FSA Weekly Review No.705

What’s New on the FSA Website

Week of September 28, 2026 - October 2, 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

Public Comments

October 1, 2026

Publication of the draft Cabinet Office Order Partially Amending the Cabinet Office Order on the Designation, etc. of Specified Essential Infrastructure Service Providers Based on the Act on the Promotion of Ensuring National Security Through Integrated Implementation of Economic Measures and other draft Orders The Act Partially Amending the Act on the Promotion of Ensuring National Security Through Integrated Implementation of Economic Measures and the Act on the Japan Bank for International Cooperation, which was promulgated on June 17, 2026, provides for the improvement of the operation of the key infrastructure system. Accordingly, the provisions on the alteration of matters to be entered in a plan of introduction, etc. are to be developed and other required amendments are to be made. Public comments will be accepted until no later than 12:00 p.m. (JST), October 31, 2026. The original press release is available in Japanese.

September 29, 2026

Promulgation of the Public Notice Partially Amending the Public Notice Designating the Business Accounting Standards to be Specified by the FSA Commissioner as Prescribed in the Regulation on Terminology, Forms and Preparation Methods of Consolidated Financial Statements and publication of the results of the public consultation on the relevant Public Notice The original press release is available in Japanese.

Press Releases

Policies

October 2, 2026	Publication of “Statistics of NISA Accounts” as of June 30, 2026 The original press release is available in Japanese.

Councils

October 2, 2026	Publication of information on the holding of the second meeting of the Working Group on the Supply of Funds to Growth Companies (provisional translation) of the Financial System Council (to be held on October 9, 2026) The original press release is available in Japanese.
October 1, 2026	Publication of the agenda and handouts of the 57th meeting of the Audit Standard Committee of the Business Accounting Council to be held on October 2, 2026 The original press release is available in Japanese.
September 30, 2026	Publication of the agenda and handouts of the first meeting of the Working Group on the Insurance System (provisional translation) of the Financial System Council to be held on October 1, 2026 The original press release is available in Japanese.
September 30, 2026	Publication of the agenda and handouts of the first On-Chain Finance Forum for the AI Era to be held on September 30, 2026 The original press release is available in Japanese.
September 29, 2026	Publication of an outline of the agenda of the 34th meeting of the Examination Board on Strengthening of Financial Functions held on September 2, 2026 The original press release is available in Japanese.

Banks

October 1, 2026	The Kanto Regional Finance Bureau issued a request for financial measures to deal with disasters caused by Typhoon No.25, 2026 (Kanagawa Prefecture). The original press release is available in Japanese.
September 30, 2026	The Kyushu Regional Finance Bureau issued a request for financial measures to deal with disasters caused by Typhoon No.18, 2026 (Kagoshima Prefecture). The original press release is available in Japanese.
September 30, 2026	Publication on information on the Cabinet Office Order Partially Amending the Regulation for Enforcement of the Banking Act, etc. and other Orders The original press release is available in Japanese.
September 29, 2026	Publication of information on the approval of the Implementation Plan for Corporate Reorganization, etc. of Niigataken Shinkumi Bank and Kouei Shinyo Kumiai The original press release is available in Japanese.

Others

October 2, 2026	Publication of personnel changes (update of the FSA Officials List effective on September 30, 2026) The original press release is available in Japanese.
September 30, 2026	The FSA updated and published an overview of modifications to lending conditions made by financial institutions as of the end of August 2026. The original press release is available in Japanese.
September 30, 2026	Trends in High-Speed Trading (as of the end of June 2026)
September 29, 2026	The FSA published an experiment project eligible for support for the FinTech PoC Hub/Payment Innovation Project (PIP). This experiment project aims to verify practical responses with regard to the utilization of stablecoins in fund settlement for trading and compile related legal issues. The original press release is available in Japanese.
September 28, 2026	Publication of information on the amendment of the “Q&A Concerning the Protection of Personal Information in the Finance Sector” (provisional translation) The Q&A presents the form to be used when a financial institution makes a report to the supervisory authority in the event of a leak, etc. of personal data. This time, based on an agreement among relevant ministries and agencies, the Q&A was amended for the purpose of making clear that it is possible to make a report on a leak, etc. of personal data concerning other types of cyberattack cases by using a Common Form for Reporting Other Types of Cyberattacks, etc. (Inter-Ministerial Agreement, Attached Form 3) The original press release is available in Japanese.