FSA Weekly Review No.685, April 28, 2026
Summary
This is a weekly compilation from the Japan Financial Services Agency covering the period April 20–24, 2026. The review summarizes website updates, press conferences, public consultation outcomes, press releases across international, council, banking, and other categories, and site navigation links. Notable items include the promulgation of a Cabinet Office Order partially amending venture fund audit exemptions for national strategic special zones, publication of Audit Standard Committee meeting materials, a financial measures request related to Ohtsuchi Town forest fires, an updated list of unregistered financial instruments businesses, and a preliminary briefing session on electronic payment instrument and crypto-asset service intermediary registration scheduled for May 15, 2026.
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GovPing monitors Japan Agency for Financial Services for new banking & finance regulatory changes. Every update since tracking began is archived, classified, and available as free RSS or email alerts — 4 changes logged to date.
What changed
This weekly review document aggregates JFSA's website updates for the week of April 20–24, 2026. It contains no new regulatory obligations, enforcement actions, or binding rule changes — it is a navigational and informational compilation. Affected parties monitoring JFSA activities should note the Cabinet Office Order amending venture fund audit requirements in national strategic special zones, the online briefing session on electronic payment/crypto-asset registration scheduled for May 15, 2026, and the updated lists of entities operating without registration. No compliance deadlines or penalties are established by this review itself.
Financial institutions, venture fund managers, and crypto-asset service providers active in Japan should use this review as a reference index to identify which JFSA press releases and council activities merit direct follow-up. The document does not impose new obligations but signals areas of ongoing JFSA supervisory focus including financial inclusion for disabled persons, domestic asset management KPI measurement, and unregistered business enforcement.
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FSA Weekly Review No.685
April 28, 2026 What’s New on the FSA Website
Week of April 20, 2026 - April 24, 2026
This page contains the latest in events, developments, and updates to the FSA website.
For files in HTML formats, when you click original press release links, and click the "Language" button on the upper right of the Japanese website, and select "Machine translation" displayed on the screen, the results of the translation by AI are displayed. Please note that machine translated pages are not necessarily correct.
Press Conferences
| April 24, 2026 | Press Conference by the Minister of State for Financial Services (April 10, 2026) |
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| April 24, 2026 | Press Conference by the Minister of State for Financial Services (April 7, 2026) |
Public Comments
| April 21, 2026 | Promulgation of the Cabinet Office Order Partially Amending the Cabinet Office Order Specifying Measures Concerning Special Provisions of the Cabinet Office Order on Projects Pertaining to Regulations Prescribed by Cabinet Order, etc. Provided for in Article 26 of the FSA-related Act on National Strategic Special Zones and publication of the results of the public consultation on the relevant Cabinet Office Order, etc.
The amendment aims to exempt venture funds targeting professionals (engaging in specially permitted services for qualified institutional investors, etc.) that satisfy a certain requirement from the application of the requirements regarding fund audits prescribed in the Cabinet Office Order on Financial Instruments Business, in a case where an entity specified in a zone plan as the responsible entity for a special fund asset management business in a national strategic special zone (an entity that has its major business office within the national strategic special zone) conducts a relevant project in its business office within the relevant zone.
The original press release is available in Japanese.
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Press Releases
International
| April 21, 2026 | Minister KATAYAMA meets Mr. Hernández de Cos, General Manager of the BIS, in Tokyo |
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Councils
| April 23, 2026 | Publication of the agenda and handouts of the 56th meeting of the Audit Standard Committee of the Business Accounting Council to be held on April 24, 2026
The original press release is available in Japanese.
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| April 23, 2026 | Publication of the agenda and handouts of the plenary meeting of the Business Accounting Council to be held on April 24, 2026
The original press release is available in Japanese.
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Banks
| April 23, 2026 | The Tohoku Local Finance Bureau issued a request for financial measures to deal with disasters caused by the forest fires in Ohtsuchi Town, Iwate Prefecture, in 2026.
The original press release is available in Japanese.
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| April 20, 2026 | Publication of the outline of the agenda, etc. of opinion exchange between organizations for disabled people and financial associations, which was held on March 11, 2026
The original press release is available in Japanese.
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Others
| April 24, 2026 | Updated lists of entities that are operating financial instruments businesses without registration
The original press release is available in Japanese.
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| April 24, 2026 | Publication of information on the submission of statements of large-volume holdings and statements of changes
The original press release is available in Japanese.
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| April 23, 2026 | Publication of the results of surveys on the Special Zones for Financial and Asset Management Businesses and the Promotion Strategy Plan for Special Zones for Financial and Asset Management Businesses (provisional translation)
The original press release is available in Japanese.
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| April 23, 2026 | Publication of the appointment of the directors and operation committee members of the Japan Financial Literacy and Education Corporation (J-FLEC)
The FSA approved the appointment of three directors and eight operation committee members of the J-FLEC and they were officially appointed on April 23, 2026.
The original press release is available in Japanese.
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| April 22, 2026 | Publication of information on a preliminary briefing session regarding registration under the electronic payment instrument and cryptoasset service intermediary businesses
The preliminary briefing session will be held online.
Date and time: 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. on May 15, 2026 (by Webex)
The original press release is available in Japanese.
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| April 21, 2026 | Publication of explanations of the outline of the “Report on Measures for the Resolution of Failed Financial Institutions” provided by Minister for Financial Services Katayama at the House of Councillors Committee on Financial Affairs
The original press release is available in Japanese.
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| April 20, 2026 | Publication of the results of the analyses on issues regarding the measurement of representative indicators showing the operational performance (KPIs) of domestic asset management companies and domestic publicly offered investment trusts
The original press release is available in Japanese.
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