What’s New on the FSA Website

Week of July 21, 2026 - July 24, 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

July 22, 2026	Press Conference by the Minister of State for Financial Services (July 10, 2026)

Public Comments

July 24, 2026	Publication of the results of the public consultation on the draft partial amendment of the Guidelines for the Protection of Personal Information in the Financial Sector The original press release is available in Japanese.
July 24, 2026	Publication of the results of the public consultation on the draft partial amendment of the Guidelines for the Protection of Personal Information in the Financial Sector The original press release is available in Japanese.
July 23, 2026	Publication of information, including the results of the public consultation on the draft partial amendments of the Comprehensive Guidelines for Supervision for Small- and Medium-Sized and Regional Financial Institutions, etc. The original press release is available in Japanese.

Press Releases

Policies

July 24, 2026	Publication of "Progress Report 2026 for Advancing Asset Management Services in Japan"
July 21, 2026	Publication of the “Financial Services Strategy to Promote Growth Investment - Upgrading Promoting Japan as a Leading Asset Management Center” The original press release is available in Japanese.

Publication

July 23, 2026	Cybersecurity Issues and Countermeasures in Crypto-Asset-Related Businesses

Councils

July 21, 2026	Publication of the minutes of the fourth meeting of the Expert Panel on Venture Capital Funds The original press release is available in Japanese.

Banks

July 24, 2026

In order to encourage financial institutions nationwide to learn about initiatives in other regions, and apply and implement them, based on the “Financial Services Strategy to Promote Growth Investment” (published on July 21, 2026) and the “Regional Financial Power Enhancement Plan” (published on December 19, 2025), the FSA compiled and publicized financial institutions’ initiatives toward value creation for regional companies and regional revitalization as the “Compilation of Initiatives for Regional Revitalization” (provisional translation). The original press release is available in Japanese.

Others

July 24, 2026	Updating of an outline of financial products for the Tsumitate (Installment) investment quota under the NISA program The original press release is available in Japanese.
July 24, 2026	The FSA published the results of the experiment of the project supported by the FinTech PoC Hub (13th project*). * With regard to countermeasures against money laundering targeting cryptoassets, etc., the experiment aims to verify the effectiveness of a new framework for joint information cooperation among private companies and relevant legal issues. The original press release is available in Japanese.
July 22, 2026	Updated lists of entities that are operating financial instruments businesses without registration The original press release is available in Japanese.
July 21, 2026	The Expert Panel on the Revision of the Corporate Governance Code (3rd meeting) Minutes
July 21, 2026	Finalization of the Corporate Governance Code (2026 Revision)
July 21, 2026	Publication of the main issues raised by the FSA at opinion exchange meetings held in June 2026 with relevant associations in the financial sector The original press release is available in Japanese.
July 21, 2026	Publication of Personnel Changes (effective on July 17 and 21, 2026) The original press release is available in Japanese.