The Financial Services Agency provides information for people affected by the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake and affected businesses on financial consultations, the status of financial institutions,...
For nationwide banks in the fiscal year ending March 2026, the balance of claims disclosed under the Financial Rehabilitation Law was unchanged from the same period a year earlier. The balance of...
The group discussed diversifying funding providers for growth companies by allowing foreign financial institutions and others to participate in syndicated loans and by making moneylending regulations...
Japan’s Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry signed the JapanAustralia Joint Strategic Financial Cooperation Memorandum with the Australian...
The Financial Services Agency released an overview of the results of its survey on NISA account usage. The survey covered usage as of the end of June 2026 and examined the number of accounts at all...
Against a backdrop of increasingly sophisticated and faster cyberattacks and resulting damage in Japan, the 11th exercise will be held to improve cyber resilience and incident response capabilities...
A silver coin with a face value of 1,000 yen will be issued to commemorate the 2027 International Horticultural Expo. The mintage will be 40,000 coins, and the planned sale price is 33,500 yen,...
The Financial Services Agency will launch the OnChain Finance Forum for the AI Era to promote the practical implementation of onchain finance and the sound use of AI at financial institutions and...
As the PC fund market expands, particularly in the United States, changes in some lending terms associated with competition among funds and diversification in investment targets and fund design have...
Securities firms intermediate investors’ trading needs in Japan’s government bond market and earn revenue while managing interest rate risk. This article reviews trends in factors they monitor...
The Financial Services Agency (FSA) invited comments from July 28 to August 28, 2026, on a draft Cabinet Office Order partially revising the Enforcement Regulations of the Act on Investment Trusts...
The Financial Services Agency published the results of public comments on proposed amendments to Cabinet Office Orders related to the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act and promulgated the...
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...
On September 11, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the IEA held the LNG ProducerConsumer Conference 2026. LNG producers and consumers from around the world participated and discussed...
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) issued a letter from its Chair in connection with the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting and published it on its website on August 31, 2026....
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry will begin operating a financing program under the Electricity Business Act to support the development of largescale transmission lines and power sources....
The Bank of Japan’s Financial Markets Department released the Bond Market Survey conducted from August 3 to 7, 2026, on September 1, 2026. There were 77 survey respondents. For the secondary market...
This comparative material from the Bank of Japan's Research and Statistics Department uses data as of the end of March 2026 to compare the financial asset and liability composition of financial...
The Regional Economy Vitalization Corporation and the Organization for Small and Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation established a fund with Ishikawa Prefecture and regional financial...
Based on the August 2025 interim summary, the Order Partially Amending the Enforcement Regulation of the Real Estate Specified Joint Enterprise Act was promulgated on August 21, 2026, introducing...