The is a Japanese government agency and an integrated financial regulator responsible for overseeing banking, securities and exchange, and insurance sectors in order to ensure the stability of the financial system of Japan. The agency operates with a Commissioner and reports to the Minister of State for Financial Services. It oversees the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission and the Certified Public Accountants and Auditing Oversight Board.http://www.fsa.go.jp/en/about/about01_menu.html Organizational chart of FSA Its main office is located in Tokyo.
History The FSA was established on July 1, 2000 by the merger of the Financial Supervisory Agency with the Financial System Planning Bureau, a bureau of the Ministry of Finance. The Financial Supervisory Agency had been established in 1998, amid severe instability in the Japanese financial system, to conduct concentrated inspections of Japanese financial institutions in coordination with the Bank of Japan. The FSA was under the supervision of the Financial Reconstruction Commission (FRC) until January 2001, when the FRC was abolished and the FSA became directly subordinate to the Cabinet Office through a State Minister.
Organization The FSA consists of the following organizations:
Banking and Securities Supervision Bureau Planning and Market Bureau Asset Management and Insurance Supervision Bureau Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission Certified Public Accountants and Auditing Oversight Board
A portion of the FSA's inspection and supervision authority with regard to local financial institutions is delegated to Local Finance Bureaus and Local Finance Offices throughout Japan. These are organs of the Ministry of Finance but are directed and supervised by the FSA Commissioner in this capacity.
Cabinet Ministers +NameFromToPrime MinisterHakuo YanagisawaJanuary 6, 2001September 30, 2002Mori KoizumiHeizo TakenakaSeptember 30, 2002September 27, 2004KoizumiTatsuya ItoSeptember 27, 2004October 31, 2005KoizumiKaoru YosanoOctober 31, 2005September 26, 2006KoizumiYuji YamamotoSeptember 26, 2006August 27, 2007AbeYoshimi WatanabeAugust 27, 2007August 2, 2008Abe FukudaToshimitsu MotegiAugust 2, 2008September 24, 2008FukudaShoichi NakagawaSeptember 24, 2008February 17, 2009AsoKaoru YosanoFebruary 17, 2009September 16, 2009AsoShizuka KameiSeptember 16, 2009June 11, 2010Hatoyama KanYoshito Sengoku (acting)June 11, 2010June 11, 2010KanShozaburo JimiJune 11, 2010June 4, 2012Kan NodaTadahiro MatsushitaJune 4, 2012September 10, 2012NodaJun Azumi (acting)September 10, 2012October 1, 2012NodaIkko NakatsukaOctober 1, 2012December 26, 2012NodaTaro AsoDecember 26, 2012October 4, 2021Abe SugaShunichi SuzukiOctober 4, 2021October 1, 2024KishidaKatsunobu KatoOctober 1, 2024October 21, 2025Shigeru IshibaSatsuki KatayamaOctober 21, 2025CurrentSanae Takaichi
See also Financial Services Authority Securities commission List of financial supervisory authorities by country
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