The FSA published a recruitment notice for a part-time specialist examiner (non-permanent civil servant) to work on systems for enhanced financial monitoring, including maintenance of the FIMOS financial monitoring system. The post is based at the FSA in Tokyo for a fixed term from January to March 2027, with possible renewal, and the application closes on 2026-11-20.
正文中的日期: 2026-11-20 Application deadline (must arrive by this date; recruitment may close earlier once the target of one person is reached)
International, FSA organizes Japan Global Capital Markets Conference in Tokyo
The Japan Financial Services Agency organized the Japan Global Capital Markets Conference in Tokyo on October 19, 2026, as part of Japan Weeks 2026, with IOSCO and international regulators and market participants. The conference covered trust and market integrity amid innovation such as AI and blockchain, revitalising public markets, and the role and risks of private markets.
The FSA published the agenda for the second meeting of its study group on responding to digital and decentralized finance, held on 2 November 2026 with online participation. The agenda covers a secretariat briefing, hearings with JPYC Inc., SBI VC Trade Co., Ltd. and the Japanese Bankers Association, and a discussion. The company and association materials are stated to reflect their own views and not the FSA's views.
正文中的日期: 2026-11-02 Second meeting of the study group on digital and decentralized finance (10:00-12:00)
The Financial Services Agency (FSA) of Japan updated its information page on the International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators (IFIAR), whose secretariat has been based in Tokyo since April 2017. The page lists background on IFIAR, FSA and Certified Public Accountants and Auditing Oversight Board activities related to IFIAR, the Japan IFIAR Network, IFIAR publications, and FSA staff articles and speeches.
The FSA minister's press conference summary of 27 October 2026 covers unauthorised FX transactions linked to a rental server provider, GMO Internet, where customer information was accessed. Five FX firms reported suspected customer losses and have paused affected customers' trading, blocked suspicious overseas orders and reset passwords; the FSA has asked all FX firms via the Financial Futures Association to alert customers and strengthen transaction monitoring. The minister also described wider cyber-security measures, including a planned emergency package the government has asked to be compiled.
建议核查的事项
Check whether any customers use automated FX trading tools and whether their passwords or identity verification need to be reviewed.
Review transaction monitoring for unfamiliar or overseas-originated orders in light of the FSA request to strengthen monitoring.
International, Seventh Meeting of the Japan-EU Joint Financial Regulatory Forum
The Financial Services Agency and the European Commission held the seventh meeting of the Japan-EU Joint Financial Regulatory Forum in Tokyo on November 4 and 5, 2026. Participants discussed market developments, financial stability risks and a range of regulatory topics including sustainable and digital finance, AI, cybersecurity, banking, insurance and capital markets. The next meeting is scheduled for Brussels in 2027.
正文中的日期: 2027-12-31 Next Japan-EU Joint Financial Regulatory Forum meeting in Brussels (publication states only the year 2027; date shown is a placeholder for the year)
The FSA announced that 17 of its related persons received autumn 2026 state decorations and 18 received autumn 2026 medals of honour, as decided at cabinet meetings on 20 and 23 October 2026 and effective 3 November 2026. The publication includes lists of recipients and concerns institutional news rather than supervised entities.
Publication,FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine, Access FSA No.274
The Japan Financial Services Agency published an English translation of its monthly magazine Access FSA No.274 on 2026-11-06, announced under the title 'FSA publishes English translation of monthly magazine'. The page text received is an unreadable PDF binary stream, so the magazine's specific contents could not be verified from this source.
The Financial Services Agency published the agenda for the 3rd meeting of the Financial System Council working group on the supply of funds to growth companies, held on 9 November 2026. The agenda lists hearings with the Japanese Bankers Association, the Japan Financial Services Association (moneylending) and a lawyer, plus secretariat briefings and a discussion, with supporting materials and two written opinions attached.
正文中的日期: 2026-11-09 Date of the 3rd working group meeting (10:00-12:00, hybrid format)
International,Comment letter on the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) for certain non-EU Undertakings (ESRS-40a) Exposure Draft
The Financial Services Agency published a comment letter from the Government of Japan on EFRAG's ESRS-40a Exposure Draft for certain non-EU undertakings, dated October 28, 2026. The letter asks EFRAG to clarify disclosure requirements in ESRS-40a not covered by ISSB Standards (top-ups) and proposes an additional alternative approach to reduce reporting burden on non-EU companies while still requiring all EU-related impacts.