New FSA head, predecessor hold joint news conference

New FSA head, predecessor hold joint news conference

TOKYO, Japan - The newly appointed chief of the Financial Services Agency (FSA), Shoji Mori (R), and his predecessor Masaharu Hino hold a joint news conference at the FSA in Tokyo on Jan. 6.

FRC Secretary General Mori to head FSA

FRC Secretary General Mori to head FSA

TOKYO, Japan - Shoji Mori (file photo), secretary general of the Financial Reconstruction Commission (FRC), will replace Masaharu Hino as head of the Financial Services Agency (FSA), government sources said Dec. 13. The appointment is expected to take effect Jan. 6, when the FRC will be scrapped and merged into the Cabinet Office that will be launched and with which the FSA will be affiliated.

FSA to launch institute for financial affairs

FSA to launch institute for financial affairs

TOKYO, Japan - Masaharu Hino, commissioner for the newly established Financial Services Agency (FSA), meets the press in Tokyo on July 3. He said his agency plans to set up an institute to train its staff in financial affairs to enable them to handle the diversification of financial products. The FSA became operational July 1 through the merger of the Financial Supervisory Agency and the Finance Ministry's Financial System Planning Bureau.

Toho Mutual Life ordered to halt business

Toho Mutual Life ordered to halt business

The Financial Supervisory Agency (FSA) orders Toho Mutual Life Insurance Co. on June 4 to partially suspend business following a surge in the number of cancellations by policyholders of insurance contracts. The photo shows FSA chief Masaharu Hino explaining his agency's order at a news conference in Tokyo.

Barshefsky urges Japan to resume insurance talks early

Barshefsky urges Japan to resume insurance talks early

U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky (R) urged Japan on May 13 to reopen bilateral negotiations on insurance at an early date. She made the request in her meeting with Japanese Financial Supervisory Agency Commissioner Masaharu Hino (L) at the agency building. Hino was reluctant to agree to resuming the talks, saying all discussions were completed at negotiations in April.

Bridge bank plan unveiled

Bridge bank plan unveiled

Finance Minister Hikaru Matsunaga (L) answers questions by reporters Thursday July 2 after announcing the Japanese government's bridge bank plan aimed to salvage the country's financial system that has been mired by massive bad loans. Masaharu Hino (R), chief of the newly created Financial Supervisory Agency, assists Matsunaga during the briefing session at the Prime Minister's official residence.

FSA to launch institute for financial affairs

FSA to launch institute for financial affairs

TOKYO, Japan - Masaharu Hino, commissioner for the newly established Financial Services Agency (FSA), meets the press in Tokyo on July 3. He said his agency plans to set up an institute to train its staff in financial affairs to enable them to handle the diversification of financial products. The FSA became operational July 1 through the merger of the Financial Supervisory Agency and the Finance Ministry's Financial System Planning Bureau.

New FSA head, predecessor hold joint news conference

New FSA head, predecessor hold joint news conference

TOKYO, Japan - The newly appointed chief of the Financial Services Agency (FSA), Shoji Mori (R), and his predecessor Masaharu Hino hold a joint news conference at the FSA in Tokyo on Jan. 6.

FRC Secretary General Mori to head FSA

FRC Secretary General Mori to head FSA

TOKYO, Japan - Shoji Mori (file photo), secretary general of the Financial Reconstruction Commission (FRC), will replace Masaharu Hino as head of the Financial Services Agency (FSA), government sources said Dec. 13. The appointment is expected to take effect Jan. 6, when the FRC will be scrapped and merged into the Cabinet Office that will be launched and with which the FSA will be affiliated.

Toho Mutual Life ordered to halt business

Toho Mutual Life ordered to halt business

The Financial Supervisory Agency (FSA) orders Toho Mutual Life Insurance Co. on June 4 to partially suspend business following a surge in the number of cancellations by policyholders of insurance contracts. The photo shows FSA chief Masaharu Hino explaining his agency's order at a news conference in Tokyo. ==Kyodo

Barshefsky urges Japan to resume insurance talks early

Barshefsky urges Japan to resume insurance talks early

U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky (R) urged Japan on May 13 to reopen bilateral negotiations on insurance at an early date. She made the request in her meeting with Japanese Financial Supervisory Agency Commissioner Masaharu Hino (L) at the agency building. Hino was reluctant to agree to resuming the talks, saying all discussions were completed at negotiations in April.

Bridge bank plan unveiled

Bridge bank plan unveiled

Finance Minister Hikaru Matsunaga (L) answers questions by reporters Thursday July 2 after announcing the Japanese government's bridge bank plan aimed to salvage the country's financial system that has been mired by massive bad loans. Masaharu Hino (R), chief of the newly created Financial Supervisory Agency, assists Matsunaga during the briefing session at the Prime Minister's official residence.