Past Releases

January 2021

January 20

• “The Council of Experts Concerning the Follow-up of Japan’s Stewardship Code and Japan’s Corporate Governance Code”: the Twenty-Third Council

January 15

• FSA updated Information on COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus)

January 14

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.423

January 13

• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the "Payment Services Act"

January 12

• Preparation for permanent cessation of LIBOR
• The Financial Market Entry Office
• Finalization of Cabinet Office Order to Partially Amend Cabinet Office Order on Financial Instruments Business, etc., the Ordinance to Partially Amend the Ordinance on Financial Services Providers’ Deposit for Operation and Regulatory Notices

January 8

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.422

January 5

• FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.208

December 2020

December 25

• Establishment of the “Expert Panel on Sustainable Finance”
• Updated statistics of money lending business
• Financial Industry-wide Cybersecurity Exercise (Delta Wall V)
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the "Payment Services Act"
• The Council of Experts Concerning the Follow-up of Japan’s Stewardship Code and Japan’s Corporate Governance Code

December 24

• Memorandum of Cooperation with Bank of Italy
• Stewardship Code : 291 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of November 30, 2020
• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.421

December 23

• Memorandum of Cooperation with the Commissione Nazionale per le Sicietà e la Borsa of Italy (CONSOB)

December 21

• Joint Statement on Japan’s Temporary Equivalence regarding Reinsurance and Enhanced Cooperation between Japan and EU in the Insurance Sector

December 18

• Publication of the “Board Effectiveness and Ensuring Diversity in the Core Human Resources in Companies for Post-COVID Transformation of Companies”

December 17

• Bank of Japan Review: Supervisory Simultaneous Stress Testing Based on Common Scenarios
• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.420

December 15

• NAIC-FSA Insurance Dialogue held in WebEx
• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (December 1, 2020) Japanese version
• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (November 27, 2020) Japanese version
• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (November 24, 2020) Japanese version
• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (November 20, 2020) Japanese version

December 11

• Overview of financial results of major insurance companies as of September 30, 2020

December 10

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.419

December 9

• Japan as an International Financial Center

December 4

• Publication of the summary from “JFSA priorities for July 2020-June 2021”
• Overview of major banks’ financial results as of September 30, 2020
• Overview of the Japanese regional banks’ financial results for six months ended September 30, 2020
• “The Council of Experts Concerning the Follow-up of Japan’s Stewardship Code and Japan’s Corporate Governance Code” the Twenty-Second Council

December 3

• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (November 13, 2020) Japanese version
• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (November 6, 2020) Japanese version
• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.418

December １

• FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.207
• Publication of the Special Provisions for the Application of the Guidelines for Debt Consolidation after a  Natural Disaster to the COVID-19 Infection

November 2020

November 30

• Comment letter on the IFRS Foundation Consultation Paper on Sustainability Reporting

November 27

• Updated statistics of money lending business
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the "Payment Services Act"
• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.417

November 24

• Participation in the International Platform on Sustainable Finance
• Joint EU-Japan financial regulatory forum

November 19

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.416

November 12

• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (October 27, 2020) Japanese version
• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (October 23, 2020) Japanese version
• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (October 20, 2020) Japanese version
• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.415

November 11

• G20: Efforts on Governance Issues in Decentralized Financial Systems "BGIN" - new global network

November 10

• Preparation for permanent cessation of LIBOR

November 6

• The main issues raised by the FSA at opinion exchange meetings with trade associations
• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.414
• Promoting the Use of English and Establishing a Single Point of Contact for Foreign Asset Management Firms
• Public Consultation on Cabinet Office Order to Partially Amend Cabinet Office Order on Financial Instruments Business, etc., the Ordinance to Partially Amend the Ordinance on Financial Services Providers’ Deposit for Operation, etc.

