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Japan’s financial regulatory responses to the global financial crisis

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  • Kimie Harada
  • Takeo Hoshi
  • Masami Imai
  • Satoshi Koibuchi
  • Ayako Yasuda

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Purpose - – This paper aims to understand Japan’s financial regulatory responses after the global financial crisis and recession. Japan’s post-crisis reactions show two seemingly opposing trends: collaboration with international organizations to strengthen the regulation to maintain financial stability, and regulatory forbearance for the banks with troubled small and medium enterprise [SME] borrowers. The paper evaluates the responses by the Japanese financial regulators in five areas (Basel III, stress tests, over-the-counter [OTC] derivatives regulation, recovery and resolution planning and banking policy for SME lending) and concludes that the effectiveness of the new regulations for financial stability critically depends on the willingness of the regulators to use the new tools. Design/methodology/approach - – This report evaluates the post-crisis responses by the Japanese financial authorities in five dimensions (Basel III, stress tests, OTC derivatives regulations, recovery and resolution planning and bank supervision). Findings - – The effectiveness of the new regulations for financial stability critically depends on the willingness of the regulators to use the new tools. Originality/value - – The paper is the first attempt to evaluate the financial regulatory trends in Japan after the global financial crisis.

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  • Kimie Harada & Takeo Hoshi & Masami Imai & Satoshi Koibuchi & Ayako Yasuda, 2015. "Japan’s financial regulatory responses to the global financial crisis," Journal of Financial Economic Policy, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 7(1), pages 51-67, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:jfeppp:v:7:y:2015:i:1:p:51-67
    DOI: 10.1108/JFEP-12-2014-0077
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    1. Satoshi Koibuchi, 2016. "Financial Regulatory Reform in Global Perspective: Discussion in the Global Summit of Shadow Financial Regulatory Committees," Public Policy Review, Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance Japan, vol. 12(2), pages 239-252, March.
    2. Hoshi, Takeo & Kawaguchi, Daiji & Ueda, Kenichi, 2023. "Zombies, again? The COVID-19 business support programs in Japan," Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 147(C).
    3. Ignacio Tirado, 2017. "Banking Crises and the Japanese Legal Framework," IMES Discussion Paper Series 17-E-02, Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies, Bank of Japan.
    4. Nobuyoshi Yamori, 2019. "The Effects of the Financing Facilitation Act after the Global Financial Crisis: Has the Easing of Repayment Conditions Revived Underperforming Firms?," JRFM, MDPI, vol. 12(2), pages 1-17, April.
    5. Takeo Hoshi & Daiji Kawaguchi & Kenichi Ueda, 2021. "The Return of the Dead? The COVID-19 Business Support Programs in Japan (Forthcoming in Journal of Banking and Finance)," CARF F-Series CARF-F-513, Center for Advanced Research in Finance, Faculty of Economics, The University of Tokyo.

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