Japan’s FSA promulgated amendments expanding the scope of foreign trust beneficiary rights that can qualify as electronic payment instruments, with enforcement starting June 1, 2026. The rules hinge on whether the issuing jurisdiction’s framework is equivalent to Japan’s stablecoin regime, and they also clarify how local electronic payment instrument service providers should assess foreign instruments. The amendments also keep those foreign trust rights outside Japan’s securities bucket, removing a major classification blocker for offshore trust-structured stablecoins.

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