Press Releases (2025)

• October
• September
• August
• July
• June
• May
• April
• March
• February
• January

October

• The Expert Panel on the Revision of the Corporate Governance Code (October 20, 2025)
• Policy Approaches to Strengthen Cyber Security in the Financial Sector (October 20, 2025)
• Special Zones for Financial and Asset Management Businesses (October 17, 2025)
• The first meeting of the Expert Panel on the Revision of the Corporate Governance Code (2025) (October 14, 2025)
• Contributions to the Eurofi Magazine (September 2025) (October 10, 2025)
• Publication of "FSA Analytical Notes (2025.10): Analysis of Defaults in Housing Loans by Regional Banks" in Japanese (October 10, 2025)
• Publication of "FSA Analytical Notes (2025.6) vol.3: Attempt to identify early warning signals on credit risks using regional banks’ loan data and macroeconomic indicators" (October 10, 2025)
• Introduction of the AI translation system to the FSA's website (October 9, 2025)
• The third meeting of the Working Group on Corporate Disclosure of the Financial System Council (October 8, 2025)
• Twenty-third Meeting of the "Council for Cooperation on Financial Stability" (October 8, 2025)
• We have updated the "Cold Calling" list (as of September 30, 2025). (October 6, 2025)

September

• Updated : Trends in High-Speed Trading (September 30, 2025)
• Laws, regulations, and Q&As with regard to the "act of material proposal" and "joint holders" under the Large Shareholding Reporting Rule - to promote constructive dialogue between institutional investors and investee companies - (September 17, 2025)
• The second meeting of the Working Group on Corporate Disclosure of the Financial System Council (September 12, 2025)
• Minister KATO meets Commissioner Albuquerque in Tokyo (September 11, 2025)
• PDFFSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.262 (September 1, 2025)

August

• Publication of "FSA Analytical Notes (2025.6) vol.1: Loans Extended to Newly-founded Companies" (August 29, 2025)
• Publication of "FSA Analytical Notes (2025.7): A Quantitative and Textual Analysis of Climate-Related Risks in the Banking Sector" (August 29, 2025)
• Publication of "FSA Strategic Priorities: July 2025 - June 2026" (August 29, 2025)
• Stewardship Code : Stewardship Code : 344 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of June 30, 2025 (August 29, 2025)
• Publication of the meeting materials of thirtieth meeting of the Council of Experts Concerning the Follow-up of Japan's Stewardship Code and Japan's Corporate Governance Code which was held on June 2, 2025 (August 26, 2025)
• Publication of the Report on the Working Group on Improving Internal Audits of Financial Institutions (2025) (August 20, 2025)
• The first meeting of the Working Group on Corporate Disclosure of the Financial System Council (August 19, 2025)
• Commencement of Full-Scale Data Collection Using the Common Data Platform (August 1, 2025)

July

• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the ’Payment Services Act ’(July 31)(July 31,2025)
• Release of "The Second Scenario Analysis on Climate-Related Risks(Banking Sector)" (July 29, 2025)
• "the Code of Conduct for ESG Evaluation and Data Providers" : 28 ESG Evaluation and Data Providers have endorsed the "Code of Conduct" as of June 30, 2025 (July 25, 2025)
• Updated : Guidebook for Registration of Investment Management Business and Other Financial Instruments Businesses (July 23, 2025)
• Practices and Issues on Climate-related Risk Management 〜 Building on "Supervisory Guidance on Climate-related Risk Management and Client Engagement" 〜 (July 7, 2025)
• Publication of Discussion Paper: "Examination of the Regulatory Systems Related to Cryptoassets" (July 4, 2025)
• Publication of "FSA Analytical Notes (2025.7): A Quantitative and Textual Analysis of Climate-Related Risks in the Banking Sector" in Japanese (July 4, 2025)
• Publication of "FSA Analytical Notes (2025.6) vol.2: I. Analysis on credit risk management practices, and II. Understanding the utilization of Credit Guarantee System" (July 4, 2025)
• The Dialogue between the Financial Services Agency (FSA) and the center for Financial Industry Information Systems (July 4, 2025)
• Released the meeting materials of "The Fifth Working Group on Improving Internal Audits of Financial Institutions" (July 4, 2025)
• PDFFSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.261 (July 4, 2025)

