JGB Book-Entry System

• Admission Criteria
• Regulations and Rules
• Related Releases
• References

Admission Criteria

• Requirements for Establishing Direct Participants' Accounts and Customers' Accounts and Requirements for Approval as Indirect Participants and Foreign Indirect Participants in the JGB Book-Entry System
• The number of participants in the JGB Book-Entry System

Regulations and Rules

• Bank of Japan Regulations Concerning the JGB Book-Entry System
• Rules Concerning the JGB Book-Entry System
• Application Procedures for an Applicant Seeking Approval as an FIP in the JGB Book-Entry System
• Outline of Procedures concerning Changes in Names and Other Matters for Financial Institutions after Their Approval as a Foreign Indirect Participant

Related Releases

Table : Related Releases

Date	Title
July 31, 2023	Information Disclosure Based on the Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures: The JGB Book-Entry Transfer System [PDF 1,104KB]
July 30, 2021	Information Disclosure Based on the Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures: The JGB Book-Entry Transfer System [PDF 851KB]
June 28, 2019	Information Disclosure Based on the Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures: The JGB Book-Entry Transfer System [PDF 637KB]
June 30, 2017	Information Disclosure Based on the Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures: The JGB Book-Entry Transfer System [PDF 492KB]
Dec. 4, 2015	Information Disclosure Based on the Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures: The JGB Book-Entry Transfer System [PDF 506KB]
Nov. 20, 2007	Assessment of the Settlement System for Japanese Government Securities against the Recommendations for Securities Settlement Systems
Sept. 30, 2003	Response to the Disclosure Framework for Securities Settlement Systems:The JGB Book-entry System and the BOJ-NET JGB Services
Feb. 17, 2003	Requirements for Establishing Direct Participants' Accounts and Customers' Accounts and Requirements for Admission as Indirect Participants and Foreign Indirect Participants in the JGB Book-entry System
Jan. 27, 2003	Start of Operations of the New JGB Book-entry System Based on the Transfer of Corporate Debt Securities Law
Jan. 20, 2003	Notice Regarding the Starting Date of the New JGB Book-entry System Based on the Transfer of Corporate Debt Securities Law
Jan. 7, 2003	Notice Regarding the Start of Operations of the New JGB Book-entry System Based on the Transfer of Corporate Debt Securities Law and the Abolition of the Current JGB Book-entry System
July 18, 2002	Conversion to the New JGB Book-entry System Based on the New Legal Framework

References

Principal Terms and Conditions (Invalid)

• Application Procedures for Admission as a Foreign Indirect Participant in the JGB Book-Entry System