The Financial Services Agency (金融庁, Kin'yū-chō, FSA) 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.[1] Its main office is located in Tokyo.
| 金融庁 Kin'yū-chō | |
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 Kasumigaseki Common Gate West Building | |
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| Formed | July 1, 2000 |
| Jurisdiction |  Japan |
| Headquarters | 3-2-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan |
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| Parent agency | Cabinet Office |
| Website | www |
History
editThe 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.[2] 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.[3]
Organization
editThe FSA consists of the following organizations:[3]
- Strategy Development and Management Bureau
- Policy and Markets Bureau
- 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.[3]
Cabinet Ministers
edit| Name | From | To | Prime Minister |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hakuo Yanagisawa | January 6, 2001 | September 30, 2002 | Mori |
| Heizo Takenaka | September 30, 2002 | September 27, 2004 | Koizumi |
| Tatsuya Ito | September 27, 2004 | October 31, 2005 | Koizumi |
| Kaoru Yosano | October 31, 2005 | September 26, 2006 | Koizumi |
| Yuji Yamamoto | September 26, 2006 | August 27, 2007 | Abe |
| Yoshimi Watanabe | August 27, 2007 | August 2, 2008 | Abe |
| Toshimitsu Motegi | August 2, 2008 | September 24, 2008 | Fukuda |
| Shoichi Nakagawa | September 24, 2008 | February 17, 2009 | Aso |
| Kaoru Yosano | February 17, 2009 | September 16, 2009 | Aso |
| Shizuka Kamei | September 16, 2009 | June 11, 2010 | Hatoyama |
| Yoshito Sengoku (acting) | June 11, 2010 | June 11, 2010 | Kan |
| Shozaburo Jimi | June 11, 2010 | June 4, 2012 | Kan |
| Tadahiro Matsushita | June 4, 2012 | September 10, 2012 | Noda |
| Jun Azumi (acting) | September 10, 2012 | October 1, 2012 | Noda |
| Ikko Nakatsuka | October 1, 2012 | December 26, 2012 | Noda |
| Taro Aso | December 26, 2012 | October 4, 2021 | Abe |
| Shunichi Suzuki | October 4, 2021 | Current | Kishida |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ http://www.fsa.go.jp/en/about/about01_menu.html Archived 2010-04-18 at the Wayback Machine Organizational chart of FSA
- ^ "On the Establishment of the... : FSA". www.fsa.go.jp. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
- ^ a b c "FSA Pamphlet" (PDF).
External links
edit- Official website (in Japanese)
- Official website (in English)
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