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FINANCIAL SYSTEM OF JAPAN: THE LEGAL REGULATION OF DISPUTES BETWEEN FINANCIAL SERVICES PROVIDERS AND CONSUMERS

https://doi.org/10.18184/2079-4665.2018.9.1.67-73

Abstract

Purpose: the article examines the main problems associated the regulatory acts of Japan – The Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, The Banking Act, The  Insurance Business Act, lists the types of financial disputes subject to alternative settlement, identified the parties to the financial dispute. To achieve this goal, the article must solve the following tasks: to determine whether there are institutions in Japan that provide services for resolving financial disputes; to investigate the main problems associated with the definition of the concept and types of financial dispute, the conditions for the transfer of a financial dispute to the competent authority.

Methods: this article is based on an interdisciplinary concept of research, which allowed to distinguish the distinctive features of the legal regulation of the settlement of financial disputes in Malaysia.

Results: acts of Japan – The Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, The Banking Act, The Insurance Business Act, – refer to financial disputes – disputes resolved by "Designated Dispute Resolution Organizations", the so-called "financial DDRO". Financial disputes are disputes between suppliers and consumers of financial services. The Financial Instruments and Exchange Act details the persons, whose activities fall within the definition of financial provider services. A brief list of financial service providers is available on the website of Japan's main financial regulator, the Financial Services Agency. The list include: Japanese banking institutions, branches and representative offices of foreign banks, business operators of financial instruments, insurance companies, trust companies, financial markets, foreign audit firms. However, unlike other countries of the Asia-Pacific region, consumers of financial services can be both physical and legal entities.

Conclusions and Relevance: the materials presented in the article show the special role of "Designated Dispute Resolution Organizations" in resolving domestic financial disputes in Japan. The practical application of its results will improve the Russian legislation in the field of resolving financial disputes.

About the Author

E. E. Frolova
The Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Peoples Friendship University of Russia
Russian Federation

Evgenia E. Frolova - Vice Director IS RAS; Head of the Department of Civil and Civil Procedural Law and Private International Law, Law Institute, RUDN University; Doctor of Legal Sciences, Honorific Lawyer of the Russian Federation, Scopus Author ID: 56439998700.

10, Znamenka str., Moscow, 119019; 6, Miklukho-Maklaya str., Moscow, 117198



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Frolova E.E. FINANCIAL SYSTEM OF JAPAN: THE LEGAL REGULATION OF DISPUTES BETWEEN FINANCIAL SERVICES PROVIDERS AND CONSUMERS. MIR (Modernization. Innovation. Research). 2018;9(1):67-73. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.18184/2079-4665.2018.9.1.67-73

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