What’s New on the FSA Website

Week of March 2, 2026 - March 6, 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.

Press Conferences

March 6, 2026	Press Conference by the Minister of State for Financial Services (February 27, 2026)
March 2, 2026	Press Conference by the Minister of State for Financial Services (February 20, 2026)

Public Comments

March 4, 2026

Promulgation of the Order Partially Amending the Order on Participant Protection Trusts and publication of the results of the public consultation on this Order The Order aims to rearrange the provisions of the Order on Participant Protection Trusts, accompanying the enforcement of the Act on Charitable Trusts (Act No. 30 of 2024) scheduled on April 1, 2026. Relevant Cabinet Office Order was promulgated today and will be enforced on the day specified by Cabinet Order stated in Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act on Charitable Trusts (April 1, 2026) The original press release is available in Japanese.

Press Releases

Publication

March 6, 2026	Publication of "FSA Analytical Notes (2026.3): An Empirical Examination toward a Multi‑faceted Understanding of the OTC Derivatives Market"
March 3, 2026	Publication of AI Discussion Paper (Version 1.1)

Councils

March 6, 2026	Publication of the minutes of the joint session of the 56th general meeting of the Financial System Council and the 44th meeting of the Sectional Committee on Financial System, which was held on February 3, 2026 The original press release is available in Japanese.

Banks

March 2, 2026

Publication of the promulgation of the Cabinet Office Order Partially Amending the Regulation for Enforcement of the Trust Business Act and the Regulation for Enforcement of the Act on Engagement in Trust Business by Financial Institutions The Cabinet Office Order aims to rearrange provisions as required, accompanying the enforcement of the Act on Charitable Trusts (Act No. 30 of 2024). This Cabinet Office Order was promulgated today and will be enforced on April 1, 2026. The original press release is available in Japanese.

Others

March 6, 2026	Publication of information on final disposal and reuse for reconstruction of removed contaminated soil generated due to the accident at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings' Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station The original press release is available in Japanese.
March 6, 2026	Publication of the status of acceptance of consultations at the FSA's Counseling Office for Financial Services Users (period: from October 1 to December 31, 2025) The original press release is available in Japanese.
March 5, 2026	Publication of information on tactics employed in investment fraud using SNS, etc. The original press release is available in Japanese.
March 5, 2026	Publication of FSA Commissioner Ito's complimentary speech at the Symposium Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Trust Companies Association of Japan The original press release is available in Japanese.
March 2, 2026	Publication of the main issues raised by the FSA at the opinion exchange meetings held in December 2025 and January 2026 with relevant associations in the financial sector The original press release is available in Japanese.
March 2, 2026	The FSA updated information on the FSA's symbol mark displayed as an icon on emails sent from the FSA. When receiving an email sent from the FSA's domain (fsa.go.jp or edinet-fsa.go.jp) through a mail service corresponding to BIMI, the authenticated symbol mark of the FSA is displayed as an icon in the recipient's mail box. This is part of the countermeasures against spoofing, enabling recipients to easily identify emails truly sent from the FSA. (*) Brand Indicators for Message Identification (BIMI): A technology to display authenticated organizations' symbol marks as icons as part of the countermeasures against spoofing The original press release is available in Japanese.