What’s New on the FSA Website

Week of June 9, 2025 - June 13, 2025

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

Press Conferences

June 13, 2025	Press Conference by the Minister of State for Financial Services (June 6, 2025)
June 13, 2025	Press Conference by the Minister of State for Financial Services (June 3, 2025)

Public Comments

June 11, 2025

Publication of the Results of Public Consultation on draft amendments of the Cabinet Office Order on Definitions under Article 2 of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, the Cabinet Office Order on Restrictions on Securities Transactions, and the Cabinet Office Order on Solicitation of Proxy Voting for Listed Shares These Cabinet Office Orders are to be promulgated on June 11, 2025, and put into force on June 12, 2025 (or on August 1, 2025, with regard to the amendment concerning the addition of requirements for the acquisition of treasury shares in after-hours trading under the regulation on acquisition of treasury shares). The original press release is available in Japanese.

Press Releases

Publication

June 10, 2022	Publication of "FSA Analytical Notes (2025.6) vol.1 ": Loans extended to newly founded companies" in Japanese

Councils

June 13, 2025	The 29th meeting of the Expert Panel on Sustainable Finance will be held on June 20, 2025. The original press release is available in Japanese.
June 13, 2025	Publication of the agenda and handouts of the fifth meeting of the "Working Group on Improving Internal Audits of Financial Institutions," which was held on May 21, 2025 The original press release is available in Japanese.
June 11, 2025	Publication of the agenda and handouts of the third meeting of the "Networking Group on Environmental Preparation for Disclosure of Annual Securities Reports Before Annual General Meetings," which was held on June 11, 2025. The original press release is available in Japanese.

Banks

June 13, 2025	The FSA published an overview of modifications to lending conditions (related to the U.S. tariff measures) made by banks as of the end of April. The original press release is available in Japanese.
June 13, 2025	The FSA published an overview of modifications to lending conditions (related to COVID-19) made by banks and cooperative financial institutions for the period from March 10, 2020, to March 31, 2025. The original press release is available in Japanese.
June 12, 2025	Overview of the Japanese regional banks’ financial results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025
June 11, 2025	Publication about the Cabinet Office Order Partially Amending the Cabinet Office Order Specifying the Format of Identification Cards that Must Be Carried by Officials of the Financial Services Agency, etc. upon Inspection The FSA has developed the provisions of the Cabinet Office Order Partially Amending the Cabinet Office Order Specifying the Format of Identification Cards that Must Be Carried by Officials of the Financial Services Agency, etc. upon Inspections, as required accompanying the enforcement of part of the Act Partially Amending the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Credit Insurance Act and the Shoko Chukin Bank Limited Act. As this case falls under Article 39, paragraph (4), item (viii) of the Administrative Procedure Act, public comment procedures prescribed in the same Act are not conducted. The original press release is available in Japanese.
June 10, 2025	Overview of major banks’ financial results as of March 31, 2025
June 10, 2025	Publication of statistics regarding unlawful reimbursement of deposits (as of the end of March 2025): The FSA published statistics regarding unlawful reimbursement of deposits caused by counterfeit and stolen cash cards, stolen deposit books, unlawful Internet banking activities and linked services. The statistics include details of incidents and compensation made by financial institutions based on reports from them. The original press release is available in Japanese.

Insurance

June 13, 2025

Template for the Field Tests of Economic Value-Based Evaluation and Supervisory Method (2025) and an outline of the tests for 2024: The FSA has conducted the Field Tests of Economic Value-Based Evaluation and Supervisory Method targeting insurance companies, etc. Based on the "Remaining Issues and Responses on Economic Value-based Solvency Regulations" and the like, the FSA conducted the relevant field tests targeting insurance companies, etc. in 2024 and has compiled and published an outline of the results. The original press release is available in Japanese.

June 13, 2025

Overview of financial results of major insurance companies as of March 31, 2025

Others

June 13, 2025	The FSA conducted the second survey on the impact of the U.S. tariff measures on Japan and compiled the results. The original press release is available in Japanese.
June 13, 2025	The fifth meeting of the Panel on Provision of Growth Capital to Startups (provisional translation) was held at the Japan Securities Dealers Association. For details, see the official website of the Japan Securities Dealers Association. The original press release is available in Japanese.
June 11, 2025	Activities of the FSA's Counseling Office for Financial Services Users for the period between January 1 and March 31, 2025: The FSA's Counseling Office for Financial Services Users offers a counseling service to respond to inquiries and comments from financial services users. Between January 1 and March 31, 2025, the counseling office received 12,356 inquiries and comments, a slight decrease from the 12,432 cases in the previous quarter (between October 1 and December 31, 2024). The original press release is available in Japanese.