Japan

The Tokyo metropolitan government will invest JPY 1 billion in the fund, which will be operated by Looop Inc, as part of efforts to promote the development of renewable energy.

On Tuesday, Mizuho suffered its 10th system failure since February 2021, with business customers unable to access online banking for more than 3 hours that morning.

Trading in Iran-origin goods was carried out without the knowledge of senior management by employees who omitted information from documentation.

As part of the launch, the JSCC has introduced a new framework for netting settlements between cash/repo transactions and JGB futures.

To prepare for the Tokyo Stock Exchange's reorganisation in April, listed companies had to select their new market segments.

Central bank deposits will be excluded from total exposure when calculating the leverage ratio until the end of March 2024.

The failure was attributable to an error in Mizuho's system settings for transactions occurring at night and on holidays, impacting ATM and online banking operations.

The JSDA will propose that IPO subscriptions be allowed during book-building, rather than having investors wait until the offer price is determined.

HTML will make text conversion, mechanical processing, and Japanese-to-English translation of the disclosed information easier compared to PDF, the TSE said.

$18bn worth of loans were disbursed under a new measure that enables FIs to receive zero-interest funds from the central bank against efforts to address climate change.