Finance Minister Katayama Press Briefing, August 31, 2026
At the August 31, 2026 briefing, Finance Minister Katayama explained discussions on the global economy, growth, AI, and Ukraine at the G20 and G7; meetings with US and UK officials and IMF...
金融政策
39Partial Revision of Supplementary Deposit System Guidelines
The Bank of Japan decided at the Policy Board and Monetary Policy Meeting held on September 17 and 18, 2026, to partially revise the Supplementary Deposit System Basic Guidelines (decided January 29,...
Partial Revisions to Climate-Change and Related Funding Guidelines
At its Policy Board and Monetary Policy Meeting on September 17 and 18, 2026, the Bank of Japan decided to partially revise four basic guidelines and related rules for funding operations concerning...
Official and Arbitrated Foreign Exchange Rates for October
A public notice by the Minister of Finance, published by the Bank of Japan's International Department on September 18, 2026. It sets the official foreign exchange rate applicable during October of...
Change in Financial Market Operations Guidelines
On September 18, 2026, the Bank of Japan decided at a Policy Board meeting on monetary policy to change its guidelines for financial market operations until the next meeting, encouraging the...
Financial Strategy to Promote Growth Investment
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...
Public Comments on Draft Amendments to Financial Reporting Regulations
The Financial Services Agency will solicit public comments on draft amendments to the Regulations on Terminology, Forms, and Preparation Methods of Financial Statements and related regulations, the...
BOJ Policy Board Monthly Report: July 2026
The July 2026 issue (No. 915) of the Bank of Japan Policy Board Monthly Report includes five items related to Monetary Policy Meetings and four items related to regular meetings under resolutions....
[Press Conference] Committee Member Masu (Fukui, September 10)
Bank of Japan Policy Board Member Masu explained that, based on meetings with representatives of government, business, and finance in Fukui Prefecture, the prefectural economy is recovering...
Financial Measures for 2026 Typhoon No. 24 and Frontal Rain Disasters
On September 7, 2026, the Director of the Kagoshima Finance Office of the Kyushu Financial Bureau and the Director of the Kagoshima Branch of the Bank of Japan requested that deposithandling...
Treasury-Private Sector Balance, September 2026 (Forecast)
The Ministry of Finance forecast that the overall balance of government receipts and payments against the private sector in September 2026 will show excess receipts of 5.2 trillion yen. Compared with...
FSB Publishes Chair’s Letter to G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors
The Bank of Japan announced that the Financial Stability Board (FSB) had published on its website on August 31 a letter issued in the chair’s name in connection with the G20 Finance Ministers and...
Quarterly Schedule Update: Long-Term JGB Yield/Price Purchases, Jul–Sep 2026
The Bank of Japan’s Financial Markets Department updated the peroperation and monthly offer amounts by remaining maturity for interestbearing government bonds, as well as the amounts and dates for...
[Press Conference] Vice Governor Himino (Saitama, August 27)
On August 28, 2026, the Bank of Japan published the contents of Vice Governor Himino’s press conference. The conference covered the current situation and challenges of Saitama Prefecture’s economy,...
Main Opinions at the Monetary Policy Meeting, July 30–31, 2026
The Bank of Japan published the main opinions expressed at the Monetary Policy Meeting held on July 30 and 31, 2026. The opinions indicated that although conditions in the Middle East and rising...
Further Strengthening Measures to Prevent Crypto-Asset Fraud
On August 6, 2026, the Financial Services Agency, together with the National Police Agency, again requested that the Japan CryptoAsset Exchange Association further strengthen measures to prevent...
Generative AI Use and Risk Management: Fiscal 2026 Survey Results
The Bank of Japan’s Financial System and Bank Examination Department organized the current state, challenges, and risk management issues surrounding the use of generative AI in the financial industry...
Financial Services Agency Organizational Restructuring
The Financial Services Agency will undertake organizational restructuring to address new challenges, including important policies, advances in digital technology in the financial sector, and more...
Impact of BOJ Bond Purchase Reductions
Since summer 2024, the Bank of Japan has been gradually reducing its purchases of longterm Japanese government bonds based on plans decided at Monetary Policy Meetings, while taking into account the...
Governor’s Press Conference — July 31, 2026
The Bank of Japan maintained its guideline for money market operations, encouraging the uncollateralized overnight call rate to remain at around 1.0%. Although some weakness is seen in parts of the...