Japan Financial Services Agency perspectives on Covid-19: Addressing financial stability risks

Speaker: Toshihide Endo, Commissioner, Financial Services Agency (Japan)

Covid-19 has significantly impacted supply chains, and small- and medium-sized businesses around the world are struggling to stay afloat. More than 90% of Japanese firms are SMEs, making their cash flow crucial to ensuring economic output and employment. Toshihide Endo, commissioner of Japan’s Financial Services Agency, outlines how the FSA is working with private financial institutions to support business, the transmission mechanism of the government’s stimulus package, and the pandemic’s wider impact on financial markets.

Timings:

09:00-10:00 (London)
04:00-05:00 (New York)
16:00-17:00 (Singapore)

This meeting will be conducted under the OMFIF Rules.