On September 12, 2016, the Minister of Justice consulted with the Legislative Council of the Ministry of Justice to discuss amendments to the Civil Execution Act.

The CFTC's substituted compliance determination relating to Japanese swap margin requirements was published in the Federal Register. The amendment became effective on April 1, 2019.

ISDA added a Japanese jurisdictional module to its Resolution Stay Jurisdictional Modular Protocol.

In this second session, Koji Yamamoto and Yoshiyuki Omori provided an overview of the laws and regulations governing capital raising activities in Japan and other considerations for fund managers seeking to do business in Japan.

平成27年5月に成立した金融商品取引法の一部を改正する法律が平成28年3月1日施行され、プロ向けファンドの運営業者に対する規制が大幅に強Ô

The CFTC DSIO granted time-limited no-action relief to Japanese-regulated swap dealers from the timing requirements relating to the posting and collection of variation margin.

Financial Services Agency of Japan (FSA) proposed amendments to its supervisory guidelines applicable to managers of investment trust (toshin) funds and real estate funds...

On December 23, 2020, as part of the International Financial Center Initiative – an initiative to further revitalizing the investment funds industry in Japan – the...

Japan Legal Update Newsletter June 2016 を発行いたしました。

On November 23, 2023, the Financial Services Agency announced that the ``Guidelines for Management Guarantees Study Group'' published the `` Basic Concept of the Guidelines...

The CFTC approved, by a two-to-one vote, a comparability determination that will allow substituted compliance with Japan's margin requirements for uncleared swaps.

As we welcome the new year, we have prepared this article, which is an update to previous article from July 2019

The Working Group Committee of Japan's Financial Services Agency has recommended a new exemption system for fund managers who manage overseas investors' funds, with fewer restrictions on eligible investors.

Road to Risk-Free Rates in Japan.

We invite you to watch this short video that provides an overview of the Private Markets Unit Trust, also known in Japan as the PE Type Unit Trust.

Aasmah talks to Vincent Thebault, Managing General Partner at the Monex Climate Impact Fund, about the future of finance, in particular the benefits and

On March 15, 2019, the Japanese Financial Services Agency published the final version of its amendment to the regulatory capital requirements relating to investments by certain types of Japanese financial institutions, ...

A moratorium on debt repayments by individuals and small business owners has been advocated by Shizuka Kamei, Japan’s financial services minister, since he took office in mid-September.

The Guidelines have no legally binding effect but are still noteworthy for providing practical and useful guidance on protected data.

As of January 2021, the Financial Services Agency of Japan (the "JFSA") established the "Financial Market Entry Office" (formerly known as the "Financial Market Entry Consultation...