June

• Analysis for the Healthy Development of Stablecoins(June 30,2025)
• Monitoring of foreign bank branches and foreign securities companies(June 30,2025)
• Publication of the meeting materials of thirtieth meeting of the Council of Experts Concerning the Follow-up of Japan's Stewardship Code and Japan's Corporate Governance Code which was held on June 2, 2025(June 30,2025)
• Publication of the "Action Programme for Corporate Governance Reform 2025"(June 30,2025)
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the ’Payment Services Act ’(June 26)(June 27,2025)
• Finalisation of Japan’s Stewardship Code (Third revision)(June 26,2025)
• Publication of the finalized "the Partial Amendment to the Designation of a country or region under Articles 17-2 and 17-3 of the Order for Enforcement of the Act on Prevention of Transfer of Criminal Proceeds" after public consultation (June 25, 2025)
• Publication of "FSA Analytical Notes (2025.6) vol.3: Attempt to identify early warning signals on credit risks using regional banks’ loan data and macroeconomic indicators" in Japanese (June 25, 2025)
• Published Minutes from the first to the third meeting of The Expert Panel on the Stewardship Code. (June 23, 2025)
• PDFFSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.260 (June 23, 2025)
• The eighth meeting of the Working Group on Disclosure and Assurance of Sustainability-related Financial Information (of the Financial System Council) (June 20, 2025)
• Release of "2nd Scenario Analysis on Climate-Related Risks [Insurance Sector]" (June 20, 2025)
• Release of "Second Scenario Analysis on Climate-Related Risks (Banking Sector)" (June 20, 2025)
• Practices and Issues on Climate-related Risk Management 〜 Building on "Supervisory Guidance on Climate-related Risk Management and Client Engagement" 〜 (June 20, 2025)
• Joint session of the 55th general meeting of Financial System Council and the 43rd meeting of Sectional Committee on Financial System (June 18, 2025)
• A speech on "Remarks on priorities for developing capital markets" at the Eurofi High Level Seminar 2025 (June 17, 2025)
• Contribution of "Towards a more vibrant and resilient economy: A Japanese perspective" to the Eurofi Magazine (June 17, 2025)
• Publication of "FSA Analytical Notes (2025.6) vol.2: I. Analysis on credit risk management practices, and II. Understanding the utilization of Credit Guarantee System" in Japanese (June 17, 2025)
• Publication of "FSA Analytical Notes (2025.5): I. Attempt to effectively utilize text data, and II. Current trends in deposits" (June 17, 2025)
• Overview of financial results of major insurance companies as of March 31, 2025 (June 13, 2025)
• Overview of the Japanese regional banks’ financial results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025 (June 12, 2025)
• Overview of major banks’ financial results as of March 31, 2025 (June 10, 2025)
• Publication of "FSA Analytical Notes (2025.6) vol.1: Loans extended to newly founded companies " in Japanese (June 10, 2025)
• Japan Weeks 2025 official website is now available. (June 6, 2025)
• PDFFSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.259 (June 6, 2025)

May

• Publication of "FSA Analytical Notes (2025.5): I. Attempt to effectively utilize text data, and II. Current trends in deposits" in Japanese (May 30, 2025)
• The seventh meeting of the Working Group on Disclosure and Assurance of Sustainability-related Financial Information (of the Financial System Council) (May 29, 2025)
• PDFFSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.258 (May 29, 2025)
• Updated : Speeches (Vice Minister for International Affairs) (May 28, 2025)
• The Council of Experts Concerning the Follow-up of Japan's Stewardship Code and Japan's Corporate Governance Code: Thirtieth Meeting (May 26, 2025)
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the ’Payment Services Act’(May 20) (May 26, 2025)
• Response in Light of the Impact of U.S. Tariff Measures (Statement by KATO Katsunobu, Minister of Finance and Minister of State for Financial Services) (May 21, 2025)
• The fourth meeting of the Expert Study Group on Assurance of Sustainability-related Financial Information (of the Financial System Council) (May 20, 2025)

April

• Publication of the Research Report "Financial Institutions’ Current Status of Scenario Analysis based on TCFD Recommendations and the Related Transition Plans" (April 28, 2025)
• Publication of the Partial Amendment to the Designation of a country or region under Articles 17-2 and 17-3 of the Order for Enforcement of the Act on Prevention of Transfer of Criminal Proceeds. (April 25, 2025)
• Updated : Living in Japan:How to Open a Bank Account and Send Money (April 25, 2025)
• Updated : Speeches(Commissioner) (April 25, 2025)
• Berlin Plenary Meeting of the International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators (IFIAR) (April 23, 2025)
• Updated : Speeches(Commissioner, Vice Minister for International Affairs)(April 23, 2025)
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the ’Payment Services Act’(April 18)(April 18, 2025)
• PDFFSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.257 (April 17, 2025)
• PDFFSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.256 (April 17, 2025)
• Stewardship Code : 340 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of March 31, 2025 (April 16,2025)
• The sixth meeting of the Working Group on Disclosure and Assurance of Sustainability-related Financial Information (of the Financial System Council) (April 14,2025)
• Published materials from the first to the third meeting of The Expert Panel on the Stewardship Code. (April 14,2025)
• Publication of the Research Report,"Study on Global Investors' Focus Areas Regarding Human Capital Disclosure and Corporate Case Studies (April 11,2025)
• Twenty-second Meeting of the "Council for Cooperation on Financial Stability" (April 10,2025)
• The third meeting of the Expert Study Group on Assurance of Sustainability-related Financial Information (of the Financial System Council) (April 10,2025)
• Updated : AI Discussion Paper (April 10,2025)

