September 4, 2024)

August

• Updated：Japan Corporate Governance Forum (August 30, 2024)
• Japan Fintech Week 2025 and Newsletter (August 27, 2024)
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the ’Payment Services Act’ (August 26) (August 26, 2024)
• Updated:Speeches（Vice Minister for International Affairs） (August 26, 2024)
• Updated the “Cold Calling” list (as of July 31, 2024) (August 26, 2024)
• FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.249 (August 20, 2024)
• Joint session of the 53rd general meeting of Financial System Council and the 41st meeting of Sectional Committee on Financial System (August 19, 2024)
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the ’Payment Services Act’ (August 1) (August 1, 2024)

July

• Discussion Paper on Lifecycle Management of Products, Services and Activities (July 26, 2024)
• Memorandum of Cooperation in the area of banking supervision with De Nederlandsche Bank (July 26, 2024)
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the ’Payment Services Act’ (July 18) (July 18, 2024)
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the ’Payment Services Act’ (July 10) (July 11, 2024)
• Stewardship Code : 334 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of June 30, 2024 (July 10, 2024)
• FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.248 (July 10, 2024)
• Assistant Commissioner of the International Affairs Office re-elected as Co-Chair of FATF Policy Development Group (July 9, 2024)
• "the Code of Conduct for ESG Evaluation and Data Providers"：26 ESG Evaluation and Data Providers have endorsed the "Code of Conduct" as of June 30, 2024 (July 8, 2024)
• "Insights from Dialogue on Enhancing Sustainability Investment Products" Announced (July 5, 2024)
• Memorandum of Cooperation with the Ontario Securities Commission (July 5, 2024)
• Publication of the summary of "Annual Report on Insurance Monitoring 2024" (July 3, 2024)
• Progress in Common Data Platform and Next Steps (July 1, 2024)
• Updated：Initiatives by the financial industry to enhance their asset management businesses (July 1, 2024)

June

• Publication of the meeting materials and minutes of twenty-ninth meeting of the Council of Experts Concerning the Follow-up of Japan's Stewardship Code and Japan's Corporate Governance Code which was held on April 18, 2024 (June 27, 2024)
• Publication of the Research Report, "Study of the Use of the NGFS Scenarios" (June 25, 2024)
• Administrative Actions, etc. against Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., Ltd., Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities Co., Ltd. and MUFG Bank, Ltd. (June 24, 2024)
• The third meeting of the Working Group on Disclosure and Assurance of Sustainability-related Financial Information (of the Financial System Council) (June 21, 2024)
• Public-private initiatives to support new entrants of emerging asset managers (Japanese EMP) (June 21, 2024)
• Publication of "FSA Analytical Notes" (June 20, 2024)
• Publication of the finalized "Comprehensive Guidelines for Supervision of Financial Instruments Business Operators, etc." after public consultation (June 14, 2024)
• Overview of financial results of major insurance companies as of March 31, 2024 (June 14, 2024)
• Updated：Initiatives by the financial industry to enhance their asset management businesses (June 13, 2024)
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the ’Payment Services Act’ (June 11) (June 13, 2024)
• Overview of the Japanese regional banks’ financial results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024 (June 12, 2024)
• Monitoring Report on Regional Banks' Securities Investment Management (June 11, 2024)
• Publication of the examples of initiatives taken by financial institutions under their EMPs (June 7, 2024)
• Publication of the "Action Program for Corporate Governance Reform 2024: Principles into Practice" (June 7, 2024)
• Overview of major banks’ financial results as of March 31, 2024 (June 5, 2024)
• Publication of statistics regarding over-the-counter (OTC) derivative transactions (as of March 31, 2023) (June 5, 2024)
• Summary of Results of Impact Forum (June 5, 2024)
• Publication of the “Policy Package of Special Zones for Financial and Asset Management Businesses” (June 4, 2024)
• Updated：Initiatives by the financial industry to enhance their asset management businesses (June 4, 2024)

May

• Bilateral meeting between Minister Suzuki and Mr. Christian Noyer, Honorary Governor of the Bank of France (May 31, 2024)
• Direction of remaining issues on economic value-based solvency regulation (May 29, 2024)
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the ’Payment Services Act’ (May 24)(May 29, 2024)
• Updated:Speeches（Vice Minister for International Affairs） (May 28, 2024)
• FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.247 (May 24, 2024)
• Updated its pamphlet titled “Game companies are required to notify the Japanese authority (Local Finance Bureau) in accordance with the Payment Services Act.” (May 24, 2024)
• Bank of Japan Review Foreign Currency Liquidity Risk Management at Japanese Major Banks: Efforts and Enhancement (May 22, 2024)
• FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.246 (May 22, 2024)
• Japan Weeks 2024 official website open (May 10, 2024)
• Release of “Climate-Related Scenario Analysis － Next Step in the Banking Sector －” (May 10, 2024)
• Revision of the "Discussion Paper for Dialogues on Practices of IT Governance at Financial Institutions” (May 10, 2024)
• The second meeting of the Working Group on Disclosure and Assurance of Sustainability-related Financial Information (of the Financial System Council) (May 7, 2024)
• Updated the “Cold Calling” list (as of April 30, 2024) (May 2, 2024)
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the ’Payment Services Act’ （April 26）(May 1, 2024)

