Japan

Mizuho is directed to formulate plans to improve its governance and prevent more system failures from occurring. Three top executives will resign.

The FSA's Satoshi Ikeda says corporate disclosures need to capture genuine progressive efforts towards achieving carbon net zero, not just point-in-time snapshots.

A group of over 70 companies, banks, and organisations plans to bring a digital currency known as DCJPY into circulation in the second half of 2022.

Synthetic JPY LIBOR may be used if the contracting parties agree to do so, as well as in "exceptional cases" where it is difficult to proceed with negotiations.

The FSA published the principles to catalyse further development of model risk management practices in the industry and prevent risk.

The FSA will issue a new business improvement order this month over Mizuho's system glitches, one of which resulted in possible breaches of AML rules.

The BOJ is amending the limits on the interest it pays under its programme to revitalise regional banks, announced last November.

The Tokyo Stock Exchange said it plans to continue to update and improve the CONNEQTOR platform by enabling a larger variety of trading methods.

Through securities broker Tokai Tokyo, ADDX (formerly iSTOX) will offer Japanese investors access to tradeable security tokens backed by real estate and other assets.

The J-Quants project is aimed at providing a platform to help individuals learn about data-driven portfolio analysis and investment methods