Newsletter_FINCITY.TOKYO UPDATE (April 2026)

Updates from Tokyo’s expanding finance and startup ecosystem and the 54 members of FinCity.Tokyo.

Special Interview

 Why finance hubs must join forces for a more sustainable global economy

Oliver Behrens, Chairman of Frankfurt Main Finance, recently visited Tokyo for the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Tokyo and Frankfurt. Here, he shares his views on the strategic value of financial centers cooperating to support inclusive growth and financial stability.

Read the full interview here

Other Updates

SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026 April 27-28
Tokyo Big Sight (West Hall 3 and 4, 4F)
FinCity.Tokyo to Host Program on Startup Financing in Tokyo at Asia’s Largest Startup Conference, SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026

Members of the media are welcome to attend our two-day program on financing for startups in Tokyo, held at SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026, Asia’s largest startup conference.

• FinCity.Tokyo’s booth (West Hall 3 and 4, 4F) will introduce Tokyo’s finance ecosystem as well as overseas fintech firms and emerging asset managers now growing in Tokyo.
• Overseas family offices with expertise from Asia and North America will discuss investment strategies and how they communicate with portfolio companies.
• Emerging asset managers, which are key to supporting small and mid-cap firms, will discuss how they evaluate startup investment opportunities. Participating firms have been selected from FinCity.Tokyo’s EM Showcase.
• Overseas fintech firms considering expansion in Tokyo will give pitch presentations. Participating firms have utilized FinCity.Tokyo’s Attraction U business support program.
• FinCity.Tokyo will hold a fireside chat with Luxembourg for Finance prior to signing a Memorandum of Understanding.

*All activities will be conducted in English.
We hope we can welcome you to this exciting programme at SusHi Tech 2026.
More information here.

Tokio Morita, Executive Director of FinCity.Tokyo, joins the AIF APAC Annual Investors’ Meeting (April 7, 2026)

On April 7, Tokio Morita, Executive Director of FinCity.Tokyo, took the stage at the AIF APAC Annual Investors’ Meeting in Seoul to talk about Tokyo’s role as a financial center in the changing international environment.

Morita-san covered (1) the growing importance of the Asian market amid turmoil in the US, particularly how the mature onshore financial centers Seoul and Tokyo are gaining prominence; (2) how the Takaichi administration is placing investment at the center of policy initiatives in Japan through “growth assets” and “crisis management investment,” and the promotion of Japan as an Asset Management Nation”; (3) how the growth of private assets and AI usage in finance are contributing to the sophistication of Japan’s financial centers.

The annual AIF forums, an independent think tank made up of institutional investors from around the world, holds forums to share the latest in asset management. AIF has collaborated with FinCity.Tokyo several times, including by co-hosting forums.
The full text of the session can be viewed here.

2026 AIF Institute Japanese Investing Symposium in Tokyo (April 10, 2026)

On April 10, following the event in Seoul, AIF APAC held the “2026 AIF Institute Japanese Investing Symposium” in Tokyo and discussed the latest trends in asset management with institutional investors from Tokyo and AIF members.

FinCity.Tokyo supported the coordination of the conference. Akiko Matsumoto, Deputy Governor of Tokyo, took to the podium to introduce Tokyo’s challenges and financial initiatives, such as resilience bonds and fund formation to support corporate growth, as well as specific decarbonization projects.

Key Stories in Media

Japanese Media

• FSA and TSE announce draft revisions of Corporate Governance Code; seeks public commentary on corporate utilization of management resources (Nikkei, April 10)
  On the 10th, the FSA and TSE announced proposed revisions to the Corporate Governance Code. New items have been added that require listed companies to verify effective utilization of management resources for growth investment. A formal decision will be made after taking public comments until May.
• Revision of Money Lending Business Act after 20 years to support corporate financing: FSA (Jiji Press, April 8)
  The FSA is considering the first full-scale revision in 20 years to the Money Lending Business Act, which regulates money lenders. Regulations currently imposed uniformly on corporations and individuals will be made more flexible. The aim is to make it easier for companies to raise funds to accelerate investments and large-scale M&A activities.

International Media

• Japan Bonds Draw Largest Foreign Inflow in a Year Last Week（Bloomberg, April 9）
  Global funds bought a net ¥2.42 trillion ($15.3 billion) of JGBs during the first week of April, the most since April 2025, after selling a similar amount the week before, preliminary Ministry of Finance data showed on the ninth.
• BOJ chief says Japan’s financial conditions remain accommodative（Reuters, April 9）
  Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said ‌on the ninth that real interest rates are clearly negative and keeping the country’s ⁠financial conditions accommodative to a moderate uptrend in ⁠private capital expenditure.
  
• Foreign investors pour $18.65 billion into Japanese stocks on return after three weeks (Reuters, April 9)
  Foreigners invested a net 2.96 trillion yen ($18.65 billion) into Japanese stocks in the week through April 4, data from Japan’s Ministry of ⁠Finance showed.

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