Date not set: Higher penalties for unregistered operators: from the day on which 20 days have passed from promulgation金融庁（法律案要綱）
An amendment to the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act and the Payment Services Act makes buying and selling crypto assets as a business a financial instruments business under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (bill outline, Article 2(8)). The Diet passed it on 15 July 2026.
Amendment bill submitted to the Diet
Official source: 金融庁checked 2026-09-23
Amendment passed by the Diet
Official source: 金融庁checked 2026-09-23
Higher penalties for unregistered operators: from the day on which 20 days have passed from promulgation
Official source: 金融庁（法律案要綱）checked 2026-09-23
The Act takes effect, as a rule, on a date set by Cabinet Order within one year of promulgation
Official source: 金融庁（法律案要綱）checked 2026-09-23
These exchanges appear today in the FSA list of crypto-asset exchange service providers, the registration under the Payment Services Act. It is not a forecast of who will be registered under the amended Act.
Register read on 2026-09-22.
The operator announced it stopped serving Japan (2023-01).Source