November 2

• Stewardship Code : 288 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of September 30, 2020

October 2020

October 30

• Updated statistics of money lending business

October 29

• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (October 16, 2020) Japanese version
• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.413
• FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.206

October 28

• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the "Payment Services Act"
• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (October 2, 2020) Japanese version
• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (September 29, 2020) Japanese version

October 27

• Update on Progress toward Further Efficiency and Transparency in the Screening Procedures for Licensing and Registration of Financial Businesses

October 22

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.412

October 16

• Keynote speech:Preparing for a strong post-COVID growth- by Himino Ryozo, commissioner of the JFSA, at the 2020 IIF (Institute of International Finance) Annual Membership Meeting
• The Advisory Council on the Economic Value-based Solvency Framework

October 15

• List of members of the Council of Experts Concerning the Follow-up of Japan’s Stewardship Code and Japan’s Corporate Governance Code
• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.411

October 14

• FSA official is appointed as the Chair of the IOSCO Committee on Issuer Accounting, Audit and Disclosure (Committee 1)

October 13

• Thirteenth Meeting of the "Council for Cooperation on Financial Stability"
• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (September 25, 2020) Japanese version
• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (September 18, 2020) Japanese version
• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (September 11, 2020) Japanese version

October 9

• International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators published Information Paper

October 8

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.410

October 7

• Publication of “Progress Report on Enhancing the Asset Management Business 2020”

October 1

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.409
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the "Payment Services Act"
• FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.205

September 2020

September 30

• Preparation for permanent cessation of LIBOR

September 29

• Updated statistics of money lending business

September 28

• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the "Payment Services Act"

September 24

• Emergency Registration Exemption for Foreign Financial Institutions / Asset Managers（Temporary relief to address overseas business disruptions due to disaster or other reasons）

September 23

• Stewardship Code : 286 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of August 31, 2020

September 18

• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (August 28, 2020) Japanese version

September 17

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.408

September 11

• Looking through the six phases of the COVID cycle- Remarks by Himino Ryozo, commissioner of the JFSA, at the Columbia SIPA webinar on Recent Lessons for Financial Regulation and Macroprudential Policy

September 10

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.407

September 8

• Joint session of the 44th general meeting of Financial System Council and the 32th meeting of Sectional Committee on Financial System : FSA

September 3

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.406
• G20: Efforts on Governance Issues in Decentralized Financial Systems ’BGIN’ ― new global network

August 2020

August 31

• Publication of Summary from ’JFSA priorities for July 2020-June 2021’

August 28

• Updated statistics of money lending business
• FSA publishes the status of loans held by all banks as of the end of March 2020, based on the Financial Reconstruction Act

August 27

• FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.204
• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.405

August 26

• Opening Remarks by Aso Taro, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance and Minister in Charge of Finance at the Blockchain Global Governance Conference (BG2C) in Tokyo Japanise version
• Is Satoshi’s dream still relevant today? - Closing remarks by Himino Ryozo, commissioner of the JFSA, at the Blockchain Global Governance Conference (BG2C) in Tokyo

August 25

• Financial hub cities in the post-COVID era Japanise version

August 24

• G20: Efforts on Governance Issues in Decentralized Financial Systems ’BGIN’ ― new global network Japanise version

August 20

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.404

August 19

• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (August 4, 2020) Japanese version

August 14

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.403

August 12

• Brochure about the FSA Japanese version

August 11

• Preparation for permanent cessation of LIBOR
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the "Payment Services Act"

August 7

• Stewardship Code : 285 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of July 31, 2020

August 6

• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (July 14, 2020) Japanese version
• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.402

August ５

• At the FSB workshop on Policy Responses to COVID-19 - Introductory remarks by HIMINO Ryozo, Vice Minister for International Affairs
• FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA Extra Issue

July 2020

July 31

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.401

July 30

• Updated statistics of money lending business
• FSA updated Information on COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus)

July 29

• FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.203

July 22

• Partial revision of the "Reference Cases", etc. regarding the "Independent Agent Exemption" of fund managers
• The results of monitoring customer-oriented business conduct of investment trust distributors(2019 business year)

