FSA Japan Weekly Review No.684 Regulatory Updates April 2026

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FSA Weekly Review No.684

April 21, 2026 What’s New on the FSA Website

Week of April 13, 2026 - April 17, 2026

This page contains the latest in events, developments, and updates to the FSA website.

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Public Comments

| April 17, 2026 | Publication of a draft partial amendment to the Comprehensive Guidelines for Supervision for Authorized Specified Insurers
Public comments will be accepted until no later than 5:00 p.m. (JST), May 17, 2026.
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| April 15, 2026 | The FSA published information on public consultation on the draft Cabinet Order Partially Amending the Cabinet Order on Travel Expenses and Allowances for Witnesses and Expert Witnesses in Trial Procedures, etc. under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act and the draft Cabinet Order Partially Amending the Cabinet Order on Travel Expenses and Allowances for Witnesses and Expert Witnesses in Trial Procedures, etc. under the Certified Public Accountants Act.
In consideration of the recent fluctuations in economic conditions, the amendments aim to raise the maximum amounts of daily allowances for witnesses and expert witnesses in trial procedures in relation to payment orders for administrative monetary penalties from 8,450 yen to 8,750 yen and from 8,050 yen to 8,350 yen, respectively, based on the provisions of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act and the Certified Public Accountants Act.
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Councils

| April 17, 2026 | The FSA published the outline of the third meeting of the Working Group for the Enhancement of Corporate Risk Management (provisional translation) held on March 24, 2026.
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| April 17, 2026 | Publication of the report by the Working Group for the Enhancement of Corporate Risk Management (provisional translation)
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| April 17, 2026 | Publication of information on the plenary meeting of the Business Accounting Council to be held on April 24, 2026
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| April 17, 2026 | Publication of information on the 56th meeting of the Audit Standard Committee of the Business Accounting Council to be held on April 24, 2026
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| April 17, 2026 | Publication of the outline of the 152nd meeting of the Council on Automobile Liability Insurance held on April 17, 2026
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Securities

| April 17, 2026 | The FSA received a recommendation from the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission to take an administrative measure against Buddy Capital Co., Ltd. as a problem was found as a result of its inspection. Accordingly, the Director-General of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau took administrative measures against the company on April 17, 2026.
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Insurances

| April 15, 2026 | Updated examples of consultations, the sharing of which among a broader range of people is useful (related to the Insurance Business Act)
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Others

| April 17, 2026 | Updated lists of entities that are operating financial instruments businesses without proper registration
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| April 16, 2026 | Publication of information on public-private, cross-industrial, PR contents regarding phishing-resistant multifactor authentication
In collaboration with banks, credit unions, credit associations, labor banks, and securities companies, the FSA and the National Police Agency prepared public-private, cross-industrial, PR contents for the purpose of calling attention to phishing mails and disseminating phishing-resistant multifactor authentication broadly among the general public.
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| April 16, 2026 | Publication of information on financial institutions’ PR activities for preventing illegal use of deposits and savings accounts
The FSA prepared videos to seek understanding and cooperation from financial customers, in collaboration with the National Police Agency and industry associations.
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| April 14, 2026 | Updated information on final disposal and reuse for reconstruction of removed contaminated soil generated due to the accident at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings’ Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station
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