JAPAN

Capital / Liquidity

Japan Govt to Draw From ‘Dormant’ Bank Accounts

By Editors | 01/02/2018

Funds from accounts with no activity for 10 years to be used to fund public projects from Q2 2019.

Crypto / Digital Assets

UPDATED – Japan FSA Responds to $530mn Cryptocurrency Theft

By Manesh Samtani | 31/01/2018

FSA orders Coincheck to improve security, implement preventative measures; will additionally inspect security mechanisms at other cryptocurrency exchanges.

Fintech / Regtech

Decentralised Crypto Exchanges Could Render Regulatory Efforts Meaningless

By Bradley Maclean | 29/01/2018

Global regulators and institutions need to work together to develop globally harmonised standards, rather than the onerous regulatory frameworks proposed […]

Fintech / Regtech

Korea, China, Japan Join Hands on Cryptocurrency Regulation

By Manesh Samtani | 10/01/2018

Korea carries out bank inspections, China power cut on Bitcoin miners, Japan scrutinises banks’ cryptocurrency activities.

Capital / Liquidity

Japan Regulator to Overhaul Supervision and Restructure

By Samuel Riding | 08/01/2018

FSA’s move towards ‘dynamic supervision’ includes scrapping inspection manuals, restructuring governance, internal structure and HR policy.

Capital / Liquidity

China, Japan to Cooperate on Audit Oversight, Cross-Border Bonds

By Editors | 26/12/2017

The agreement will strengthen cross-border investor protection and assist financial institutions with cross-border bond issuance.

Market Infrastructure

Japan, Singapore Developing Cross-border DLT Trade Prototype

By Editors | 07/12/2017

Mitsubishi UFJ- NTT DATA  distributed ledger expected to make cross-border flows more secure through single, unified platform.

Crypto / Digital Assets

BoJ Expects Large IT Firms to Become Systemically Important

By Samuel Riding | 07/12/2017

Haruhiko Kuroda says global IT platform providers could pose systemic risk through holding vast amounts of data, adds to warnings on algo contagion.

Securities / Derivatives

Japanese Banks Call for Simplified UPI Rules

By Editors | 20/11/2017

Bankers Association says its members already provide legal identifiers under local regulation and the rules of countries in which they operate.