March

• Updated : Trends in High-Speed Trading (March 31, 2025)
• Publication of the finalized Discussion Paper on "Issues and Practices for Dialogue on Validation of Effectiveness of AML/CFT Frameworks" (March 31, 2025)
• International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators published the Report on 2024 Survey of Inspection Findings (March 28, 2025)
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the ’Payment Services Act’(March 18) (March 26, 2025)
• Draft revisions to the "Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors" <<Japan’s Stewardship Code>> - To promote sustainable growth of companies through investment and dialogue - for public consultation (March 21, 2025)
• The Japan-Bermuda bilateral meeting on insurance (March 17, 2025)
• The second meeting of the Expert Study Group on Assurance of Sustainability-related Financial Information (of the Financial System Council)(March 14, 2025)
• Updated : Speeches(Vice Minister for International Affairs)(March 7, 2025)
• Updated : Guidebook for Registration of Investment Management Business and Other Financial Instruments Businesses (March 6, 2025)
• Publication of AI Discussion Paper (March 4, 2025)

February

• The FSA publishes the status of loans held by all banks as of the end of September 2024, based on the Financial Reconstruction Act (February 28, 2025)
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the ’Payment Services Act’(February 21) (February 25, 2025)
• The third meeting of the Expert Panel on the Stewardship Code (2024) (February 19, 2025)
• Updated : Initiatives by the financial industry to enhance their asset management businesses (February 17, 2025)
• PDFFSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.255 (February 17, 2025)
• "Japan Fintech Week 2025" official website has been updated. (February 14, 2025)
• Joint session of the 54th general meeting of Financial System Council and the 42nd meeting of Sectional Committee on Financial System (February 12, 2025)
• Released the meeting materials of "The First Working Group on Improving Internal Audits of Financial Institutions" (February 7, 2025)
• We have updated the "Cold Calling" list (as of December 31, 2024). (February 7, 2025)
• The first meeting of the Expert Study Group on Assurance of Sustainability-related Financial Information (of the Financial System Council) (February 5, 2025)
• Publication of summary of " FSA Analytical Notes (2025.1) vol.1: Analysis of Japanese Stock Market Turbulence in Early August 2024" (February 4, 2025)
• Publication of "FSA Analytical Notes (2025.1) vol.2: I. Analysis of Borrower Classifications, and II. Attributes of Housing Loans." (February 4, 2025)
• "the Code of Conduct for ESG Evaluation and Data Providers" : 28 ESG Evaluation and Data Providers have endorsed the "Code of Conduct" as of December 31, 2024 (February 3, 2025)

January

• The third Meeting of the UK-Japan Financial Regulatory Forum (January 31, 2025)
• The Japan-Switzerland Financial Dialogue (January 29, 2025)
• Administrative Action against AEON Bank, Ltd. (January 29, 2025)
• Japan Weeks 2025 (January 28, 2025)
• Updated:Speeches(Commissioner) (January 24, 2025)
• "Japan Fintech Week 2025" official website has been updated. (January 23, 2025)
• Stewardship Code : 333 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of December 31, 2024 (January 22, 2025)
• Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the ’Payment Services Act’(January 20)(January 22, 2025)
• Publication of "FSA Analytical Notes (2025.1) vol.2" in Japanese: I. Analysis of Borrower Classifications, and II. Attributes of Housing Loans." (January 21, 2025)
• A speech on "Remarks on green transition" at the Eurofi Financial Forum 2024 (January 17, 2025)
• PDFFSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.254 (January 17, 2025)
• PDFFSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.253 (January 17, 2025)
• Working Group on Improving Internal Audits of Financial Institutions (January 15, 2025)
• Publication of "FSA Analytical Notes (2025.1) vol.1: Analysis of Japanese Stock Market Turbulence in Early August 2024" (January 15, 2025)
• Publication of "FSA Analytical Notes (2025.1) vol.1" in Japanese: "Analysis of Japanese Stock Market Fluctuations in Early August 2024" (January 8, 2025)