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

The Financial Services Agency provides an Email Information Service (Japanese and English) through its website. If you register your email address on the Japanese subscription page, we will email you once a day with the latest information, such as the monthly publication, “Access FSA”, and daily press releases.

If you register on the English subscription page, we will email you once a day with the latest information, such as the “What's New” information on the English website as well as the “FSA Newsletter”.

To register in Japanese, please access , and to register in English, please access Subscribing to E-mail Information Service.

○ Subscribing to the SESC Email Information Service

The Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission (SESC) provides an Email Information Service (Japanese/English) through its website. If you register your email address, we will email you with the latest information from the SESC website, such as recommendations relating to administrative action against financial instruments business operators and recommendations relating to orders for the payment of administrative monetary penalties.

* For further details and to register in Japanese, please access , and to register in English, please access Subscribing to E-mail Information Service on the SESC website.

○ Subscribing to the CPAAOB Email Information Service

The Certified Public Accountants and Auditing Oversight Board (CPAAOB) provides an Email Information Service (Japanese/English) through its website. If you register your email address, we will email you with the latest information from the CPAAOB website.

* For further details and to register in Japanese, please access , and to register in English, please access Subscribing to E-mail Information Service on the CPAAOB website.

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Press Releases in February

February 1	Access		Partial revision of FSA Regulatory Notice concerning designation of related corporations of credit rating agencies (group designation concerning explanation items of unregistered ratings)
February 3	Access		“Cabinet Office Ordinance for Partial Revision of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Act on Securitization of Assets (draft)“ published
February 4	Access		Decision to order an administrative monetary penalty for false statements in annual securities reports etc. relating to DesignExchange Co., Ltd.
	Access		Decision to order an administrative monetary penalty for non-submission of a change report relating to Citigroup Japan Holdings Corp.
	Access		Decision to order an administrative monetary penalty for non-submission of a change report relating to Citigroup Global Markets Financial Products LLC
	Access		Decision to order an administrative monetary penalty for false statements and non-submission of a large shareholding report relating to Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.
	Access		Decision to order an administrative monetary penalty for false statements and non-submission of a large shareholding report relating to Citigroup Global Markets Limited
	Access		Collection of Cases in which Administrative Action Has Been Taken updated
	Access		“Insurance Inspection Manual Revision (draft)“ - Measures taken after receipt of public comments
	Access		1st trial to be held for Financial Instruments and Exchange Act violation court case concerning insider trading by a recipient of information from a party contracting with JO Group Holdings Co., Ltd.
February 8	Access		International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Foundation Monitoring Board: Consultative Document on Governance Review published
	Access		“Cabinet Office Ordinance for Partial Revision of the Cabinet Office Ordinance on Prepaid Type Payment Means“ published
February 9	Access		“Japan Corporate Governance Forum“
February 10	Access		FSA publishes the status of loans held by all banks as of end-September 2010, based on the Financial Reconstruction Act
	Access		Administrative action against Master Securities Inc.
	Access		Distribution of grades assigned under the financial inspection rating system
	Access		“Financial Inspection Results Casebook“ published
	Access		“Partial revision of Public Notice on Consolidated Capital Adequacy Ratio Regulations (1st Pillar and 3rd Pillar) (draft)“ published
	Access		Opinions solicited on “Draft Additional Q&A on Basel II“
February 14	Access		“Symposium on Life Planning and Asset Management“ to be held
February 15	Access		Business Accounting Council, Internal Controls Subcommittee documents (held February 14, 2011)
	Access		Administrative Actions against Standard Chartered Bank, Japan Branches
	Access		Designation of parties which conduct dispute resolution operations
February 16	Access		Decision to order an administrative monetary penalty for market manipulation concerning Hokuetsu Kishu Paper Co., Ltd. shares
February 17	Access		Financial Service Dispute Resolution Liaison Group documents (held February 14, 2011)
February 21	Access		“Survey Research on Venture Investment Support Tax Systems of Foreign Countries“ and “Financial Income Taxation Trends of Foreign Countries (Focused on Derivative Transaction related Taxation)“ reports published
	Access		Partial revision (draft) of “Administrative Guidelines (Volume 3: Finance Company Related - 13 - Designated Credit Information Institutions Related)“ published
February 22	Access		FY2010: Honoring efforts by regional financial institutions for region-based relationship banking
	Access		Decision to order an administrative monetary penalty for false statements in annual securities reports etc. relating to Mercian Corporation
	Access		Administrative disciplinary action against Priore Asset Management Co., Ltd.
February 23	Access		Small and Medium Enterprise Accounting Study Team Working Group (1st) documents (held February 21, 2011)
	Access		Small and Medium Enterprise Accounting Study Team (1st) documents (held February 15, 2011)
February 24	Access		“Partial Revision of Public Notice on Consolidated Capital Adequacy Ratios of Final Designated Parent Company (1st Pillar and 3rd Pillar) (draft)“ published
February 25	Access		Situation of changes in lending conditions based on the Act concerning Temporary Measures to Facilitate Financing for SMEs, etc. (early reported values)
	Access		Partial revision (draft) of “Comprehensive Guidelines for Supervision of Major Banks, etc.“ and “Comprehensive Guidelines for Supervision of Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Regional Financial Institutions“ published
	Access		Licensing of foreign non-life insurance companies
	Access		Licensing of non-life insurance companies
	Access		Administrative disciplinary action against Good Signal, Co., Ltd.
	Access		Administrative disciplinary action against Plus Investing Japan Co., Ltd
	Access		“Designation of Qualified Credit Rating Business Operators and Qualified Credit Rating Agencies designated by the FSA Commissioner, and Classifications of Qualified Credit Ratings and Ratings of Qualified Credit Rating Agencies“ published
February 28	Access		Partial revision (draft) of “Comprehensive Guidelines for Supervision of Major Banks, etc.“ and “Comprehensive Guidelines for Supervision of Regional Financial Institutions,“ etc. published
	Access		Money Lending Business Related Statistics updated
	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)

• Financial institutions being inspected by FSA
• List of Issuers of Gift Certificates which are in Repayment Procedures based on the Act on Fund Settlement
• List of licensed (registered) financial institutions
• Financial Facilitation Measures for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
• “Insurance Ins pection Manual Revision (draft)“- Measures taken after receipt of public comments
• Business Accounting Council 21st Internal Controls Subcommittee agenda
• 10th Panel on the Certified Public Accountants System - Program
• Financial Inspection Results Casebook published
• Names of Parties which Engage in Financial Instruments and Exchange Business while Unregistered
• Collection of Cases in which Administrative Action Has Been Taken