July 16

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.400

July 14

• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the "Payment Services Act"

July 9

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.399
• FSA updated Information on COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus)

July 3

• Stewardship Code : 284 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of June 30, 2020
• At the FSB workshop on Policy Responses to COVID-19 - Introductory remarks by HIMINO Ryozo, Vice Minister for International Affairs

July 2

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.398
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the "Payment Services Act"

June 2020

June 30

• FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.202

June 29

• Updated statistics of money lending business

June 26

• Bank of Japan Review: Developments in Overseas Credit Investment and Lending by Japanese Financial Institutions

June 25

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.397
• Announcement of the new dates of BG2C, FIN/SUM BB

June 24

• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the "Payment Services Act"

June 23

• FSA updated Information on COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus)
• Overview of financial results of major insurance companies as of March 31, 2020

June 18

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.396

June 11

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.395

June 10

• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the "Payment Services Act"

June 9

• Preparation for permanent cessation of LIBOR
• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (May 27, 2020) Japanese version
• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (May 26, 2020) Japanese version
• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (May 15, 2020) Japanese version
• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (April 30, 2020) Japanese version
• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (April 27, 2020) Japanese version

June 5

• Overview of major banks’ financial results as of March 31, 2020
• Overview of the Japanese regional  banks’ financial results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2020
• G20: Efforts on Governance Issues in Decentralized Financial Systems "BGIN" - new global network

June 4

• FSA updated Information on COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus)
• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.394

June 3

• Stewardship Code : 281 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of May 29, 2020

June 1

• Letters to the CEOs of Major Financial Institutions regarding LIBOR Transition

May 2020

May 29

• FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.201

May 28

• Updated statistics of money lending business
• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.393
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the "Payment Services Act"

May 27

• FSA updated Information on COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus)
• Statement by Minister for Financial Services, Amendment to the “Act on Special Measures for Strengthening Financial Functions”

May 22

• The main issues raised by the FSA at opinion exchange meetings with trade associations
• Publication of Final Report for “Study on Impact Investing Activities in Listed Equity”

May 21

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.392

May 19

• FSA updated Information on COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus)

May 15

• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the "Payment Services Act"

May 14

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.391

May 12

• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (April 14, 2020) Japanese version
• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (April 7, 2020) Japanese version
• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (April 3, 2020) Japanese version

May 11

• IFIAR published IFIAR Chair’s Update on COVID-19 to stakeholders
• FSA publishes GLOPAC Newsletter vol.15

May 7

• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the "Payment Services Act"

May 1

• FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.200
• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.390
• Stewardship Code : 281 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of April 30, 2020

April 2020

April 30

• Updated statistics of money lending business

April 23

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.389
• FSA updated Information on COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus)
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the "Payment Services Act"

April 17

• Statement by Minister for Financial Services, on maintaining the function of the financial system and financial markets under the declaration of a state of emergency responding to the spread of COVID-19
• FSA updated Information on COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus)

April 16

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.388
• FSA updated Information on COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus)

April 15

• Corporate Year-End Closing of Accounts, Auditing and Shareholders meeting in Response to the Increasing Impact of COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus)

April 10

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.387

April 9

• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (March 31, 2020) Japanese version
• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (March 24, 2020) Japanese version
• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (March 16, 2020) Japanese version
• Presentations at the GLOPAC Fellowship Program from Visiting Fellows

April 8

• Twelfth Meeting of the "Council for Cooperation on Financial Stability"
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the "Payment Services Act"

April 7

• Statement by Minister for Financial Services, on maintaining the function of the financial system and financial markets under the declaration of a state of emergency responding to the spread of COVID-19

April 3

• Preparation for permanent cessation of LIBOR
• BG2C put off further to be rescheduled after Covid-19 subsides

April 2

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.386
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the "Payment Services Act"

