What’s New on the FSA Website

Week of January 26, 2026 - January 30, 2026

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

For files in HTML formats, when you click original press release links, and click the "Language" button on the upper right of the Japanese website, and select "Machine translation" displayed on the screen, the results of the translation by AI are displayed. Please note that machine translated pages are not necessarily correct.

Public Comments

January 26, 2026	The FSA published information on public consultation on the draft Public Notice, etc. concerning the amendment of the Payment Services Act in 2025. Accompanying the enforcement of the Act Partially Amending the Payment Services Act, which was enacted on June 6, 2025, the provisions of the relevant Public Notice, etc. are to be rearranged. The original press release is available in Japanese.

Press Releases

Councils

January 30, 2026	Stewardship Code: List of institutional investors who have accepted the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of December 31, 2025
January 30, 2026	Publication of the minutes of the eleventh meeting of the Working Group on Disclosure and Assurance of Sustainability-Related Financial Information of the Financial System Council, which was held on December 22, 2025 The original press release is available in Japanese.
January 27, 2026	Joint session of the 56th general meeting of Financial System Council and the 44th meeting of Sectional Committee on Financial System

Banks

January 30, 2026	The Tohoku Local Finance Bureau issued a request for financial measures to deal with disasters caused by heavy snow from January 21, 2026. The original press release is available in Japanese.
January 26, 2026	Publication (Update) of Q&A on Capital Adequacy Requirements In consideration of the publication of the Accounting Standards Board of Japan (ASBJ) Statement, "Accounting Standard for Leases," in September 2024, the FSA added the handling of right-of-use assets to the already published Q&A on Capital Adequacy Requirements. The original press release is available in Japanese.

Securities

January 29, 2026	The FSA published a decision concerning an administrative monetary penalty payment order for insider trading by an employee of a party to a contract with TOYODA GOSEI Co., Ltd. The original press release is available in Japanese.
January 29, 2026	The FSA published a decision concerning an administrative monetary penalty payment order for false statements made by Kushim Inc. in its annual securities reports, etc. The original press release is available in Japanese.
January 29, 2026	The FSA published a decision concerning an administrative monetary penalty payment order for false statements made by FISCO Ltd. in its annual securities reports, etc. The original press release is available in Japanese.
January 29, 2026	The FSA published a decision concerning an administrative monetary penalty payment order for insider trading for shares of EPS Holdings, Inc. by an employee of the company in relation to a tender offer, etc. The original press release is available in Japanese.

Others

January 30, 2026	The FSA announced the commencement of the operation of the Financial Institutions Collective Search Function (provisional translation). The FSA has published information on financial institutions that have obtained a license, permission, registration, etc. as a "List of Licensed (Registered) Financial Institutions" by type of business on its official website. The FSA developed a function to enable collective crossover search of the status of registration, etc. of these financial institutions by PC or smartphone and posted it on the website. You can use this function for checking whether a counterparty is a registered financial institution before making a transaction in order to avoid becoming a victim of damage due to fraudulent investment solicitation, etc. by any unregistered financial institution. The original press release is available in Japanese.
January 30, 2026	The FSA published an overview of modifications to lending conditions (related to U.S. tariff measures) made by banks and cooperative financial institutions as of the end of December 2025. The original press release is available in Japanese.
January 29, 2026	Publication of the main issues raised by the FSA at opinion exchange meetings held in December 2025 with relevant associations in the financial sector The original press release is available in Japanese.
January 29, 2026	Updated lists of entities that are operating financial instruments businesses without proper registration The original press release is available in Japanese.
January 28, 2026	The FSA published information on responses to complaints that clearly go beyond the scope and extent of regular administrative counseling services. The burden borne by staff members in responding to requests beyond the scope of regular administrative counseling services or to requests by means or forms that are clearly beyond socially acceptable norms has become a problem that cannot be overlooked. Accordingly, in order to protect staff members in charge and to ensure full functioning of administrative counseling services, the FSA set a policy on responses to complaints that clearly go beyond the scope and extent of regular services. The original press release is available in Japanese.