Foreign investors and financial institutions have often criticized the Japanese financial market for being too ambiguous in its regulatory procedures and, in general, for still being a “closed” market.
Of course, Japan’s regulatory bodies, now including the Financial Services Agency (Kinyu Cho), do not purposely set out to confuse potential foreign investors.
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