Japanese
December 15, 2021
Financial Services Agency
（Japanese version: published November 24, 2021)

Facilitation of Finance for SMEs and Small Businesses

　In consideration of the current circumstances in which there still are businesses that are facing serious funding difficulties due to the impact of the COVID-19 infection and in light of an expected increase in demand for operating capital toward the end of the year or the business year, a meeting to exchange views on the facilitation of finance for SMEs, etc. between government officials and representatives of financial institutions was held, as shown in Attachment 1 on November 24, 2021.
　Additionally, on the same day, a request for cooperation was issued to financial associations, etc. as shown in Attachment 2 in response to the Cabinet's formulation of the Economic Measures to Overcome New Coronavirus Infections and to Carve Out a New Era on November 19, 2021.