April 1

• Appointment of the Director of the Financial Research Center

March 2020

March 31

• FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.199

March 30

• Updated statistics of money lending business

March 27

• FSA updated Information on COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus)

March 26

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.385
• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (March 13, 2020) Japanese version
• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (March 10, 2020) Japanese version
• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (March 6, 2020) Japanese version
• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (March 6, 2020) Japanese version
• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (March 3, 2020) Japanese version
• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (February 21, 2020) Japanese version
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the "Payment Services Act"

March 24

• Statement by Minister for Financial Services, on ensuring sound market function and market fairness
• Finalization of Japan’s Stewardship Code (Second revised version)
• At BG2C [Blockchain Global Governance Conference] Special Online Panel Discussion - Keynote Speech by Commissioner ENDO Toshihide

March 19

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.384

March 16

• Stewardship Code : 280 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of March 13, 2020
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the "Payment Services Act"

March 13

• Information on COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus)
• Joint Survey on the Use of LIBOR
• Preparation for permanent cessation of LIBOR

March 12

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.383

March 10

• Launch of a new global network for blockchain "Blockchain Governance Initiative Network" [BGIN]

March 5

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.382

March 3

• Exchange of Letters on Cooperation in the area of supervision with the Banco Central do Brasil
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the "Payment Services Act"

March 2

• Notice of postponing BG2C and FIN/SUM BB
• The European Financial Forum 2020 - Speech by MIYASHITA Ichiro, State Minister for Financial Services

February 2020

February 28

• FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.198
• Publication of the 199th issue of the FSA’s journal, Access FSA

February 27

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.381
• Updated statistics of money lending business

February 26

• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (February 10, 2020) Japanese version
• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (February 4, 2020) Japanese version

February 21

• FSA publishes English version of Reference Cases on Suspicious Transactions
• FSA publishes the status of loans held by all banks as of the end of September 2019, based on the Financial Reconstruction Act
• FSA hosted the IOSCO Committee on Issuer Accounting, Audit and Disclosure (Committee 1) meeting
• International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators published the Report on 2019 Survey of Inspection Findings
• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.380

February 18

• Stewardship Code : 277 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of February 14, 2020

February 17

• Publication of Final Report by the Expert Study Group on Capital Markets in Japan of the Financial System Council

February 14

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.379
• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (January 28, 2020) Japanese version
• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (January 24, 2020) Japanese version
• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (January 21, 2020) Japanese version
• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (January 14, 2020) Japanese version

February 10

• Joint Session of the 43rd General Meeting of Financial System Council and the 31st Meeting of Sectional Committee on Financial System

February 7

• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the "Payment Services Act"

February 6

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.378

February 5

• IFIAR announced the results of a four-year initiative to reduce the inspection findings rate
• Game companies are required to notify the Japanese authority (Local Finance Bureau) in accordance with the Payment Services Act.(Available in Japanese, English and Chinese)

February 3

• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the "Payment Services Act"

January 2020

January 31

• FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.197
• Publication of the 198th issue of the FSA’s journal, Access FSA

January 30

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.377
• Updated statistics of money lending business
• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (January 10, 2020) Japanese version
• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (January 7, 2020) Japanese version

January 28

• Release of videos of "G20 High-level Seminar on Financial Innovation" and "G20/OECD Seminar on Corporate Governance"

January 23

• FSA publishes GLOPAC Newsletter vol.14
• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.376
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the "Payment Services Act"

January 20

• The FSA published new materials and minutes of The Council of Experts on the Stewardship Code

January 17

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.375

January 16

• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (December 27, 2019) Japanese version
• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (December 20, 2019) Japanese version
• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (December 18, 2019) Japanese version
• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (December 17, 2019) Japanese version
• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (December 6, 2019) Japanese version
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the "Payment Services Act"

January 10

• Guidebook for Registration of Investment Management Business and Other Financial Instruments Businesses
• FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.196

January 9

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.374