Past Releases (2019)

June 2019

June 28

• Stewardship Code : 251 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of June 28, 2019

June 27

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.349
• Updated statistics of money lending business

June 26

• Publication of the 191st issue of the FSA’s journal, Access FSA

June 24

• Comment Letter on the U.S. agencies’ proposed changes to regulatory requirements for foreign banking organizations

June 21

• Press Conference by the Minister of State for Financial Services (June 14, 2019) Japanese version
• Overview of financial results of major insurance companies as of March 31, 2019

June 20

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.348

June 18

• The seventh meeting of the Payments Council on Financial Innovation

June 14

• Press Conference by the Minister of State for Financial Services (June 11, 2019) Japanese version
• Press Conference by the Minister of State for Financial Services (June 7, 2019) Japanese version
• Field Tests of Economic Value-Based Evaluation and Supervisory Method - 2018 Results and 2019 Direction -  

June 13

• Insurance Forum Japan 2019 - Remarks by Taro Aso, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, Minister of State for Financial Services
• IIF Spring Membership Meeting - Keynote Speech by FSA Commissioner Toshihide Endo
• IIF Spring Membership Meeting - Remarks by Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso
• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.347
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the ’Payment Services Act’

June 12

• Press Conference by the Minister of State for Financial Services (June 4, 2019) Japanese version

June８

• G20/OECD Seminar on Corporate Governance - Closing Remarks by Commissioner Toshihide Endo
• G20/OECD Seminar on Corporate Governance - Opening Remarks by Taro Aso, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, and Minister of State for Financial Services
• Session 2 of the G20 High-level Seminar on Financial Innovation ”Our Future in the Digital Age” - Introductory remarks by Commissioner Toshihide Endo
• G20 High-level Seminar on Financial Innovation ”Our Future in the Digital Age” - Opening Remarks by Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso

June 7

• Exchange of Letters for Cooperation in the area of financial institutions supervision with Federal Financial Supervisory Authority of Germany(BaFin)
• Administrative Actions against Citigroup Global Markets Japan Inc.
• G20 High-level Symposium on Aging and Financial Inclusion (GPFI Forum) - Remarks by Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso

June 6

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.346
• Overview of major banks’ financial results as of March 31, 2019
• Overview of the Japanese regional banks’ financial results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019
• Publication of “Principles Regarding the Disclosure of Narrative Information”
• G20 Fukuoka Policy Priorities on Aging and Financial Inclusion

May 2019

May 31

• Press Conference by the Minister of State for Financial Services (May 17, 2019) Japanese version
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the "Payment Services Act"
• International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators Report on 2018 Survey of Inspection Findings

May 30

• Updated statistics of money lending business
• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.345

May 28

• Administrative Action against Nomura Holdings, Inc. and Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.
• Publication of the 190th issue of the FSA’s journal, Access FSA

May 23

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.344

May 21

• Launching the TCFD Consortium of Japan

May 16

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.343
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the ’Payment Services Act’

May 14

• Greece Meeting of the International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators (''IFIAR'')

May 10

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.342
• Stewardship Code : 248 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of May 8, 2019

May 8

• Press Conference by the Minister of State for Financial Services (April 5, 2019) Japanese version
• Press Conference by the Minister of State for Financial Services (April 2, 2019) Japanese version

May 7

• JFSA's Blockchain Round-Table 2019 [Multilateral Joint Research project]

April 2019

April 25

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.341
• Updated statistics of money lending business
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the ’Payment Services Act’

April 24

• Publication of the "Recommended Directions for Further Promotion of Corporate Governance Reform"
• Press Conference by the Minister of State for Financial Services (March 26, 2019) Japanese version

April 23

• Others Overview of Financial System Issues for the 2019 G20 Japan Presidency - speech by Shunsuke Shirakawa

April 19

• The NGFS publishes its first comprehensive report
• Publication of the 189th issue of the FSA’s journal, Access FSA

April 18

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.340
• Stewardship Code : 246 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of April 12, 2019

April 11

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.339

April 10

• Interview on ISDA Quarterly (April 2019)

April 8

• FSA hosted Interim Nominating Committee

April 4

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.338
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the ’Payment Services Act’

April 3

• Publication of the 188th issue of the FSA’s journal, Access FSA

April 2

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

April 1

• Partial revision of the "Reference Cases" regarding the "Independent Agent Exemption" of fund managers

March 2019

March 28

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.337
• Updated statistics of money lending business

March 27

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

March 25

• Tenth Meeting of the "Council for Cooperation on Financial Stability"

March 22

• Publication of Report from Study Group on Virtual Currency Exchange Services
• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.336

March 15

• Appointment of Chief Sustainable Finance Officer

March 14

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.335

March 11

• Commissioner Toshihide Endo Paid a Courtesy Call on H.E. U Soe Win, Union Minister for Planning and Finance of Republic of the Union of Myanmar
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the "Payment Services Act"

March 8

• Publication of the list of links to English translations of Annual Securities Reports(ASRs)

March 7

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.334
• Providing Better Financial Services in an Era of Transition: The G20 and Aging - speech by Toshihide Endo
• Press Conference by the Minister of State for Financial Services (February 19, 2019) Japanese version

March 4

• Press Conference by the Minister of State for Financial Services (February 12, 2019) Japanese version
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the "Payment Services Act"

February 2019

February 28

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.333
• Updated statistics of money lending business

February 26

• Joint session of the 41st general meeting of Financial System Council and the 29th meeting of Sectional Committee on Financial System
• Publication of the 187th issue of the FSA’s journal, Access FSA

February 21

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.332

February 19

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

February 15

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.331

February 14

• Publication of the “Report on the development of regulations for financial institutions regarding data utilization” by the “Study Group on the Financial System” under the Financial System Council

February 13

• FSA publishes the status of loans held by all banks as of the end of September 2018, based on the Financial Reconstruction Act

February 7

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.330

February 6

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

February ４

• Press Conference by the Minister of State for Financial Services (January 29, 2019) Japanese version

January 2019

January 31

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.329
• International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators 2018 Report on Survey of Audit Regulators’ Enforcement Regimes
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the ’Payment Services Act’

January 30

• Updated statistics of money lending business
• FSA and US NAIC held the 10th meeting of the Insurance Regulatory Dialogue

January 29

• Publication of the 186th issue of the FSA’s journal, Access FSA

January 28

• Press Conference by the Minister of State for Financial Services (January 22, 2019) Japanese version

January 25

• Risks and opportunities in an aging society - speech by Ryozo Himino
• Publication of the Summary from “FinTech Summit 2018”

January 24

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.328

January 23

• The sixth meeting of the Payments Council on Financial Innovation

January 21

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

January 18

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.327

January 16

• Press Conference by the Minister of State for Financial Services (December 21, 2018) Japanese version

January 15

• Update of the Policy Approaches to Strengthen Cyber Security in the Financial Sector
• Financial Industry-wide Cybersecurity Exercise (Delta Wall III)

January 10

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.326
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the "Payment Services Act"

January 9

• Press Conference by the Minister of State for Financial Services (December 4, 2018) Japanese version
• Press Conference by the Minister of State for Financial Services (Novemver 27, 2018) Japanese version