Japan’s Financial Services Agency has published its 2027 fiscal-year budget and staffing requests, seeking 403 billion yen, or 134 billion yen more than the previous year. The proposal includes 200 billion yen for personnel costs, 155 billion yen for operating expenses and 48 billion yen allocated centrally through the Digital Agency. The agency also seeks to establish new units and add 32 positions, including 13 staff linked to efforts to strengthen its crypto-asset and frontier-AI capabilities. It said the funding is needed to advance the initiative to make Japan an asset-management nation and carry out financial administration effectively.