Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Aso to establish an English-speaking team to establish an international financial city November 6, 11:03

At a press conference after the Cabinet meeting, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Aso will centrally set up a base in Japan for overseas funds in January next year toward the government's goal of "establishing an international financial city." We have officially announced that we will establish a new specialized team to respond in English.

According to this, a new specialized team will be jointly established by the Financial Services Agency and the Kanto Finance Bureau.



In January next year, Tokyo Kasumigaseki will set up a "base opening support office" by gathering staff with excellent English proficiency.



This office will be able to handle all procedures such as consultation and application for registration when an overseas fund opens a base in Japan in English.



In addition, even after the establishment of the base, a specialized team will be in charge of supervising overseas funds, and it will be ready to carry out operations centrally in English.



With the enforcement of the "Hong Kong National Security Law" to crack down on anti-government movements in Hong Kong, it is expected that financial institutions and human resources will be transferred, and the government has added "international finance" to this "basic policy". Aiming to establish a city. "



Regarding this, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Aso said at a post-Cabinet meeting on the 6th, "Given Japan's position in the international financial society and the series of turmoil in Hong Kong, the part of Asia that was concentrated in Hong Kong. It is of great significance to the Japanese economy as a whole to strive to bring it to Japan. "