Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) released issue 269 of its online public-relations magazine, Access FSA, compiling recent FSA activities and policy-related material. The issue includes an inauguration interview with the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Cabinet Office (finance), a staff series on “Practical Practices of Financial Administration” focused on the Supervision and Monitoring Division, and coverage of the 2025 and 2026 annual meetings. Policy commentary sections cover an outline of the FSA’s organisational expansion and restructuring, an outline of the “Regional Financial Capacity Enhancement Plan”, and a summary of the Financial Services Council’s “Working Group on Crypto Asset System” report, alongside updates on financial and economic education outreach, major initiatives from the prior month, and Financial Research Center discussion papers.