What’s New on the FSA Website

Week of April 1, 2025 - April 4, 2025

This page contains the latest in events, developments, and updates to the FSA website.

Provisional Translation

Public Comments

April 2, 2025

Publication of the draft Cabinet Office Order Partially Amending the Cabinet Office Order on Financial Instruments Business, which aims to add the amount to be paid in for share certificates involved in a tender offer to the coverage of the deposit related to public offering, etc. The original press release is available in Japanese.

April 1, 2025

Publication of the results of the public consultation, etc. on the draft partial amendment to the public notice determining amounts to be used for the calculation of policy reserves of non-life insurance companies, etc. pursuant to the provision of Article 70, paragraph (4), etc. of the Regulation for Enforcement of the Insurance Business Act (Public Notice of the Ministry of Finance No.232, 1998) and to the public notice specifying methods and standards regarding accumulation and reduction of policy reserves of small amount and short term insurance companies specified by the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency pursuant to the provisions of Article 211-46 of the Regulation for Enforcement of the Insurance Business Act (Public Notice of the Financial Services Agency No. 16, 2006) The original press release is available in Japanese.

Press Releases

Councils

April 3, 2025	Holding of the second meeting of the Panel on Provision of Growth Capital to Startups (provisional translation) at Japan Securities Dealers Association, which aims to ensure smooth financing for startups The original press release is available in Japanese.
April 2, 2025	The minutes of the 26th meeting of the Expert Panel on Sustainable Finance, which was held on December 12, 2024 The original press release is available in Japanese.

Banks

April 3, 2025	Request for financial measures to the relevant financial institutions in light of the possible impact of additional US tariffs on automobiles The original press release is available in Japanese.

Others

April 3, 2025	Please beware of spoofing websites (phishing websites) that pose as securities companies’ websites! The original press release is available in Japanese.
April 3, 2025	Holding of the first meeting of the Expert Panel on the NISA Program on April 3, 2025 The original press release is available in Japanese.
April 3, 2025	Establishment of the Expert Panel on the NISA Program (provisional translation), which verifies the effects of and considers improvements in the program and its operational procedures The original press release is available in Japanese.
April 2, 2025	Publication of "Q&A on whether third-party payment services fall under the category of the money lending business" The original press release is available in Japanese.
April 1, 2025	Publication of the Cabinet Office Order Partially Amending the Cabinet Office Order on Audit Certification of Financial Statements, etc. and the relevant Public Notice of the Financial Services Agency The original press release is available in Japanese.
April 1, 2025	Publication of the partial amendment of the Standards for Listed Shares, etc. acceptable in Tax-Exempt Accounts (provisional translation), which aims to revise the method for purchasing ETFs under the NISA program The original press release is available in Japanese.
April 1, 2025	Publication of the matters to note upon preparing and submitting annual securities reports (including the collection of examples for information disclosure to be referenced when addressing detected problems) and the information on the implementation of the review of annual securities reports for FY2025 The original press release is available in Japanese.
April 1, 2025	Publication of the partial revision of the Guidelines for Administrative Processes (Financial Companies), accompanying the enforcement of the Act on the Issuance of Official Gazettes on April 1, 2025 The original press release is available in Japanese.