Past Releases

July 2020

July 9

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.399

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 22, 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 28, 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

December 2019

December 27

• Stewardship Code: 273 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of December 27, 2019
• Publication of the 197th issue of the FSA’s journal, Access FSA
• Publication of Final Report by the Expert Study Group on Capital Markets in Japan of the Financial System Council

December 26

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.373
• Updated statistics of money lending business

December 24

• Blockchain Global Governance Conference [BG2C]

December 23

• Use of AI in examining annual reports: summary of the proof-of-concept test results

December 20

• Publication of the draft of the “Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors” «Japan’s Stewardship Code» - To promote sustainable growth of companies through investment and dialogue - (Draft)

December 19

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.372
• At the 35th Annual General Meeting of the International Bankers Association of Japan - Keynote Speech by Commissioner ENDO Toshihide
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the "Payment Services Act"

December 18

• Inspection Manuals were repealed

December 17

• Overview of financial results of major insurance companies as of September 30, 2019

December 16

• The eighth meeting of the Payments Council on Financial Innovation

December 12

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.371

December 6

• Overview of major banks’ financial results for the six months ended September 30, 2019
• Overview of the Japanese regional  banks’ financial results for six months ended September 30, 2019

December 5

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.370

December 4

• The Council of Experts on the Stewardship Code (2019):The Third Council
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the "Payment Services Act"

November 2019

November 29

• Publication of the 196th issue of the FSA’s journal, Access FSA
• FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.195

November 28

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.369
• Updated statistics of money lending business
• GFIA (Global Federation of Insurance Associations) Annual Report 2018-2019 - Contributed article by Commissioner ENDO Toshihide

November 27

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

November 22

• State Minister Miyashita Presented the Progress Report of the Technical Assistance Plan for the Insurance Sector Development to the Ministry of Planning and Finance of Myanmar

November 21

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.368

November 20

• FSA’s Assistant Commissioner for International Affairs Elected as a New Vice Chair of the Executive Committee of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors

November 14

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.367
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the "Payment Services Act"

November 8

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.366

November 1

• FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.194

October 2019

October 31

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.365
• Updated statistics of money lending business
• Publication of the 195th issue of the FSA’s journal, Access FSA
• FSA have opened official English Twitter account
• The Council of Experts on the Stewardship Code (2019): The Second Council

October 30

• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (October 15, 2019) Japanese version

October 29

• 2019 ISDA Annual Japan Conference - Speech by HIMINO Ryozo, Vice Minister for International Affairs

October 28

• The Financial Sector Cybersecurity Report
• Game companies are required to notify the Japanese authority (Local Finance Bureau) in accordance with the Payment Services Act.
• Publication of monitoring report on financial institutions’ computer system integration and renewal
• Publication of analysis report on financial institutions’ computer system failures
• Publication of the finalized “Discussion Paper on Dialogues and Practices Regarding Financial Institutions’ IT Governance”
• Financial Industry-wide Cybersecurity Exercise (Delta Wall IV)

October 25

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.364

October 23

• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (October 11, 2019) Japanese version
• EU-Asia Pacific Forum on Financial Regulation

October 21

• Participation in the GBP SBP Advisory Council

October 18

• Typhoon No.19 in 2019 (Hagibis) Information
• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.363

October 16

• Development in Green, Social and Sustainability Bond Markets - Keynote Speech by Commissioner Toshihide Endo
• Opening Ceremony of World Investor Week 2019 - Opening Remarks by Commissioner Toshihide Endo
• ASIFMA (Asia Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association) Annual Conference 2019 - Keynote Speech by Commissioner Toshihide Endo
• ASIFMA (Asia Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association) Annual Conference 2019 - Keynote Speech by Jun MIZUGUCHI,Senior Deputy Commissioner for International Affairs

October 15

• Joint EU-Japan financial regulatory forum

October 11

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.362
• US NAIC-FSA Insurance Dialogue held in Washington DC
• Exchange of Letters on Cooperation in the area of banking resolution with the Single Resolution Board(SRB)

October 9

• Eleventh Meeting of the "Council for Cooperation on Financial Stability"
• FSB Workshop on Pre-Positioning, Ring-Fencing, and Market Fragmentation - Remarks by Himino Ryozo, Vice Minister for International Affairs
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the "Payment Services Act"

October 7

• Living in Japan: How to Open a Bank Account and Send Money

October 3

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.361

October 1

• Stewardship Code : 269 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of September 30, 2019

September 2019

September 30

• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (September 20, 2019) Japanese version
• Publication of the summary of “JFSA’s Approach to Compliance Risk Management” and “Trends and Issues in Compliance Risk Management”
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the "Payment Services Act"

September 27

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.360
• Updated statistics of money lending business
• Update on Progress toward Further Efficiency and Transparency in the Screening Procedures for Licensing and Registration of Financial Businesses

September 26

• Publication of the 194th issue of the FSA’s journal, Access FSA

September 25

• The Council of Experts on the Stewardship Code (2019):The First Council

September 20

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.359
• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (September 13, 2019) Japanese version
• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (September 11, 2019) Japanese version
• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (September 6, 2019) Japanese version
• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (September 3, 2019) Japanese version

September 18

• Joint session of the 42nd general meeting of Financial System Council and the 30th meeting of Sectional Committee on Financial System

September 13

• The results of monitoring customer-oriented business conduct of investment trust distributors
• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (August 30, 2019) Japanese version
• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (August 22, 2019) Japanese version

September 12

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.358
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the "Payment Services Act"

September 9

• THE SECOND ROUNDTABLE ON SUPERVISORY OVERSIGHT OF CRYPTO-ASSETS -TOWARD A NEW STAGE OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION-
• The second Roundtable on Supervisory Oversight of Crypto - Asset - Toward a New Stage of International Cooperation - Opening remarks by Ryozo Himino

September 6

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.357

August 2019

August 30

• Publication of the 193rd issue of the FSA’s journal, Access FSA
• The FSA publishes the status of loans held by all banks as of the end of March 2019, based on the Financial Reconstruction Act

August 29

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.356
• Updated statistics of money lending business
• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (August 8, 2019) Japanese version
• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (August 2, 2019) Japanese version

August 28

• Publication of summary points from JFSA policy assessment and strategic priorities 2019
• Publication of the “Report on the development of regulations regarding payment and settlement and cross-sectional financial services intermediaries－basic concept” by the “Study Group on the Financial System” under the Financial System Council
• FSA will organize FIN/SUM 2019

August 23

• The Study Group on the Economic Value-based Solvency Framework

August 22

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.355

August 20

• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (July 23, 2019) Japanese version
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the "Payment Services Act"

August 19

• Stewardship Code : 256 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of August 1, 2019

August 8

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.354

August 7

• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (July 9, 2019) Japanese version
• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (July 2, 2019) Japanese version

August 2

• ICGN Annual Conference 2019 - Keynote Speech by Commissioner Toshihide Endo
• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (June 25, 2019) Japanese version
• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (June 21, 2019) Japanese version
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the "Payment Services Act"

August １

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.353

July 2019

July 30

• Publication of the 192nd issue of the FSA’s journal, Access FSA
• Updated statistics of money lending business

July 26

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

July 19

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.352

July 11

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.351

July 10

• Status of digitalization efforts in financial monitoring

July 5

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

July 4

• Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (June 18, 2019) Japanese version
• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.350