The Finance Ministry said related English-language names will also change, with further details posted on the bureau website.
Japan will change the English name of its 財務局 from Local Finance Bureaus (LFB) to Regional Finance Bureaus (RFB) starting July 1, 2026. The Finance Ministry said related English-language names will also be revised at the same time, and directed readers to the 財務局 website for details. The move is an administrative renaming rather than a policy shift, aligning official English terminology across the ministry’s related institutions.