InternationalOctober 18, 2013: Basel Committee of Banking Supervision updated Regulatory Consistency Assessment Programme (RCAP) and published RCAP Questionnaire for assessing implementation of Basel III capital regulations.
http://www.fsa.go.jp/inter/bis/20131018-2.html
http://www.bis.org/press/p131015.htm(BIS press release is available in English)

InternationalOctober 18, 2013: IOSCO published a report titled “IOSCO Securities Markets Risk Outlook for 2013-2014”.
http://www.fsa.go.jp/inter/ios/20131018-1.html
http://www.iosco.org/news/pdf/IOSCONEWS302.pdf(IOSCO press release is available in English)

OthersOctober 18, 2013: Notice of International Conference “The Future of Asian Markets and Exchanges”
http://www.fsa.go.jp/news/25/sonota/20131018-3.html

OthersOctober 17, 2013: “List of Issuers of Gift Certificates in Repayment Procedures based on the Act on Fund Settlement” updated
http://www.fsa.go.jp/policy/prepaid/index.html

InternationalOctober 17, 2013: BIS Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems (CPSS) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) published a consultative document titled “Public quantitative disclosure standards for central counterparties”.
http://www.fsa.go.jp/inter/ios/20131017-1.html
http://www.iosco.org/news/pdf/IOSCONEWS301.pdf(IOSCO press release is available in English)

Press ConferenceOctober 17, 2013: Press Conference by Taro Aso, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance and Minister for Financial Services (October 15, 2013)
http://www.fsa.go.jp/common/conference/minister/2013b/20131015-1.html

OthersOctober 16, 2013: Tokyo Local Finance Office of Kanto Local Finance Bureau requested financial measures in response to the disaster resulted from the Typhoon No. 26.
http://kantou.mof.go.jp/kinyuu/pagekthp031000066.html

SecuritiesOctober 16, 2013: “List of unregistered financial instruments business operators” updated
http://www.fsa.go.jp/ordinary/chuui/mutouroku.html

CouncilsOctober 16, 2013: The sixth meeting of Financial System Council Working Group on the Provision of Risk Money to New/Growth Companies held
http://www.fsa.go.jp/singi/singi_kinyu/risk_money/siryou/20131015.html