Financial Services AgencyFSA Weekly Review No.680

March 23, 2026

What’s New on the FSA Website

Week of March 16, 2026 - March 19, 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 17, 2026 Press Conference by the Minister of State for Financial Services (March 9, 2026) 

Public Comments

March 19, 2026 Publication of a draft partial amendment to the "Comprehensive Guidelines for Supervision for Insurance Companies (Supplement) (Comprehensive Guidelines for Small Amount and Short-Term Insurers)"  pertaining to the 2025 Amended Insurance Business Act (to be enforced within one year)
Public comments will be accepted until no later than 5:00 p.m. (JST), April 19, 2026.
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March 19, 2026 The FSA published a draft partial amendment to the "Comprehensive Guidelines for Supervision for Insurance Companies (Supplement) (Comprehensive Guidelines for Small Amount and Short-Term Insurers)" (related to a draft Cabinet Office Order Partially Amending the Regulation for Enforcement of the Insurance Business Act).
Public comments will be accepted until no later than 5:00 p.m. (JST), April 19, 2026.
The original press release is available in Japanese.open new window
March 19, 2026 The FSA published a draft partial amendment to the "Comprehensive Guidelines for Supervision for Insurance Companies (Supplement) (Comprehensive Guidelines for Small Amount and Short-Term Insurers)."
Public comments will be accepted until no later than 5:00 p.m. (JST), April 19, 2026.
The original press release is available in Japanese.open new window
March 19, 2026 The FSA updated the results of the public consultation on the Cabinet Office Order Partially Amending the Cabinet Office Order on Disclosure of Corporate Affairs and the Cabinet Office Order on Disclosure of Information on Regulated Securities, etc.
The amended Cabinet Office Orders are promulgated and put into effect today (March 19, 2026).
The original press release is available in Japanese.open new window

Press Releases

International

March 19, 2026 The fourth meeting of the Japan-UK Financial Regulatory Forum
March 19, 2026 The Japan-Bermuda bilateral meeting on insurance

Banks

March 16, 2026 Publication of information on partial revision to the "Guidelines for Business Revitalization, etc. of Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises" and Q&As
The original press release is available in Japanese.open new window

Others

March 17, 2026
The FSA published a list of initiatives for Global Money Week 2026.
Global Money Week is a global awareness-raising campaign organized by the OECD International Network on Financial Education (INFE) for the purpose of promoting financial education and financial inclusion for children and young people. The FSA previously issued a notice concerning Global Money Week 2026 and publicly sought initiatives regarding financial education for young people to be implemented during the period. The FSA compiled initiatives being implemented by entities and groups, etc. that support Global Money Week and published the list.
The original press release is available in Japanese.open new window
March 17, 2026 Publication of the list of "financial service providers" (reported by January 9, 2026), an analysis report on the common KPIs comparable across investment trust and foreign currency-denominated insurance distributors (as of March 31, 2025), and information on the acceptance of the next reports
The original press release is available in Japanese.open new window

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