What’s New on the FSA Website

Week of August 11, 2020 - August 14, 2020

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

Press Releases

(The following press releases are available in English)

Publication

August 12, 2020	PDFBrochure about the FSA Japanese versionopen new window

Others

August 11, 2020	Preparation for permanent cessation of LIBOR Japanese versionopen new window
August 11, 2020	Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the "Payment Services Act" Japanise versionopen new window

(The following press releases are available in Japanese)

Securities

August 14, 2020	The first trial of an administrative penalty case against an individual for market manipulation regarding stocks of Beat Holdings Limitedopen new window <Summary> On August 21, 2020, the first trial of an administrative penalty case against an individual for market manipulation regarding stocks of Beat Holdings Limited will be conducted.

Others

August 11, 2020

Warnings about entities that are operating money lending businesses without proper registrationopen new window <Summary> The FSA (Local Finance Bureaus) updated warnings about entities that are operating money lending businesses without proper registration. The warnings include the updated list of entities that misrepresent their registration using fictitious or stolen registration numbers.

August 11, 2020

Publication of a video series of panel sessions recorded during an online symposium held on June 20, 2020, entitled "The Future of Financial and Economic Education and of Personal Asset Building – Taking into Account the Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)" (provisional English title)open new window <Summary> The FSA published a video series of panel sessions recorded during an online symposium held on June 20, 2020, entitled "The Future of Financial and Economic Education and of Personal Asset Building –Taking into Account the Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)" (provisional English title). The symposium was mainly aimed at: • sharing and discussing challenges in financial and economic education (toward stable long-term personal asset building); • sharing different stakeholders' perspectives on investments amid unstable markets; and • sharing ideas on how retail financial service users (retail investors) should prepare for their asset building. The symposium brought together various stakeholders, including educators and relevant experts involved in financial and economic education, retail investors, and representatives/officials from the BOJ (Bank of Japan), the FSA and others.