Financial Strategy to Promote Growth Investment
Overview
The government formulated the “Financial Strategy to Promote Growth Investment—Upgrading Japan as an Asset Management Nation” on July 21, 2026, further developing measures based on the “Plan for the Realization of an Asset Management Nation” and other initiatives to strengthen the functions of public- and private-sector finance and the investment chain that support growth investment. The strategy advances expanded provision of growth capital, governance reform, asset building, and finance for the AI era, targeting financial institutions and markets, companies, households, and infrastructure supporting the financial system.
Key points
- The government formulated the “Financial Strategy to Promote Growth Investment.”
- The strategy will expand the provision of growth capital to 17 strategic fields and other areas.
- Measures will target financial institutions and markets, companies, households, and financial infrastructure.
- The strategy will contribute to the growth of the Japanese economy and improve people's prosperity.
Overview
Based on the “Plan for the Realization of an Asset Management Nation” dated December 13, 2023, and other initiatives, the government has implemented measures for each participant comprising the investment chain, including households, companies, financial institutions and markets, and asset owners. The measures have produced certain results, and it is considered important to further develop these efforts and strengthen the functions of public- and private-sector finance and the investment chain that support growth investment.
Based on this policy, the government formulated the strategy on July 21, 2026.
Impact
Through this strategy, the government will strongly promote growth investment through public-private collaboration.
The strategy will create a virtuous cycle of funding that supports business restructuring and reorganization by Japanese companies, contributing to the growth of the Japanese economy and improving people's prosperity.
Details
To strengthen the functions of financial institutions and markets, the strategy calls for strengthening the funding and growth-support functions of banks and other institutions, realizing deep financial markets, and enhancing regional financial capacity.
The government will advance governance reform and other measures to promote companies' growth investment. To enable people to enjoy the benefits of economic growth to the greatest extent, it will work to improve the functions of asset owners, upgrade asset management services, and promote stable asset building by households.
As investment in infrastructure supporting the financial system, the government will advance an on-chain finance initiative with the AI era in view and secure trust in financial institutions and the financial system.