TOKYO, March 6 -- Financial Services Agency issued the following press release:

Asset managers, who engage in asset management with professional expertise, play very important roles in revitalizing the Japanese capital market and achieving people's stable asset building.

For reaching these goals, it is crucial to facilitate the smooth entry of Financial Instruments Business Operators by reducing burdens on their entry into the Japanese financial market. From this viewpoint, "Follow-up on the Growth Strategy" (June 2019 Cabinet decision) proclaims preparation of a guidebook to support registration application for financial industry as one of the growth strategies.

Under these circumstances, this Guidebook has been released for the purpose...