Japan's progress in strengthening measures to tackle money laundering and terrorist financing

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Follow-Up Report Japan - 2024

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Paris, 10 October 2024 - Since the 2021 assessment of Japan's measures to tackle money laundering and terrorist financing and the 2022 and 2023 Follow-Ups, the country has taken a number of actions to strengthen its framework.

In line with the FATF Procedures for mutual evaluations, the country has reported back to the FATF on the action it has taken since their mutual evaluation. 

Consequently, to reflect Japan's progress, the FATF has now re-rated the country on 6 Recommendations:

  • Recommendation 7 is re-rated from partially compliant to largely compliant
  • Recommendation 8 is re-rated from partially compliant to largely compliant
  • Recommendation 12 is re-rated from partially compliant to largely compliant
  • Recommendation 22 is re-rated from partially compliant to largely compliant
  • Recommendation 23 is re-rated from partially compliant to largely compliant
  • Recommendation 25 is re-rated from partially compliant to largely compliant

Today, Japan is compliant on 4 Recommendations and largely compliant on 35. The country has no Recommendations rated partially compliant.

Japan will next report back on remaining deficiencies in its 5th round mutual evaluation. 

 

Technical Compliance

Ratings which reflect the extent to which a country has implemented the technical requirements of the FATF Recommendations.

Singapore Mutual Evaluation - 2026

R.1 - Assessing risk & applying risk-based approach
LC
R.2 - National cooperation and coordination
C
R.3 - Money laundering offence
C
R.4 - Confiscation and provisional measures
LC
R.5 - Terrorist financing offence
LC
R.6 - Targeted financial sanctions related to terrorism & terrorist financing
LC
R.7 - Targeted financial sanctions related to proliferation
LC
R.8 - Non-profit organisations
C
R.9 - Financial institution secrecy laws
C
R.10 - Customer due diligence
C
R.11 - Record keeping
C
R.12 - Politically exposed persons
C
R.13 - Correspondent banking
C
R.14 - Money or value transfer services
C
R.15 - New technologies
LC
R.16 - Wire transfers
LC
R.17 - Reliance on third parties
C
R.18 - Internal controls and foreign branches and subsidiaries
C
R.19 - Higher-risk countries
LC
R.20 - Reporting of suspicious transactions
C
R.21 - Tipping-off and confidentiality
C
R.22 - DNFBPs: Customer due diligence
C
R.23 - DNFBPs: Other measures
LC
R.24 - Transparency and beneficial ownership of legal persons
PC
R.25 - Transparency and beneficial ownership of legal arrangements
PC
R.26 - Regulation and supervision of financial institutions
C
R.27 - Powers of supervisors
C
R.28 - Regulation and supervision of DNFBPs
LC
R.29 - Financial intelligence units
LC
R.30 - Responsibilities of law enforcement and investigative authorities
C
R.31 - Powers of law enforcement and investigative authorities
C
R.32 - Cash couriers
LC
R.33 - Statistics
C
R.34 - Guidance and feedback
C
R.35- Sanctions
LC
R.36 - International instruments
C
R.37 - Mutual legal assistance
C
R.38 - Mutual legal assistance: freezing and confiscation
C
R.39 - Extradition
C
R.40 - Other forms of international cooperation
LC

C = compliant   |   LC = largely compliant     |   PC = partially compliant   |   NC = non-compliant   |   NA = not applicable