The mission of the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission (SESC) is to ensure fairness and transparency of the Japanese capital and financial markets and to protect investors.
The objective of securities inspections for the achievement of this mission is to ensure investor confidence in the markets, through conducting on-site examination of financial instruments business operators (FIBOs) with regard to the business operations and their financial soundness, and by urging them to operate businesses in accordance with laws, regulations and market rules on the basis of self-discipline, and play the market intermediary function including duties as gatekeepers, in a proper manner.
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