Past Releases

December 2021

December 28

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

December 27

• FSA updated Information on COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus)
• Letter to the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the IFRS Foundation regarding the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB)
• FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.219

December 24

• Updated statistics of money lending business

December 23

• FSA Weekly Review No.470 December 23, 2021

December 21

• JFSA initiatives in AML/CFT/CPF in response to FATF Fourth Round Mutual Evaluation Report (MER)

December 20

• Stewardship Code : 320 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of November 30, 2021

December 17

• Overview of financial results of major insurance companies as of September 30, 2021
• Financial Industry-Wide Cybersecurity Exercise (Delta Wall Ⅵ)

December 16

• FSA Weekly Review No.469 December 16, 2021

December 15

• FSA updated Information on COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) 
• Press Conference by the Minister of State for Financial Services (November 26, 2021) Japanese version
• Press Conference by the Minister of State for Financial Services (November 24, 2021) Japanese version
• Administrative Actions against Mizuho Bank, Ltd. and Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

December 14

• Updated : International Financial Center Website

December 10

• The 15th NAIC-FSA Insurance Dialogue

December 9

• FSA Weekly Review No.468 December 9, 2021
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the ’Payment Services Act’ 

December 8

• Overview of the Discussion Summary : the "Advisory Council on the System of Accounting and Auditing (2021)" 

December 3

• FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.218
• Overview of the Japanese regional banks’ financial results for six months ended September 30, 2021
• Overview of major banks’ financial results as of September 30, 2021

December 2

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.467
• Updated : Preparation for permanent cessation of LIBOR 
• Press Conference by the Minister of State for Financial Services (November 12, 2021) Japanese version
• Press Conference by the Minister of State for Financial Services (November 5, 2021) Japanese version

November 2021

November 29

• FSA updated Information on COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus)
• Updated statistics of money lending business
• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.466

November 26

• Updated : International Financial Center Website
• FSA’s Vice Commissioner for International Affairs Elected as a New Vice Chair of the Executive Committee of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the ’Payment Services Act’

November 24

• The fourth meeting of the Working Group on Corporate Disclosure of the Financial System Council

November 22

• Updated : The Financial Market Entry Office
• To Operators of Specially Permitted Businesses for Foreign Investors, etc./during Transition Period 
• Business Reports on a Special Provision for Deductibility in Performance-based Compensation 

November 18

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.465

November 17

• Summary from ”The JFSA Strategic Priorities July 2021-June 2022”       

November 15

• Joint session of the 48th general meeting of Financial System Council and the 36th meeting of Sectional Committee on Financial System

November 12

• FSA publishes an English translation of Principles for Model Risk Management

November 11

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.464
• Stewardship Code : 320 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of October 31, 2021

November 10

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

November 5

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.463

November 4

• Publication of NGFS Glasgow Declaration and FSA’s Sustainable Finance strategy as NGFS member

November 1

• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the ’Payment Services Act’
• Summary of Results of the Brief Survey on the Use of JPY LIBOR

October 2021

October 29

• Updated statistics of money lending business
• Appendix added : Finalization of the Revised Guidelines for Investor and Company Engagement

October 28

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.462
• FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.217

October 27

• FSA updated Information on COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus)
• Update on Progress toward Further Efficiency and Transparency in the Screening Procedures for Licensing and Registration of Financial Businesses

October 26

• Publication of the ″Social Bond Guidelines″

October 22

• The third meeting of the Working Group on Corporate Disclosure of the Financial System Council

October 21

• FSA publishes English translation of documents 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.461
• Press Conference by the Minister of State for Financial Services (October 1, 2021) Japanese version

October 20

• Publication of "Progress Report on Enhancing the Asset Management Business 2021"

October 19

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

October 14

• Press Conference by the Minister of State for Financial Services (September 24, 2021) Japanese version
• Press Conference by the Minister of State for Financial Services (September 10, 2021) Japanese version
• Press Conference by the Minister of State for Financial Services (September 3, 2021) Japanese version
• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.460

October 11

• Stewardship Code : 316 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of September 30, 2021

October 8

• Summary from "The JFSA Strategic Priorities July 2021-June 2022"

October 7

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.459
• Final Report of JFSA Multilateral Joint Research on Digital Identity
• Administrative Actions against Mizuho Bank, Ltd. and Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

October 5

• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the ’Payment Services Act’
• FSA updated Information on COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus)

September 2021

September 30

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.458

September 29

• Updated statistics of money lending business
• Press Conference by the Minister of State for Financial Services (August 31, 2021) Japanese version
• Press Conference by the Minister of State for Financial Services (August 20, 2021) Japanese version

September 24

• The second meeting of the Working Group on Corporate Disclosure of the Financial System Council
• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.457

September 17

• FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.216

September 16

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.456

September 15

• Stewardship Code : 316 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of August 31, 2021

September 9

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.455

September 8

• FSA publishes the status of loans held by all banks as of the end of March 2021, based on the Financial Reconstruction Act

September 6

• Joint session of the 47th general meeting of Financial System Council and the 35th meeting of Sectional Committee on Financial System
• Letter to the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the IFRS Foundation regarding financial contribution to the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB)

September 3

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

September 2

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.454

August 2021

August 31

• Stewardship Code : 316 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of July 31, 2021
• Updated statistics of money lending business
• ”Report by the Expert Panel on Sustainable Finance” Announced (Updated)

August 30

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

August 27

• The first meeting of the Working Group on Corporate Disclosure of the Financial System Council

August 26

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.453

August 19

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.452

August 18

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

August 16

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.451

August 11

• FSA and UK FCA exchanged letters on a cooperation framework in the area of credit rating agencies

August 10

• FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.215

August 5

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.450

July 2021

July 30

• FSA updated Information on COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus)
• Guidelines for Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism
• Updated statistics of money lending business
• Press Conference by the Minister of State for Financial Services (July 7, 2021) Japanese version
• Press Conference by the Minister of State for Financial Services (July 2, 2021) Japanese version
• Ad Hoc Press Conference by the Minister of State for Financial Services (June 29, 2021) Japanese version

July 29

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.449

July 28

• Comment letter on the IFRS Foundation Exposure Draft on Proposed Targeted Amendments to the IFRS Foundation Constitution to Accommodate an International Sustainability Standards Board to Set IFRS Sustainability Standards

July 27

• International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators published its Report on “Internationally Relevant Developments in Audit Markets”

July 21

• Publication of the "Social Bond Guidelines (Draft)"– Open for Public Comments

July 15

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.448
• FSA updated Information on COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus)

July 9

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.447

July 7

• The main issues raised by the FSA at opinion exchange meetings with trade associations
• FinTech Innovation Hub Report 2nd Edition
• FSA publishes an English translation of the “Comprehensive Guidelines for Supervision of Insurance Companies”
• Stewardship Code : 309 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of June 30, 2021
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the ’Payment Services Act’
• FSA Staff Report: An analysis of the transaction network in the Japanese OTC derivatives markets

July 2

• FSA publishes Weekly Review No.446
• FSA updated Information on COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus)