PRESS RELEASE

26 February 1999
Financial Supervisory Agency

The Fifteenth Meeting of the "Working Group on Financial Inspection Manuals"


The fifteenth meeting of the Working Group on Financial Inspection Manuals was held today at the Financial Supervisory Agency (FSA).

The FSA received many comments on the "Interim report" of the Working Group on Financial Inspection Manuals.

The Group was reconvened to discuss the possible revision of the draft Manuals, taking into account comments received.

Professor Shinasaku Iwahara (Tokyo University) will continue to chair the Group. There were some changes in the members. (See attached member list)

The Group will meet regularly, once or twice a week, to discuss the revision of the draft, with the view to publish its result by the end of March.

On the basis of comments received, the Group discussed the basic nature of the Financial Inspection Manuals.

The next meeting is scheduled on 3 March.

For further information, please contact:

Kazuhiko Bandou

Inspection Department, FSA

Phone 03-3506-6000 ext.3268
Fax 03-3506-6119

"Working Group on Financial Inspection Manuals" member list

Shinsaku Iwahara Professor, Faculty of Law, Tokyo University.
Takeshi Kimura Managing director, K P M G Financial Services Consulting
Osamu Kubota Inspector for Labour credit association,Ministry of Labour
Masaaki Kono Deputy General Manager, Corporate Planning & CoordinationOffice,Dai-Ichikangyo Bank
Hiroshi Koyasu General Manager,Business Planning Department,National Central Society of Credit Cooperatives
Saburo Suda Deputy General Manager, Corporate Planning Department,National Association of Labour Banks
Naoki Tamura Assistant General Manager, Corporate Planning Department,Sumitomo Bank
Michio Namiki Deputy General Manager, Corporate Planning Department,Bank of Yokohama
Kazumi Narisawa CPA, Century Audit Corporation
Koji Nishiwaki Manager, Corporate Planning Department,Industrial Bank of Japan
Hiroshi Nemoto CPA,Chuo Audit Corporation
Syuya Nomura Professor, Faculty of Law, Chuo University
Seikou Hattori Manager, Bank Supervision Department, Bank of Japan
Kimitaka Mori CPA, Asahi and Company
Takahiro Yanai Senior Manager, Corporate Planning Division,Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi
Yutaka Yamaguchi General Manager, General Planning Division,The Asahi Shinkin Bank
Kazuhiko Bandou Financial Supervisory Agency
Hisao Kido Financial Supervisory Agency
Kouzou Kimura Financial Supervisory Agency
Yutaka Takii Financial Supervisory Agency
Akihiro Makino Financial Supervisory Agency
Yutaka Itou Financial Supervisory Agency

Observer : Jyunichi Naitou (Ministry of Finance)


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