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On December 22, 2016, the Financial Services Agency of Japan published a report summarized by the Working Group on Financial Markets of the Financial System Council, titled . . .

In this article, Hiroyuki Kanae, and Hidetaka Miyake, Partners at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune discuss a recent significant fraud case in Japan. There were many noteworthy points in this case...

Japan's US$7 trillion in household cash savings has long symbolised the country's cautious approach to investment. The tide is now turning. In 2023, inflows into Japanese investment trusts reached US$107.7 billion...

This article forms part of a series of articles examining the opportunities Japan presents for investment managers. It focusses on the opportunities presented by Japanese institutional and retail investors.

On January 22, 2025, the "Working Group on Payment Services System, etc." of the Financial System Council published its report on payment services systems...

On March 15, 2019, the Japanese Financial Services Agency (the "JFSA") published the final version of its amendment to the regulatory capital requirements ...

A NEW US$150 million venture capital fund in Japan, launched by former Goldman Sachs vice-chair Kathy Matsui, made the headlines recently as one of Japan's first environmental, social and governance (ESG)-focused venture capital funds.

Nakajima Naoko (Fourth Senior Examination Specialist (in charge of digital platform providers), Examination Bureau, General Secretariat, Fair Trade Commission)...

On October 12, 2012, in response to the recent AIJ scandal, the Financial Services Agency of Japan (the "Japanese FSA") published a draft amendment to certain rules.

The FSC discussed how regulations concerning intermediaries between new and growing companies and investors could encourage investment crowdfunding.

General partners("GPs") of partnership-type funds availing themselves of the exemption from registration under Article 63 of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law of Japan (the "FIEL") will need to take action — a recent amendment to the FIEL requires a new form of notification for filings made on or after April 1, 2012 and existing filings must be re-filed in the new format by June 30, 2012.

In July 2016, the Market Abuse Regulation of the EU came into effect. MAR extends the scope of the Market Abuse Directive, the predecessor legislation which it replaces, . . .

On January 22, 2025, the "Working Group on Payment Services System, etc." of the Financial System Council published its report on payment services systems...

On May 25, 2016, in response to the progress of information and communications technology, etc., the Payment Services Act and several Finance Related Laws including the Banking Act...

On November 5, 2013, the amendments to the laws and regulations related to the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law of Japan went into effect, in which regulations concerning short selling in the Japanese marketplace were modified.

Digital assets — from cryptocurrencies and NFTs to tokenized securities — are entering a new phase of legal and regulatory scrutiny.

On January 22, 2025, the "Working Group on Payment Services System, etc." of the Financial System Council published its report on payment services systems...