Draft Audit Standards Revision Released
The Auditing Subcommittee of the Business Accounting Council has released a draft revision of the audit standards addressing going concern assumptions and auditors’ responses to fraud, and is...
Policy System
592Summary of Minister Fujii’s Post-Cabinet Press Conference
The Minister explained the Cabinet’s approval of a special bill for the unified local elections, the enforcement of amendments to the Postal Privatization Act and related laws, and the launch of a...
Fourth Expert Panel Meeting on Appropriate Costs
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will hold the fourth expert panel meeting to set the “appropriate cost” introduced under the amended Trucking Business Act. The meeting...
Public Comment Opens on Draft Infrastructure Management DX Guidelines
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, NEDO, and the Digital & AI Systems Design Center (DADC) of IPA have prepared draft guidelines to support collaboration between utility providers and data...
FSB Seeks Input on Principles for Modernizing Regulation and Supervision
On October 14, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) published a consultation report, “Regulatory and Supervisory Modernisation Principles Consultation report.” The report presents eight highlevel...
Meeting on Services in Paid Nursing Homes: 9th Minutes
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare website provides machine translation into English, Chinese, and Korean, along with topicbased and policyarea navigation and keyword search. The page...
Results of the Second Call for Local DX/AX Planning Support
As part of the Regional Society DX Promotion Package Project, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications conducted a second call for applications for planning support. Experts assist local...
FSB Publishes 2026 Review of G20 Financial Reform Monitoring
According to the Bank of Japan, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) published its 2026 report on October 14, following an interim report summarizing implementation of financial reforms such as Basel...
FSB Consults on Principles for Modernizing Regulation and Supervision
On October 14, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) published a consultation report titled “Regulatory and Supervisory Modernisation Principles.” It presents eight highlevel principles for financial...
Proposed Policy for Improving River Basin Environments
To conserve and create a healthy natural environment across river basins, it is important to form ecological networks through cooperation among river administrators, relevant agencies responsible for...
Climate-Adapted River Plans: Kurobe and Joganji
On October 16, the 169th meeting of the River Infrastructure Basic Policy Review Subcommittee of the Council for Social Infrastructure Development will hold its first deliberation on revising the...
Supply Tariff Amendments Filed by 10 Utilities
As of today, amendments to the lastresort supply tariffs under Article 20, Paragraph 1 of the Electricity Business Act were filed by 10 general transmission and distribution operators, and amendments...
METI to Name Power Supplier for Unpaid Renewable Energy Levy
Under Article 34, Paragraph 4 of the Act on Special Measures Concerning Renewable Energy, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry will disclose Groove Energy Co., Ltd., which did not pay its levy...
Takaichi Announces Agriculture Minister’s Resignation
Prime Minister Takaichi accepted Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Kazuo Yanagi’s offer to resign and said she intended to announce a successor tomorrow. Yanagi said he wanted to avoid...
Minister Ibayashi Press Conference Summary
A reporter asked whether notes or an outline existed for the meeting between Diet member Yanagi and the then Chief Cabinet Secretary at the Diet Members’ Office Building in midFebruary. The minister...
Restoring Trust in the Non-Life Insurance Industry
On October 13, 2026, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and the Financial Services Agency asked the General Insurance Association of Japan to improve business quality through...
Three Resource Security Bills Approved to Strengthen Energy Supply
The government approved three bills on resource security at a Cabinet meeting. Their main measures are diversifying transport routes for crude oil and other resources, ensuring the fulfillment of...
Defense Minister’s Press Conference on October 13
Defense Minister Koizumi explained that Japan, the United States, and South Korea were continuing to analyze North Korea’s ballistic missiles, and said it was difficult to determine the intent behind...
Partial Revision of Notice Designating Financial Institutions
The Financial Services Agency partially revised the notice designating financial institutions pursuant to Article 17 of the Act on the Management of Deposit and Savings Accounts Using Individual...
Summary of Minister Fujii’s Post-Cabinet Press Conference
The Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications explained that guidelines for large platform operators under the amended Act on the Distribution of Information through Specified...