IBA Japan Press Release Regarding COVID-19

IBA Japan Press Release; Foreign Financial Institutions remain fully committed to Japan and to implementing Covid-19 containment measures. Japanese and English.

Joint Statement of the ACCJ, ANZCCJ, BCCJ, CCCJ, EBC, IBA JAPAN on urgent fiscal countermeasures to combat the economic impact of Covid-19. Japanese and English.

 

31st March 2026

IBA Japan Advocacy - Relaxation of Legal Ledger Rules_March 2026

On 31 March 2026, IBA Japan submitted a proposal requesting the relaxation of statutory ledger requirements under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law (FIEL) and related regulations. The proposal calls for a transition from the current obligation to prepare and store ledgers in prescribed formats to an obligation to retain and manage requisite transaction information and data in a database, provided that robust processes are in place to supply relevant information to clients and authorities upon request.

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13th March 2026

IBA Japan Bi-Weekly Newsletter - 13th Mar 2026

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(Observer) Ms. Yukiko Umehara

Legal and Compliance Manager

Lazard Japan Asset Management K.K.

(Observer) Ms. Kaoru Fujita

Managing Director, 

Private Wealth

The Blackstone Group Japan K.K. 

27th February 2026

Morningstar Japan, Inc. joins the International Bankers Association of Japan

We are pleased to welcome Morningstar Japan, Inc. to the International Bankers Association of Japan.

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17th February 2026

IBA Japan Featured in the 2026 February 17th Kinzai Article

IBA Japan was featured again in Kinzai in an article titled “The Role of Foreign Financial Institutions in Japan’s Economic Transformation.” The article highlights IBA Japan’s role as a platform for foreign financial institutions operating in Japan across banking, securities and asset management, and notes the Association’s expansion to welcome asset management firms as members from 2024.

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16th February 2026

Global Finance and Technology Network Japan joins the International Bankers Association of Japan

We are pleased to welcome the Global Finance & Technology Network Japan (GFTN) as a new member of the International Bankers Association of Japan.

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