Public CommentDecember 21, 2012: Public Consultation on the Exposure Draft “Standards for Addressing Fraud Risk in an Audit (Provisional Translation)”
http://www.fsa.go.jp/en/news/2012/20121221-1.html

CouncilsDecember 21, 2012: Final Report by “Working Group on Review of Investment Trust and Investment Corporation System”, Sectional Committee of the Financial System of the Financial System Council
http://www.fsa.go.jp/en/refer/councils/singie_kinyu/reports/20121221.html

SecuritiesDecember 21, 2012: Administrative Action against Forex&Mineral Trading Co.
http://www.fsa.go.jp/news/24/syouken/20121221-3.html

Public CommentDecember 21, 2012: Public Consultation on the Exposure Draft “Standards for Addressing Fraud Risk in an Audit”
http://www.fsa.go.jp/news/24/sonota/20121221-4.html

BanksDecember 21, 2012: List of authorized organizations supporting business innovation, etc. published
http://www.fsa.go.jp/status/nintei/index.html

OthersDecember 21, 2012: The eleventh “Study Meeting on Corporate Finance” will be held
http://www.fsa.go.jp/frtc/kenkyu/20130204.html

SecuritiesDecember 21, 2012: Administrative Action against Kigyo Sekkei Com. http://www.fsa.go.jp/news/24/syouken/20121221-6.html

SecuritiesDecember 21, 2012: Administrative Action against FPL Asset Management Ltd.
http://www.fsa.go.jp/news/24/syouken/20121221-5.html

BanksDecember 21, 2012: Business sentiment, etc. of small and medium-size enterprises-Summary of questionnaire survey results
http://www.fsa.go.jp/news/24/ginkou/20121221-2.html

BanksDecember 21, 2012: Number of debtors who halted contracted repayments since the Great East Japan Earthquake and the amount of such debts (as of the end of September 2012) published
http://www.fsa.go.jp/news/24/ginkou/20121221-1.html

CouncilsDecember 21, 2012: Financial System Council’s “Working Group on Method of Providing Insurance Products and Services, etc. (8th)” held
http://www.fsa.go.jp/singi/singi_kinyu/hoken_teikyou/siryou/20121221.html

SecuritiesDecember 20, 2012: Status of progress on initiatives by market participants to reduce securities settlement risks published
http://www.fsa.go.jp/news/24/syouken/20121220-1.html

OthersDecember 20, 2012: Status of making administrative procedures, etc. online at the FSA published
http://www.fsa.go.jp/common/about/gj-suisin/online.html

Press ConferenceDecember 18, 2012: Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (December 18, 2012)
http://www.fsa.go.jp/common/conference/minister/2012b/20121218-1.html

InternationalDecember 19, 2012: The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision published “Revisions to the Basel Securitisation Framework”
http://www.fsa.go.jp/inter/bis/20121219-1.html
http://www.bis.org/press/p121218.htm(BIS press release is available in English)

BanksDecember 19, 2012: Execution status report on Business Revitalization Plans published
http://www.fsa.go.jp/news/24/ginkou/20121219-1.html

OthersDecember 19, 2012: “List of unregistered financial instruments business operators” updated
http://www.fsa.go.jp/ordinary/chuui/mutouroku.html

InternationalDecember 18, 2012: The Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems (CPSS) of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) published “Principles for financial market infrastructures: Disclosure framework and Assessment methodology”
http://www.fsa.go.jp/inter/ios/20121218-2.html
http://www.iosco.org/news/pdf/IOSCONEWS260.pdf(BIS and IOSCO press release is available in English)

InternationalDecember 18, 2012: The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision published “Implementation of the Basel III Framework”
http://www.fsa.go.jp/inter/bis/20121218-1.html
http://www.bis.org/press/p121214a.htm (BIS press release is available in English)

OthersDecember 18, 2012: Start of support services for crime victims, etc. using payments to Deposit Insurance Corporation based on the “Act on Furikome Fraud Relief” published
http://www.fsa.go.jp/news/24/sonota/20121218-1.html