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  • Japan embraces impact investing in pursuit of a 'new form of capitalism'

    03 November 2023

    Prime minister Fumio Kishida is on a mission to harness impact investment to spur economic growth in Japan. How might it transform the market, asks Michael Hurley

  • Japan sets timeline for disclosure standards based on ISSB work

    02 March 2023

    Japanese sustainability disclosure standards based on international efforts will be ready in draft form by April 2024, with final standards published up to a year later, according to the body tasked with developing the work.

  • Japan publishes ground-breaking ESG data, ratings 'code of conduct'

    16 December 2022

    The Japan Financial Services Agency (FSA) has published the first voluntary 'code of conduct' in the world for environmental, social and governance (ESG) data and evaluation providers...

  • Don't rush into regulating data providers, says Japan's FSA

    24 August 2022

    Supervisors should not rush into regulating data providers while work to understand their "increasingly important" role in capital markets is ongoing, said Satoshi Ikeda, chief sustainable finance officer of the Japanese Financial Services Agency (FSA).

  • Japan consults on ESG data 'code of conduct'

    14 July 2022

    Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA) has published what is believed to be a world-first 'code of conduct' for providers of environmental, social and governance (ESG) data and evaluations.

  • Global capital requirement for climate risks is crucial for transition

    29 June 2022

    Japanese regulator recommends framing global warming as "a time bomb" to spur action

  • Tokio Marine joins Net-Zero Insurance Alliance

    19 January 2022

    Physical risks from warming a "prudential issue" for Asia's regulators, says Japan's FSA

  • Moody's: Japan's FSA ESG disclosures may have limited immediate usefulness

    02 September 2021

    Forthcoming mandatory ESG disclosure requirements from Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA) may have short-term limitations, Moody's Investors Service has said.

  • Japan's FSA to form 'expert panel on sustainable finance'

    29 December 2020

    Japan's Financial Services Agency is to form an 'expert panel on sustainable finance' to drive domestic and international investment in Japanese companies that the body says support the transition to a carbon-neutral economy.