April

• Updated:Speeches（Vice Minister for International Affairs） (April 30, 2024)
• The FSA have started accepting applications for the Impact Forum, which will be held on May 14. (April 26, 2024)
• Osaka Plenary Meeting of the International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators (IFIAR) (April 26, 2024)
• Stewardship Code : 334 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of March 31, 2024 (April 26, 2024)
• Overview of Revision Proposals for the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act and Act on Investment Trusts and Investment Corporations (April 25, 2024)
• Updated：Initiatives by the financial industry to enhance their asset management businesses (March 25, 2024)
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the ’Payment Services Act’ （April 10）(April 12, 2024)
• Twentieth Meeting of the "Council for Cooperation on Financial Stability" (April 11, 2024)
• The Council of Experts Concerning the Follow-up of Japan's Stewardship Code and Japan's Corporate Governance Code: Twenty-Ninth Meeting (April 11, 2024)
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the ’Payment Services Act’ （March 29）(April 8, 2024)
• Updated:Speeches（Vice Minister for International Affairs） (April 4, 2024)
• FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.245(April 4, 2024)
• The FSA publishes the status of loans held by all banks as of the end of September 2023, based on the Financial Reconstruction Act (April 3, 2024)
• Revision of "Frequently Asked Questions Regarding “Guidelines for Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism”" (April 2, 2024)
• Appointment of the Director of the Financial Research Center (April 1, 2024)

March

• Finalization of “Basic Guidelines on Impact Investment (Impact Finance)" (March 29, 2024)
• Updated：Trends in High-Speed Trading (March 29, 2024)
• Dedicated Impact Consortium Website Launched (March 29, 2024)
• The FSA publishes the status of loans held by all banks as of the end of March 2023, based on the Financial Reconstruction Act (March 29, 2024)
• International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators published the Report on 2023 Survey of Inspection Findings (March 25, 2024)
• EU-Asia Pacific Forum on Financial Regulation (March 25, 2024)
• Updated：Initiatives by the financial industry to enhance their asset management businesses (March 22, 2024)
• Japan Weeks 2024 (March 22, 2024)
• Impact Forum (March 19, 2024)
• The first meeting of the Working Group on Disclosure and Assurance of Sustainability-related Financial Information (of the Financial System Council) (March 19, 2024)
• Contribution of “Changing dynamics - How should regulators respond to new challenges” to the Eurofi Magazine (March 18, 2024)
• A speech on “Changing Dynamics - How should regulators respond to new challenges” at the Eurofi High Level Seminar 2024 (March 18, 2024)
• Asia GX（Green Transformation）Consortium holds kick-off meeting (March 15, 2024)
• Asia High-level Financial Regulators' Forum holds its first meeting (March 13, 2024)
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the ’Payment Services Act’  (March 13, 2024)
• Updated：Initiatives by the financial industry to enhance their asset management businesses (March 13, 2024)
• Asia GX（Green Transformation）Consortium will hold kick-off meeting (March 11, 2024) 
• The Dialogue between the Financial Services Agency (FSA) and the Center for Financial Industry Information Systems (FISC) (March 11, 2024)
• Publication of "FSA Analytical Notes" (March 8, 2024)
• Publication of the “Statement on the end of Euroyen TIBOR (Publication of the Results of Public Consultation on permanent cessation of Euroyen TIBOR and related issues)” by JBA TIBOR Administration (March 6, 2024)
• Updated：Initiatives by the financial industry to enhance their asset management businesses (March 4, 2024)
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the ’Payment Services Act’  (March 1, 2024)
• Updated Japan Fintech Week official website. (March 1, 2024)

February

• Summary of the Result of the International Roundtable on Understanding Credibility of Transition Plan (February 29, 2024)
• Updated Japan Fintech Week official website (February 21, 2024)
• Publication of the Progress Report for “Improving Internal Audits of Financial Institutions” (Interim Report) (February 20, 2024)
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the ’Payment Services Act’ (February 15, 2024)
• FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.244(February 15, 2024)
• Strengthening user’s protection against unlawful money transfers to crypto-asset exchange service providers (February 14, 2024)
• Joint session of the 52th general meeting of Financial System Council and the 40th meeting of Sectional Committee on Financial System (February 9, 2024)
• Updated：Initiatives by the financial industry to enhance their asset management businesses (February 2, 2024)

January

• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the ’Payment Services Act’ (January 31, 2024)
• Publication of the Report by the Working Group on Tender Offer Rule and Large Shareholding Reporting Rule of the Financial System Council (January 30, 2024)
• Updated：Policy Plan for Promoting Japan as a Leading Asset Management Center (January 24, 2024)
• Initiatives by the financial industry to enhance their asset management businesses (January 24, 2024)
• FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.243 (January 22, 2024)
• Request for Proposals for "Special Zones for Financial and Asset Management Businesses" (January 19, 2024)
• "the Code of Conduct for ESG Evaluation and Data Providers"：21 ESG Evaluation and Data Providers have endorsed the "Code of Conduct" as of December 31, 2023 (January 17, 2024)
• TSE to Publish a List of Companies That Have Disclosed Information Regarding “Action to Implement Management That Is Conscious of Cost of Capital and Stock Price” (January 15, 2024)
• Initiatives for Corporate Governance Reform (January 15, 2024)
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the ’Payment Services Act’ (January 12, 2024)
• Administrative Actions Against SBI SECURITIES Co., Ltd. (January 12, 2024)
• Stewardship Code : 331 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of December 31, 2023 (January 12, 2024)
• "Japan Fintech Week 2024" website is now officially launched. (January 12, 2024)
• Updated Fintech and Innovation page (January 12, 2024)
• Major information about measures taken by FSA, Local Finance Bureaus, and financial industry related to the Noto Peninsula Earthquake in 2024（Updated on January 11, 2024, 8:00pm） (January 11, 2024)
• Major information about measures taken by FSA, Local Finance Bureaus, and financial industry related to the Noto Peninsula Earthquake in 2024 (January 4, 2024)