What’s New on the FSA Website

Week of August 10, 2026 - August 21, 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

August 17, 2026	Press Conference by the Minister of State for Financial Services (August 4, 2026)
August 17, 2026	Press Conference by the Minister of State for Financial Services (July 31, 2026)

Press Releases

Councils

August 18, 2026	Publication of the agenda and an outline of proceedings of the 13th meeting of the “Taskforce on Preparation of the Environment for Transition Finance,” which was held on February 27, 2026 The original press release is available in Japanese.
August 18, 2026	Publication of information on the 14th meeting of the “Taskforce on Preparation of the Environment for Transition Finance” to be held on August 21, 2026 The original press release is available in Japanese.

Banks

August 21, 2026	The Kanto Regional Finance Bureau issued a request for financial measures to deal with disasters caused by heavy rain from July 17 to 18, 2026 (Tochigi Prefecture). The original press release is available in Japanese.
August 17, 2026	Publication of information on the partial amendments of the Comprehensive Guidelines for Supervision of Major Banks, etc. and other related guidelines The FSA amended the Comprehensive Guidelines for Supervision of Major Banks, etc. and other related guidelines, accompanying its organizational restructuring. Major amendments included the following: the FSA’s specific division names, etc. were reviewed to reflect their names after the organizational restructuring; as the issuance of basic residential register cards was terminated in December 2015 and their statutory effective period has elapsed, relevant provisions were reviewed; and provisions regarding administrative reports, etc. from Regional Finance Bureaus to the FSA were reviewed. The original press release is available in Japanese.
August 14, 2026	The Kanto Regional Finance Bureau issued a request for financial measures to deal with disasters caused by heavy rain from August 13, 2026 (Chiba Prefecture). The original press release is available in Japanese.

Others

August 21, 2026	Publication of information on the partial amendments of the “Guidelines for Administrative Processes (Re. Financial Companies),” etc. The FSA partially amended the “Guidelines for Administrative Processes (Re. Financial Companies), Section 7: Matters Relating to Specified Joint Real Estate Ventures” and the “Guidelines for Electronic Transaction Operations under the Act on Specified Joint Real Estate Ventures,” accompanying the amendment of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism’s “Points to Note in Supervising Specified Joint Real Estate Ventures.” The original press release is available in Japanese.
August 18, 2026	Updating of the dedicated webpage for information relating to the 2026 Kumamoto Earthquake The original press release is available in Japanese.
August 18, 2026	Publication of information on the holding of the second meeting of the Practice Panel on Utilization of Climate Change-Related Data and Adaptation to Climate Change (provisional translation) (to be held on August 28, 2026) The FSA, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, and the Ministry of the Environment will jointly hold this Panel with the aim of providing companies, financial institutions, and relevant ministries and agencies with climate change-related data, which are necessary for them to analyze climate-related risks and consider and implement countermeasures (reduction of risks, creation of new opportunities, etc.) more effectively and to promote the utilization of those data. The original press release is available in Japanese.
August 10, 2026	Updated the webpage titled “Please beware of unauthorized access to internet transaction services and unauthorized transactions” The original press release is available in Japanese.