○ 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 May ]

May 2	Access		Financial administration internship system implemented at the FSA
May 9	Access		Notice of closing business, etc. of foreign audit firm, etc.
May 10	Access		Results of public comments, etc. on draft cabinet orders and competent ministry ordinances accompanying enforcement of the “Act for Partial Revision of the Act for Partial Revision of the Insurance Business Act, etc.”
May 13	Access		“Standards and Guidelines for Execution of Requested Inspections as Determined in the Agricultural Co-operatives Act” published
	Access		Authorized Specified Insurers under the Revised Insurance Business Act
	Access		Administrative action against Katsuhisa Tahira (Tahira Investment Advisors)
	Access		Statement by Shozaburo Jimi, Minister for Financial Services
May 16	Access		Draft Partial Revision of “Comprehensive Guidelines for the Supervision of Regional Financial Institutions” - Results of public comments, etc.
May 17	Access		Administrative action against Universal Data Co., Ltd.
May 18	Access		“Draft Cabinet Office Ordinance for Partial Revision of the Cabinet office ordinance on Audit Attestation on Financial Statements,” etc. published
May 19	Access		Small and Medium Enterprise Accounting Study Team Working Group (5th) Program
May 20	Access		Administrative action against Moon Light Capital Ltd.
	Access		Interviews to be held with related parties concerning insurance solicitation by banks, etc.
May 24	Access		Results of the Field Tests of Economic-Value Based Solvency Regime
	Access		FAQ on “Clarification of Special Measures and Operation of the Financial Inspection Manual and Supervisory Guidelines regarding Damage by the 2011 Tohoku-Pacific Ocean Earthquake”
May 25	Access		Mergers of non-life insurance companies
May 26	Access		“Draft Cabinet Office Ordinance for Partial Revision of the Ordinance for Enforcement of Money Lending Business Act,” etc. published
May 27	Access		“Draft Partial Revision of Public Notice on Consolidated Capital Adequacy Ratios of Final Designated Parent Company (1st Pillar and 3rd Pillar)” - Results of public comments, etc.
	Access		“Draft Partial Revision of Public Notice on Capital Adequacy Ratio Regulations (1st Pillar and 3rd Pillar)” - Results of public comments, etc.
May 30	Access		Situation of changes in lending conditions based on the Act concerning Temporary Measures to Facilitate Financing for SMEs, etc.
May 31	Access		Administrative Actions against Mizuho Bank and Mizuho Financial Group
	Access		Decision to order an administrative monetary penalty for false statements in annual securities reports relating to SBI Net Systems Co., Ltd.
	Access		Money lending business related documents updated
	Access		Interviews with related parties concerning insurance solicitation by banks, etc.
	Access		Publication of the Cabinet Office Ordinance for Partial Revision of the Cabinet Office Ordinance concerning Temporary Measures to Facilitate Financing for SMEs, etc.
	Access	is a link to the publication web page.

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Web Pages Most Accessed in May

This section shows the May 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 licensed (registered) financial institutions
• 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 Issuers of Gift Certificates which are in Repayment Procedures based on the Act on Fund Settlement
• Results of public comments, etc. on cabinet orders and competent ministry ordinances accompanying enforcement of the “Act for Partial Revision of the Act for Partial Revision of the Insurance Business Act, etc.”
• Cabinet Office Ordinance for Partial Revision of the Ordinance for Enforcement of Money Lending Business Act
• Names of Parties which Engage in Financial Instruments and Exchange Business while Unregistered
• Beware of fraudulent investment solicitation!
• Mergers of non-life insurance companies