Press Releases (2024)

• June
• May
• April
• March
• February
• January

June

• Publication of the “Policy Package of Special Zones for Financial and Asset Management Businesses” (June 4, 2024)
• Updated：Initiatives by the financial industry to enhance their asset management businesses (June 4, 2024)

May

• Bilateral meeting between Minister Suzuki and Mr. Christian Noyer, Honorary Governor of the Bank of France (May 31, 2024)
• Direction of remaining issues on economic value-based solvency regulation (May 29, 2024)
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the ’Payment Services Act’ (May 24)(May 29, 2024)
• Updated:Speeches（Vice Minister for International Affairs） (May 28, 2024)
• FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.247 (May 24, 2024)
• Updated its pamphlet titled “Game companies are required to notify the Japanese authority (Local Finance Bureau) in accordance with the Payment Services Act.” (May 24, 2024)
• Bank of Japan Review Foreign Currency Liquidity Risk Management at Japanese Major Banks: Efforts and Enhancement (May 22, 2024)
• FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.246 (May 22, 2024)
• Japan Weeks 2024 official website open (May 10, 2024)
• Release of “Climate-Related Scenario Analysis － Next Step in the Banking Sector －” (May 10, 2024)
• Revision of the "Discussion Paper for Dialogues on Practices of IT Governance at Financial Institutions” (May 10, 2024)
• The second meeting of the Working Group on Disclosure and Assurance of Sustainability-related Financial Information (of the Financial System Council) (May 7, 2024)
• Updated the “Cold Calling” list (as of April 30, 2024) (May 2, 2024)
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the ’Payment Services Act’ （April 26）(May 1, 2024)

April

• Updated:Speeches（Vice Minister for International Affairs） (April 30, 2024)
• The FSA have started accepting applications for the Impact Forum, which will be held on May 14. (April 26, 2024)
• Osaka Plenary Meeting of the International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators (IFIAR) (April 26, 2024)
• Stewardship Code : 334 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of March 31, 2024 (April 26, 2024)
• Overview of Revision Proposals for the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act and Act on Investment Trusts and Investment Corporations (April 25, 2024)
• Updated：Initiatives by the financial industry to enhance their asset management businesses (March 25, 2024)
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the ’Payment Services Act’ （April 10）(April 12, 2024)
• Twentieth Meeting of the "Council for Cooperation on Financial Stability" (April 11, 2024)
• The Council of Experts Concerning the Follow-up of Japan's Stewardship Code and Japan's Corporate Governance Code: Twenty-Ninth Meeting (April 11, 2024)
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the ’Payment Services Act’ （March 29）(April 8, 2024)
• Updated:Speeches（Vice Minister for International Affairs） (April 4, 2024)
• FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.245(April 4, 2024)
• The FSA publishes the status of loans held by all banks as of the end of September 2023, based on the Financial Reconstruction Act (April 3, 2024)
• Revision of "Frequently Asked Questions Regarding “Guidelines for Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism”" (April 2, 2024)
• Appointment of the Director of the Financial Research Center (April 1, 2024)

March

• Finalization of “Basic Guidelines on Impact Investment (Impact Finance)" (March 29, 2024)
• Updated：Trends in High-Speed Trading (March 29, 2024)
• Dedicated Impact Consortium Website Launched (March 29, 2024)
• The FSA publishes the status of loans held by all banks as of the end of March 2023, based on the Financial Reconstruction Act (March 29, 2024)
• International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators published the Report on 2023 Survey of Inspection Findings (March 25, 2024)
• EU-Asia Pacific Forum on Financial Regulation (March 25, 2024)
• Updated：Initiatives by the financial industry to enhance their asset management businesses (March 22, 2024)
• Japan Weeks 2024 (March 22, 2024)
• Impact Forum (March 19, 2024)
• The first meeting of the Working Group on Disclosure and Assurance of Sustainability-related Financial Information (of the Financial System Council) (March 19, 2024)
• Contribution of “Changing dynamics - How should regulators respond to new challenges” to the Eurofi Magazine (March 18, 2024)
• A speech on “Changing Dynamics - How should regulators respond to new challenges” at the Eurofi High Level Seminar 2024 (March 18, 2024)
• Asia GX（Green Transformation）Consortium holds kick-off meeting (March 15, 2024)
• Asia High-level Financial Regulators' Forum holds its first meeting (March 13, 2024)
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the ’Payment Services Act’  (March 13, 2024)
• Updated：Initiatives by the financial industry to enhance their asset management businesses (March 13, 2024)
• Asia GX（Green Transformation）Consortium will hold kick-off meeting (March 11, 2024) 
• The Dialogue between the Financial Services Agency (FSA) and the Center for Financial Industry Information Systems (FISC) (March 11, 2024)
• Publication of "FSA Analytical Notes" (March 8, 2024)
• Publication of the “Statement on the end of Euroyen TIBOR (Publication of the Results of Public Consultation on permanent cessation of Euroyen TIBOR and related issues)” by JBA TIBOR Administration (March 6, 2024)
• Updated：Initiatives by the financial industry to enhance their asset management businesses (March 4, 2024)
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the ’Payment Services Act’  (March 1, 2024)
• Updated Japan Fintech Week official website. (March 1, 2024)

February

• Summary of the Result of the International Roundtable on Understanding Credibility of Transition Plan (February 29, 2024)
• Updated Japan Fintech Week official website (February 21, 2024)
• Publication of the Progress Report for “Improving Internal Audits of Financial Institutions” (Interim Report) (February 20, 2024)
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the ’Payment Services Act’ (February 15, 2024)
• FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.244(February 15, 2024)
• Strengthening user’s protection against unlawful money transfers to crypto-asset exchange service providers (February 14, 2024)
• Joint session of the 52th general meeting of Financial System Council and the 40th meeting of Sectional Committee on Financial System (February 9, 2024)
• Updated：Initiatives by the financial industry to enhance their asset management businesses (February 2, 2024)

January

• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the ’Payment Services Act’ (January 31, 2024)
• Publication of the Report by the Working Group on Tender Offer Rule and Large Shareholding Reporting Rule of the Financial System Council (January 30, 2024)
• Updated：Policy Plan for Promoting Japan as a Leading Asset Management Center (January 24, 2024)
• Initiatives by the financial industry to enhance their asset management businesses (January 24, 2024)
• FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.243 (January 22, 2024)
• Request for Proposals for "Special Zones for Financial and Asset Management Businesses" (January 19, 2024)
• "the Code of Conduct for ESG Evaluation and Data Providers"：21 ESG Evaluation and Data Providers have endorsed the "Code of Conduct" as of December 31, 2023 (January 17, 2024)
• TSE to Publish a List of Companies That Have Disclosed Information Regarding “Action to Implement Management That Is Conscious of Cost of Capital and Stock Price” (January 15, 2024)
• Initiatives for Corporate Governance Reform (January 15, 2024)
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the ’Payment Services Act’ (January 12, 2024)
• Administrative Actions Against SBI SECURITIES Co., Ltd. (January 12, 2024)
• Stewardship Code : 331 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of December 31, 2023 (January 12, 2024)
• "Japan Fintech Week 2024" website is now officially launched. (January 12, 2024)
• Updated Fintech and Innovation page (January 12, 2024)
• Major information about measures taken by FSA, Local Finance Bureaus, and financial industry related to the Noto Peninsula Earthquake in 2024（Updated on January 11, 2024, 8:00pm） (January 11, 2024)
• Major information about measures taken by FSA, Local Finance Bureaus, and financial industry related to the Noto Peninsula Earthquake in 2024 (January 4, 2024)