Japan FSA

Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA) is the country's financial regulator; this page on its site hosts virtual-currency policy notices, including the 2017 exchange-registration mandate.

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Event April 1, 2017 Added July 28, 2026 Updated July 28, 2026 Article

Japan's Payment Services Act amendment takes effect — a national licensing regime for cryptoasset exchanges, three years after Mt. Gox's collapse

Bitcoin Institute ↔ Financial Services Agency

Three years after Mt. Gox's collapse, Japan's amended Payment Services Act took effect on April 1, 2017, creating a national licensing regime for cryptoasset exchanges.