Japan’s finance and financial services minister Satsuki Katayama said Monday at the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s New Year opening ceremony that traditional exchanges should be the primary access point for blockchain-based assets as the country shifts into full-scale digitalization in 2026. Her remarks were shared via a YouTube broadcast.
Behind that messaging, the Financial Services Agency is expanding the regulatory perimeter. A Dec. 10, 2025 outline points to moving crypto oversight from the Payment Services Act to the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, positioning crypto more like a financial product with tighter disclosures and limits on unfair trading. Tax policy is also in motion, with a draft proposal for a flat 20% tax on crypto gains replacing rates that can reach 55%, per the report.
What to watch now is execution: the pace of legal amendments, how “exchange-led” market access is operationalized, and whether enforcement escalates against offshore platforms serving Japanese residents as the framework tightens.
Source: JPX (YouTube).
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