With the commitment to further develop Tokyo as an international financial center, the FSA launched the “Financial Market Entry Consultation Desk” to give advice on Japan’s financial regulations to foreign financial business operators (e.g. asset management firms) which plan to establish a business base in Japan.

The Financial Market Entry Consultation Desk welcomes any inquiry from such foreign financial business operators regarding registration procedures that are necessary to practice in Japan’s financial market.

The FSA’s Financial Market Entry Consultation Desk closely cooperates with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s “Financial One-Stop Support Service” to support foreign financial business operators planning to set up offices in Tokyo. With this joint consultation scheme, consulters benefit not only from hands-on guidance by the FSA, but also from a variety of support menus provided by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government including advice on business incorporation, living support, etc.

Reference : Joint Consultation Scheme by the Tokyo Metropolitan Gov. and the FSA

　　　 　     The First Registration Case Using the Financial Market Entry Consultation Desk

Moreover, please refer to the following page for the English guidebook on the necessary procedures for foreign asset managers planning to establish a business base in Japan (compiled by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government with the cooperation of the FSA).

Reference: An English Guidebook for Foreign Asset Managers to Establish a Business Base in Japan
　
The FSA and Tokyo Metropolitan Government welcome foreign financial business operators’ new entry that contributes to strengthening Japan’s financial market.
 

Contact

When contacting the FSA’s Financial Market Entry Consultation Desk, please provide us with the name of your organization, phone number, e-mail address, outline of the business you are planning to operate in Japan, and, if any, the URL of your organization’s website that describes your organizational profile.

Office hours: Weekdays from 9:30 a.m. to 6:15 p.m. (JST).
                  *Available from April 3rd, 2017
E-mail: <marketentry@fsa.go.jp>
Phone: +81-3-3506-7109
 

Attention

The information provided to the FSA’s Financial Market Entry Consultation Desk may be shared with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s Financial One-Stop Support Service in accordance with the contents of your inquiries.