Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission

[1] It is responsible for “ensuring fair transactions in both securities and financial futures markets.”[2] Its current Chairman is Mitsuhiro Hasegawa, who assumed the post in 2017.

[4] The SESC was formally established on July 20, 1992, in the wake of a number of 1991 scandals related to securities companies.

Instead, it reports its findings to the cabinet, prosecutors, and the Financial Services Agency with recommendations.

[7] The total number of SESC staff had increased to 697 as of fiscal year 2010.

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