○ Subscribing to the Email Information Service (Japanese/English)

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[ Press Releases in January ]

January 7	Access		128th Compulsory Automobile Liability Insurance Council to be held
January 14	Access		4th Disclosure System Working Group to be held
	Access		“Basel Committee Issues Final Elements of the Reforms to Raise the Quality of Regulatory Capital” press release by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
	Access		129th Compulsory Automobile Liability Insurance Council to be held
January 18	Access		FSA publishes the exposures of Japanese deposit-taking institutions to subprime-related products and securitized products based on the leading practices summarized in the FSF report
January 19	Access		10th Panel on the Certified Public Accountants System to be held
	Access		Decision on order to pay an administrative monetary penalty for false statements in annual securities reports etc. relating to M3, Inc.
	Access		Decision on order to pay an administrative monetary penalty for false statements in annual securities reports etc. relating to Mebix, Inc.
	Access		Decision on order to pay an administrative monetary penalty for false statements in annual securities reports etc. relating to Acrodea, Inc.
	Access		Symposium on Life Planning and Asset Management to be held
	Access		“ ‘FSA Disclosure System Working Group Report’ ~ Development of System for Capital Increase by Allotment of Share Options without Contribution (So-called ‘Rights Offering’) ~”
	Access		4th Disclosure Working Group documents (held January 19, 2011)
January 21	Access		“Draft Cabinet Office Ordinance Partially Revising the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Banking Act, etc.” published
	Access		128th & 129th Compulsory Automobile Liability Insurance Council held
	Access		128th Compulsory Automobile Liability Insurance Council documents (held January 14, 2011)
	Access		129th Compulsory Automobile Liability Insurance Council documents (held January 20, 2011)
	Access		Status of crime involving counterfeit ATM cards
	Access		FSA extends temporary measures regarding restrictions on short selling and purchase of own stocks by listed companies
	Access		10th Panel on the Certified Public Accountants System documents (held January 21, 2011)
January 25	Access		Appointment of Financial System Council Members
anuary 26	Access		FY2010 Symposiums on Region-based Relationship Banking to be held
	Access		Partial revisions (drafts) of “Comprehensive Guidelines for Supervision of Financial Instruments Business Operators, etc.,” “Comprehensive Guidelines for the Supervision of Major Banks, etc.” and “Comprehensive Guidelines for the Supervision of Regional Financial Institutions” published
	Access		Decision on order to pay an administrative monetary penalty for insider trading by an officer of Inter Action Corporation
January 28	Access		Financial facilitation in consideration of the occurrence of highly pathogenic bird flu
	Access		“Draft Cabinet Order for Amendment of the Order for Enforcement of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act”, “Draft Cabinet Ordinance for Partial Amendment of the Cabinet Ordinance Relating to Definitions Prescribed in Article 2 of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act” and partial amendment (draft) of “Determination of Company Accounting Standards designated by the FSA Commissioner as stipulated in Regulations, etc. for Terminology, Forms and Preparation of Consolidated Financial Statements” published
	Access		Draft Addition of “Q&A on Tender Offers for Shares, etc.” published
	Access		41st Financial Service Dispute Resolution Liaison Group to be held
	Access		Execution status of management reinforcement plan of Yamanashikenmin Shinyoukumiai and management reinforcement guidance plan of The Shinkumi Federation Bank (year ended September 2010)
	Access		Execution status of management reinforcement plans of 10 regional banks (year ended September 2010)
	Access		Execution status of management reinforcement plans of Kiyo Holdings, Inc., The Kiyo Bank, Ltd. and The Howa Bank, Ltd. (year ended September 2010)
	Access		“Draft Cabinet Office Ordinance for Partial Amendment of the Order for Enforcement of the Insurance Business Act”, etc. published
January 31	Access		Money Lending Business Related Statistics updated
	Access		Status of counseling etc. provided by the “Counseling Office for Financial Services Users” (period: October 1 to December 31, 2010)
	Access		Number of cases in information provided concerning improper use of deposit accounts
	Access		Promulgation of Cabinet Ordinances and FSA Regulatory Notices concerning the extension of temporary measures regarding restrictions on short selling and purchase of own stocks by listed companies
	Access	is a link to the publication web page.

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Web Pages Most Accessed in November

This section shows the January Press Releases web pages which were accessed the most.

To see the web pages most accessed in the past, go to the FSA web site's Web pages most accessed (past data, etc.) (Available in Japanese only)

• List of Issuers of Gift Certificates which are in Repayment Procedures based on the Act on Fund Settlement
• Financial institutions being inspected by FSA
• Financial Facilitation Measures for Small and Medium-sized Companies
• List of licensed (registered) financial institutions
• 10th Panel on the Certified Public Accountants System - Program
• Business Accounting Council
• Names of Parties which Engage in Financial Instruments and Exchange Business while Unregistered
• The Action Plan for the New Growth Strategy (Final Version) published
• “Audit Standards and Evaluation of Internal Controls concerning Financial Reporting, and Implementation Standards for Audits and Evaluation of Internal Controls concerning Financial Reporting” (public draft) published
• Partial revision (draft) of “Comprehensive Guidelines for the Supervision of Major Banks, etc.” and “Comprehensive Guidelines for the Supervision of Regional Financial Institutions” published