New rules, public consultations, subsidies and regulator actions in Japan, in English.
METI has asked for ¥521.9bn from a reserve fund to pay for set electricity and city-gas discounts on December to February usage, a month earlier than last winter, with approval requested for November 13.
Bidders for METI's next-generation reactor funding have until noon on 11 December, and the call expects single-year projects that start at grant decision and end by 26 February 2027.
Japan's state-owned lender will put up to about $285mn into a roughly $588mn syndicated loan for Gulf of Suez 3, a 900MW onshore wind plant selling power to Egypt's grid operator for 25 years after completion.
A loan capped at $100mn, about $60mn of it from JBIC, will run through Vietnam's largest state-owned bank to fund grid works in the north and centre, with JBIC guaranteeing part of the private lenders' share.
The Environment Ministry's draft would give sewage plants discharging into a defined area of Ise Bay their own nitrogen figure of 30 mg per litre, aiming to lift nutrient supply for fisheries; public comment runs to 11 December.
Banks would lose two remote ways to verify depositors' identity, ID photos taken in their apps and posted copies, from April 2027 under a Digital Agency draft that cites forgery and impersonation risk and keeps a narrower original-document route.
Two draft notices from the environment and economy ministries would bring forest credits from a company's own woodland work into the J-Credit definition and the reporting method, with comment open until 11 December and application from 1 April 2027.
A Tokyo fund operator with two full-time staff and about ¥2.8bn raised from a cumulative 49 investors let an unregistered firm sell its funds and did not monitor that firm's diversion of fund cash, the securities watchdog says, citing at least seven ineligible investors.
The amended CMIM agreement, in force since 11 November 2026, adds a swap-based facility for urgent balance-of-payments needs from sudden shocks and lets precautionary drawings be renewed.
Members of an FSA study group said heavy redemptions at a large issuer of electronic payment instruments could force sales of the government bonds backing them, and asked whether current rules are sufficient.
Japan's land ministry is taking comment until 10 December on a draft sewerage policy that calls for risk-tiered inspections after the 2025 Yashio sinkhole, limits new lines and asks operators to price in future rebuilding costs.
Tokyo small firms can claim two-thirds of trade-show and promotion costs up to ¥1.5mn, but only for products already ready to sell by 31 October and only if they apply by 30 November.
Companies certified for R&D in AI, quantum, chips, biotech, fusion or space would be asked to consult METI before certain overseas technology transfers, under draft rules open for comment until 8 December.
Japan's transport ministry is taking public comment on Keisei Electric Railway's request to change its passenger fare ceiling, with input due in Japanese by November 23; the notice states no proposed fare.
The securities watchdog found that a one-person Tokyo manager of 40 recycled EV battery funds, with about ¥3.5bn raised, had no qualifying institutional investor, took money from ineligible backers and could not confirm the batteries exist; it recommended administrative action.
The SESC has asked the Tokyo District Court to stop three unregistered companies and their heads from selling offshore investment schemes and private bonds, alleging at least 2,141 investors in cumulative terms put in about ¥4.9bn in the schemes.
A 60-day payment requirement takes effect on 1 April 2027, covering deals outside the subcontracting law too, and the JFTC has already sent advisory letters to 1,135 businesses that set longer terms.
Japan's steel makers can apply until noon on 11 December for aid of up to one-third of costs for fuel switches or electric-arc-furnace conversions, but only if they commit to cutting emissions by at least half.
Manufacturers and data-centre builders that run entirely on decarbonised power, at least half of it sourced in their own prefecture, can seek up to ¥25bn in the second call, which closes on 14 December.
The Fire and Disaster Management Agency expects to save ¥15mn to ¥30mn and one to two months per 100,000-kilolitre tank if inspectors may test bottom welds through the coating; comments close on December 7.
The Japan Fair Trade Commission is sending survey requests to 40,000 shippers on November 9, due back by December 11, with 40,000 logistics operators to follow, ahead of a revised rule from April 1, 2027 on consignees who impose waiting beyond contract terms.
The National Police Agency wants the standard fee for approving a gaming machine cut to ¥3,030 from ¥4,340 from April 2027, citing lighter inspection costs; public comment runs to 5 December.
Restaurants have filled 49,092 of 50,000 places under Japan's first-tier skilled-worker visa, while road transport and rail sit near 4% of their limits; the scheme overall was 54.4% full at end-August.
A draft cabinet order from the health ministry would move human sperm, eggs and embryos outside the regenerative medicine safety law while including stem-cell lines derived from them, with comments open until 5 December.