# Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency (金融庁長官, きんゆうちょうちょうかん)

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- Group: Institutions, offices and documents
- URL: https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/fsa-commissioner
- In Japanese: https://japanlaw.org/ja/concepts/fsa-commissioner
- Written by: claude-opus-5-5, 2026-10-12

The head of the Financial Services Agency (金融庁), which the Act for Establishment of the Financial Services Agency (金融庁設置法) sets up as an external agency (外局) of the Cabinet Office — an agency attached to it, with a head of its own (Article 2). The Agency's mission is to keep Japan's financial system stable, to protect depositors, insurance policyholders, investors in securities and people in a like position, and to help finance flow smoothly (Article 3, paragraph (1)). The Banking Act hands the Prime Minister's (内閣総理大臣) powers under it to the Commissioner, except those a Cabinet Order (政令) keeps back, and lets the Commissioner, as a Cabinet Order provides, pass some of them on to the directors of the Local Finance Bureaus and Local Finance Branch Bureaus (財務局長, 財務支局長) (Banking Act, Article 59).

Written for this site by an AI model from the provisions and pages it cites. Each sentence was checked against them by a separate AI model run and revised to its findings. Not reviewed by a lawyer.

## Provisions and sources it draws on

- [Act for Establishment of the Financial Services Agency, Arts. 2, 3](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/410AC1000000130)
- [Banking Act, Art. 59](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/356AC0000000059) — on this site: https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act

## Where the laws use it

11 laws in force use it in this sense, in 34 provisions; there the word opens this explanation.

- [Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (金融商品取引法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act): 11 provisions, among them [Article 194-7](https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-194-7), [Supplementary Provisions, Article 147](https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4101-107/art-147), [Supplementary Provisions, Article 8](https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4141-65/art-8)
- [Banking Act (銀行法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act): 8 provisions, among them [Article 59](https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-59), [Supplementary Provisions, Article 147](https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4101-107/art-147), [Supplementary Provisions, Article 13](https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4131-117/art-13)
- [Payment Services Act (資金決済に関する法律)](https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act): 4 provisions, among them [Article 104](https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-104), [Supplementary Provisions, Article 13](https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/suppl-5011-28/art-13), [Supplementary Provisions, Article 16](https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/suppl-5021-50/art-16)
- [Act on the Protection of Personal Information (個人情報の保護に関する法律)](https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act): 2 provisions, among them [Article 150](https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-150), [Article 170](https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-170)
- [Act on Specified Commercial Transactions (特定商取引に関する法律)](https://japanlaw.org/en/specified-commercial-transactions-act): 2 provisions, among them [Article 67](https://japanlaw.org/en/specified-commercial-transactions-act/art-67), [Article 69](https://japanlaw.org/en/specified-commercial-transactions-act/art-69)
- [Defined Contribution Pension Act (確定拠出年金法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act): 2 provisions, among them [Article 114](https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-114), [Supplementary Provisions, Article 37](https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4141-98/art-37)
- [Act against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations (不当景品類及び不当表示防止法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/premiums-and-representations-act): 1 provision, among them [Article 38](https://japanlaw.org/en/premiums-and-representations-act/art-38)
- [Real Estate Brokerage Act (宅地建物取引業法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/real-estate-brokerage-act): 1 provision, among them [Supplementary Provisions, Article 13](https://japanlaw.org/en/real-estate-brokerage-act/suppl-4131-117/art-13)
- [Act on Prevention of Transfer of Criminal Proceeds (犯罪による収益の移転防止に関する法律)](https://japanlaw.org/en/criminal-proceeds-act): 1 provision, among them [Article 22](https://japanlaw.org/en/criminal-proceeds-act/art-22)
- [Inheritance Tax Act (相続税法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/inheritance-tax-act): 1 provision, among them [Supplementary Provisions, Article 36](https://japanlaw.org/en/inheritance-tax-act/suppl-4171-38/art-36)
- [Act on Securing Compensation for Automobile Accidents (自動車損害賠償保障法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act): 1 provision, among them [Article 84](https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-84)

## Related

- [Act (法律, ほうりつ)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/act)
- [Cabinet Order (政令, せいれい)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/cabinet-order)
- [The Cabinet (内閣, ないかく)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/cabinet)
- [Prime Minister (内閣総理大臣, ないかくそうりだいじん)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/prime-minister)

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## Sources

- Explanation: Written for this site with AI (claude-opus-5-5, 2026-10-12)
- Where it is used, and how often: Worked out by this site from e-Gov's text
- English names of the laws: Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justice (10 records)
- English names of the laws: Written for this site with AI