○ 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 April

April 1	Access		Administrative action against Bansei Yamamaru Securities Co., Ltd.
	Access		Administrative action against Rights Trust Inc.
	Access		Revised SME Finance Facilitation Act enacted, enforced, etc.
	Access		Statement by Shozaburo Jimi, Minister for Financial Services
April 4	Access		“Guidelines on Financial Supervision based on the Act Concerning Temporary Measures to Facilitate Financing for SMEs, etc. (Specific roles which financial institutions should play in wielding their consulting functions)” published
April 6	Access		“Draft Cabinet Order for Partial Revision of the Order for Enforcement of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act”, “Draft Cabinet Ordinance for Partial Revision of the Cabinet Ordinance Relating to Definitions Prescribed in Article 2 of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act” and partial revision (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'” - Results of public comments, etc.
	Access		Addition of “Q&A on Tender Offers for Shares, etc.”
April 7	Access		Administrative action against Emerging Asset Management, Inc.
	Access		Decision to order an administrative monetary penalty for false statements in annual securities reports relating to Tokyo Nissan Computer System Co., Ltd.
April 8	Access		“Revision of semi-annual auditing standards and quarterly review standards” (public draft) published
April 12	Access		Authorization of banking license
April 13	Access		“Guidelines on Financial Supervision based on the Act Concerning Temporary Measures to Facilitate Financing for SMEs, etc. (Specific roles which financial institutions should play in wielding their consulting functions) (draft)” - Results of public comments, etc.
April 15	Access		Partial revisions (drafts) of “Comprehensive Guidelines for the Supervision of Major Banks, etc.” and “Comprehensive Guidelines for the Supervision of Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Regional Financial Institutions” - Results of public comments, etc.
	Access		Administrative action against SMBC Nikko Securities Inc.
	Access		Administrative action against Jonan Chien Kangyo K.K.
April 19	Access		Administrative action against Wesco Japan, Inc.
April 21	Access		“9th Integrated Exchange Study Team” Documents (Held March 10, 2011)
	Access		“8th Integrated Exchange Study Team” Documents (Held March 3, 2011)
	Access		Status of crime involving counterfeit ATM cards
April 22	Access		FSA extends temporary measures regarding restrictions on short selling and purchase of own stocks by listed companies
	Access		FSA Vice Commissioner for International Affairs appointed Chairman of IOSCO's Technical Committee
April 26	Access		Changes in Q&A on “Cabinet Office Ordinance Attached Forms concerning Temporary Measures to Facilitate Financing for SMEs, etc.” and “Guidelines on Financial Supervision based on the Act Concerning Temporary Measures to Facilitate Financing for SMEs, etc.”
April 27	Access		Discussion Group on a More Advanced EDINET (Electronic Disclosure) - Practitioner Study Group (5th) Documents (held March 17, 2011)
April 28	Access		Administrative action against Emerging Asset Management, Inc.
	Access		“Cabinet Office Ordinance for Partial Revision of the Ordinance for Enforcement of Money Lending Business Act”
	Access		Provision of the exception for the amount accumulated as incurred but not reported concerning the business year ended March 31, 2011, based on the stipulations of Order for Enforcement of the Insurance Business Act, Article 73, Paragraph 1, Item 2” (Exceptional FSA Regulatory Notice) published
	Access		Status of counseling etc. provided by the “Counseling Office for Financial Services Users” (period: January 1 to March 31, 2011)
	Access		Number of cases in information provided concerning improper use of deposit accounts
	Access		Money Lending Business Related Statistics updated
	Access		Update of the “Administrative Actions Casebook”
	Access		Promulgation of Cabinet Office 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		Small and Medium Enterprise Accounting Study Team Working Group (4th) Program (held April 26, 2011)
	Access	is a link to the publication web page.

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Web Pages Most Accessed in March

This section shows the March 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
• Situation of responses to recent disaster by FSA, Local Finance Bureaus and financial institutions
• Financial Facilitation Measures for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
• List of licensed (registered) financial institutions
• Inspection, supervision and regulation responses in consideration of damage from the 2011 Tohoku-Pacific Ocean Earthquake
• Financial Institutions Consultation Contact Points List
• “Opinion paper on the revision of the Standards and Practice Standards for Management Assessment and Audit concerning Internal Control Over Financial Reporting” published
• For borrowers
• “Q&A on Internal Controls Reporting System” revised
• Internal Controls Reporting System Casebook