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    Market Risk

    BOJ Pledges More Flexibile Yield Curve Control Policy

    By Editors | 01/11/2023

    The BOJ said its strict cap on long-term interest rates would in principle have “strong positive effects”, but that it could also entail “large side effects”.

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    Payments & Settlements

    Japan FSA Orders Report Explaining Zengin-Net Outage

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 18/10/2023

    Zengin-Net has to produce a report explaining last week’s outage and measures taken to prevent a recurrence.

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    Payments & Settlements

    UPDATED – Japan Suffers Payment Clearing Network Disruption

    By Editors | 11/10/2023

    Zengin-Net restored its system in the early hours of Thursday (12 October). The FSA ordered the production of a detailed report of the incident.

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    Trading & Investment

    BIS Paper Offers Analysis of BOJ ETF Purchase Programme

    By Editors | 04/08/2023

    The programme provides a short term boost to stock prices, but impacts to the securities lending market diminish its effectiveness.

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    Market Risk

    BOJ Surpises Market With Tweak to Monetary Policy Stance

    By Editors | 31/07/2023

    The tweak is seen as a small step towards normalisation. Analysts have warned that the BOJ’s monetary policy stance harms the economy and distorts the bond market.

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    CBDCs

    BOJ Holds First Meeting of Expert Panel on CBDCs

    By Editors | 21/07/2023

    The first meeting of the CBDC Forum was held on Thursday, including participation from about 60 private business operators.

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    Data Privacy

    FSA, BOJ Offer Update on Joint Data Collection Project

    By Mark Johnston | 26/06/2023

    In the second half of fiscal 2023, regulators will use the new platform to start collecting “highly granular data on corporate lending” in stages, the FSA said.

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    Sustainable Finance

    Japan to Develop Sapporo into Green Finance Hub

    By Mark Johnston | 23/06/2023

    New consortium aims to attract JPY 40 trillion over the next decade to promote renewable energy sources in Sapporo.

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    Clearing & Post-Trade

    Initial Margin Breaches Surged in March at JSCC JGB Division

    By Editors | 20/06/2023

    The JSCC reportedly attributed the rise in breaches to interest rate volatility triggered by banking turmoil in the US in March.

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    CBDCs

    BOJ Publishes Findings from Phase 2 of CBDC Study

    By Manesh Samtani | 29/05/2023

    The second phase of the CBDC project evaluated additional functions building upon the basic CBDC ledger functions explored in the first phase.

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