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Japan’s FSA publishes comment results on AML jurisdiction revision

Japan’s FSA publishes comment results on AML jurisdiction revision

Japan’s Financial Services Agency and Ministry of Finance revised the crypto and electronic payment instrument travel rule notice, adding five jurisdictions and bringing the total covered to 63 from Aug. 3.

Fact Check
The official FSA page (20260707-2) confirms the Travel Rule jurisdiction amendment with public comment results, promulgated July 7, 2026 and effective August 3, 2026, matching the claim's date. The FSA target-jurisdictions PDF (03.pdf) explicitly states five jurisdictions were added, expanding coverage to a total of 63. CoinPost independently corroborates the five additions and the 63 total effective August 3. All key elements of the claim (regulators involved, five jurisdictions added, total of 63, Aug. 3 effective date, comment results) are confirmed by primary government sources.
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Summary

Japan’s Financial Services Agency published the results of public comments on a partial revision to the designation of countries or regions under Article 17-2 and Article 17-3 of the enforcement ordinance for the Act on Prevention of Transfer of Criminal Proceeds. In the revised public notice, issued with the Ministry of Finance, Japan added Anguilla, Oman, Cuba, Dominica and Botswana to the jurisdictions covered by the crypto and electronic payment instrument travel rule, raising the total to 63. The change takes effect on August 3 and forms part of Japan’s anti-money laundering framework.

Terms & Concepts
  • travel rule: Anti-money laundering requirement to transmit sender and recipient identifying information with certain transfers.
  • Act on Prevention of Transfer of Criminal Proceeds: Japanese anti-money laundering law that underpins rules including jurisdiction designations under the enforcement ordinance.
  • electronic payment instrument: A regulated digital means of payment under Japan’s financial framework.