Legal and Tax

Review of Pre-Knowledge Contracts or Schemes, and Stock Ownership Associations

Exemption from Insider Trading Regulations

Efforts to Protect Minority Shareholders of Listed Subsidiaries

TSE study group releases interim report

Second Public Consultation in Preparation for Discontinuation of JPY LIBOR

Aiming at suspension of new loans and bond issues referencing JPY LIBOR by end June 2021

Effects of Antimonopoly Special Provisions Law on Trends in Regional Bank Mergers

Funding needs, HHI, and sustainability of competition are central in predicting regional bank trends.

Financial System Council Working Group on Financial Markets　Strengthening Customer-Oriented Business Conduct

Data sheets introduced containing critical information

Disclosure of Financial Instruments by Fair Value Required

Revision of financial statements regulations concerning fair value of financial instruments

New System of Safekeeping of Holographic Wills Goes into Effect

Effective from July 10, 2020

Revisions to Financial Services Intermediary and Fund Transfer Service Laws Enacted

Outline of revisions to the Act on Sales, etc. of Financial Instruments and the Payment Services Act

COVID-19 Disclosures in Annual Securities Reports

Based on FSA opinion and status of financial results summary

Revised Foreign Exchange Act Goes into Effect

Concerns that engagement on the part of foreign investors may be constrained