Financial Services AgencyFSA Weekly Review No.378

February 6, 2020

What’s New on the FSA Website

Week of January 27, 2020 - January 31, 2020

This page contains the latest in events, developments, and updates to the FSA website.

Press Conferences

January 30, 2020 Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (January 10, 2020) Japanese versionopen new window
January 30, 2020 Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (January 7, 2020) Japanese versionopen new window

Public Comments

(The following public comments are available in Japanese)

January 31, 2020 Publication of the draft amendments to the FSA's regulatory notice of the "designated IFRSs"open new window
<Summary>
The FSA proposed the draft amendments to the regulatory notice of the "designated IFRSs" stipulated in the "Regulation for Terminology, Forms and Preparation of Consolidated Financial Statements."
January 28, 2020 Publication of the finalized regulatory notice pertaining to TLAC (Total Loss-Absorbing Capacity) requirements for financial instruments business operators whose parent companies are foreign companiesopen new window
<Summary>
The FSA finalized the regulatory notice pertaining to TLAC (Total Loss-Absorbing Capacity) requirements for financial instruments business operators whose parent companies are foreign companies. Based on the PDF"Principles on Loss Absorbing and Recapitalisation Capacity of G-SIBs (Global Systemically Important Banks) in Resolution"open new window and other relevant documents published by the FSB (Financial Stability Board) in 2015, the amendments mainly;

(1) designate entities to be subject to TLAC requirements among the financial instruments business operators whose parent companies are foreign companies, thereby stipulating the required standards for "internal TLAC" and qualification requirements that should be ensured by the financial instruments business operators who are to be subject to TLAC requirements;

and

(2) make other minor technical amendments.

The amended regulatory notice will be enforced on March 31, 2020.
January 27, 2020 Publication of the draft "Cabinet Office Order to Amend the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Money Lending Business Act"open new window
<Summary>
The FSA has published the draft "Cabinet Office Order to Amend the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Money Lending Business Act." The proposal mainly intends to expressly set forth that moneylenders who are registered with the respective competent administrative authorities pursuant to the "Money Lending Business Act" may:

(1) omit the entry of their registration numbers in parentheses in the statutory documents that are to be filed with the respective competent administrative authorities where the moneylenders are registered with,

and

(2) report duplicative or closely similar submittal information that is common across the two statutory business reports* in either of those two reports.

* One is a statutory business report on the money lending business that is to be filed with the competent administrative authorities for each business year within three months after the end of each business year, and the other is a report on a business or business materials with regard to the moneylender's business operations which is to be filed at the request of the competent administrative authorities.

Press Releases

(The following press releases are available in English)

International 

January 28, 2020 Release of videos of "G20 High-level Seminar on Financial Innovation" and "G20/OECD Seminar on Corporate Governance"

 

Publication

January 31, 2020 PDFFSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.197
January 31, 2020 Publication of the 198th issue of the FSA’s journal, Access FSA

 

Others

January 30, 2020 Updated statistics of money lending business

 


(The following press releases are available in Japanese)

Banks

January 31, 2020 Publication of an outline of the financial institutions' policies on cooperation and collaboration with electronic settlement agentsopen new window
<Summary>
Financial institutions have prepared and published their respective policies on cooperation and collaboration with electronic settlement agents by March 1, 2018 pursuant to Article 10 (1) of the supplementary provisions of the "Act for Partial Revision of the Banking Act (Act No. 49 of 2017)" which stipulates that financial institutions shall prepare and disclose their basic policies regarding their cooperation and collaboration with electronic settlement agents within nine months from the date of promulgation of the Act (promulgation date: June 2, 2017). In this regard, on January 31, 2020, the FSA published a summary of the respective financial institutions’ current implementation status (as of the end of December, 2019) based on their respective policies on cooperation and collaboration with electronic settlement agents, particularly in terms of the API (Application Programming Interface) development.
January 31, 2020 Information sharing on cases regarding unauthorized use of bank accountsopen new window
<Summary>
The FSA and local finance bureaus provide information regarding unauthorized use of bank accounts to relevant financial institutions and law enforcement authorities after obtaining consents from informants. The FSA has published statistics that include the number of information sharing on cases regarding unauthorized use of bank accounts until December 31, 2019 since September 2003, along with the corresponding actions taken by financial institutions.

 

Securities

January 31, 2020 Administrative penalty charge against an individual for market manipulation regarding stocks of ISHIGAKI FOODS CO.,LTD. and GLOBAL-DINING, INC.open new window
<Summary>
On January 30, 2020, the FSA issued an order to impose an administrative penalty charge against an individual for market manipulation regarding stocks of ISHIGAKI FOODS CO.,LTD. and GLOBAL-DINING, INC.
January 31, 2020 Administrative penalty charge against NIHON FORM SERVICE CO.,LTD. for making false statements in its securities reportsopen new window
<Summary>
On January 30, 2020, the FSA issued an order to impose an administrative penalty charge against NIHON FORM SERVICE CO.,LTD. for making false statements in its securities reports.
January 31, 2020 Administrative penalty charges against two individuals for committing insider trading regarding stocks of NIHON HOUSE HOLDINGS CO., LTD. by using insider information obtained as employees of the entity (1)open new window (2)open new window
<Summary>
On January 30, 2020, the FSA issued orders to impose administrative penalty charges against two individuals for committing insider trading regarding stocks of NIHON HOUSE HOLDINGS CO., LTD. by using information obtained as employees of the entity.

 

Others

January 30, 2020 Publication of the budget for each policy measureopen new window
<Summary>
The FSA published the budget for each policy measure for FY2020.
January 28, 2020 Publication of a summary of "Hometown Round-table Talk" (original Japanese title: Kurumaza Furusato Talk) meetup in Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture, on December 13, 2019open new window
<Summary>
The FSA published a summary of "Hometown Round-table Talk" (original Japanese title: Kurumaza Furusato Talk) meetup, which was held in Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture on December 13, 2019. The meetup between the State Minister Miyashita Ichiro who served as the main Chair and 14 local residents of Aomori Prefecture was held to exchange opinions and gain new insights on how financial education should be in the future.

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