Japan


Legislative and Regulatory Amendments

  • Financial Services Agency (FSA)

Draft amendments to the Act Partially Amending the Act on Book-Entry Transfer of Corporate Bonds and Shares

The draft amendments aim to update the regulation to cover cases brought about by advances in information technology. The main changes include the development of regulations regarding the digitisation of investments in special corporations, the provision of rules regarding notice periods for requesting the account information of shareholders, and the establishment of provisions on public inspection via the internet etc.

Date of Release: 11 July 2024

Implementation on: TBC

Applicable to: Financial Institutions

Draft Order amending part of the Order on Account Management Institutions

The draft amendments aim to lift the prohibition of foreign account management institutions becoming a top domestic account management institution as long as certain requirements are met, thereby enabling domestic investors to use a foreign account management institutions settlement platform

Date of Release: 30 August 2024

Implementation on: TBC

Applicable to: Financial Institutions

Draft Cabinet Order and Cabinet Office Ordinance on the 2024 Amendment to the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act

The draft amendments aim to relax some upper limits of trading volume for auction bidding systems, as well as relaxing the criteria for trading volume of securities without authorisation.

Date of Release: 13 September 2024

Implementation on: TBC

Applicable to: Financial Institutions

Consultations

No consultations in Japan for Q3

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