The Financial Services Agency promulgated and enforced on August 3, 2026, a Cabinet Office Ordinance easing the requirements for individuals to become specified investors. The amendment was made to...
The Financial Services Agency compiled and published, to the extent possible, part of its monitoring of deposittaking financial institutions conducted in FY2025. Against a backdrop of rising...
The Financial Services Agency published a report containing three analyses on lending to overseas borrowers, corporate default rates, and deposit trends as part of FSA Analytical Notes, a collection...
Finance Minister Katayama released an interim report finding dumping and injury to domestic producers concerning hotdip galvanized steel products from China and South Korea. She said the matter would...
On December 13, Reiwa 5, the government formulated a policy plan for realizing Japan as an asset management center and included the Emerging Manager Promotion Program (Japan’s EMP), which seeks to...
For companies in Japan, total assets remained broadly flat until the early 2000s and then expanded gradually, driven mainly by financial assets, while the share of tangible assets declined. During...
The Financial Services Agency compiled and published the results of its crosssector monitoring conducted during the current business year of various financial institutions that provide asset...
The Bank of Japan’s Financial System and Bank Examination Department reported that large banks and regional banks posted higher profits in FY2025, while shinkin banks posted lower profits. Basic...
Finance Minister Katayama said that, in light of views that diversifying citizens’ portfolios has benefits in a world with interest rates, and opinions both inside and outside the party, he wanted to...
At the fourth Expert Meeting on Venture Capital held on June 18, 2026, participants reviewed the current situation and challenges concerning growth funding for startups, the Japan–United States gap...
Strengthening the financial foundation is essential for universities to provide highquality education and research over the medium to long term. Private universities, in particular, urgently need to...
On July 22, Reiwa 8, Prime Minister Takaichi outlined policies to advance Japan’s growth strategy, financial strategy, and corporate governance reform at the annual general meeting of the Japanese...
On July 21, 2026, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry compiled and published the Growth Investment Guidance. The guidance identifies the relatively low level of growth investment, the balance...
This article introduces research findings and other materials published in Volumes 45, Issues 1 through 3, of Financial Research, the journal of the Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies, Bank...
This article uses highgranularity data to examine customer dynamics in major banks’ foreigncurrency deposits and quantitatively analyzes the factors influencing whether customers exit, the length of...
The Bank of Japan's Financial Markets Department published the "Results of FSB Repo Statistics Aggregation for Japan (August 2025)" on September 22, 2025. This statistical series commenced in January...
The International Department of the Bank of Japan announced on September 19, 2025, the reporting ordinance rates to be applied during October, Reiwa 7 (2025), as exchange rates determined by the...
The Bank of Japan decided on the basic policy and specific sale plan for disposal of held ETFs (ExchangeTraded Funds) and JREITs (Real Estate Investment Trusts) at the September 2025 Monetary Policy...
A group of major central banks published on September 18 a report titled "Wholesale Central Bank Money in the Context of Technological Innovation," summarizing discussions conducted from 2024 to 2025...
The Bank of Japan decided at the September 19, 2025 Monetary Policy Meeting to maintain the uncollateralized overnight call rate at around 0.5% with a vote of 7 in favor and 2 against. Board members...