About JSRI

Japan Securities Research Institute (JSRI) is the Japan’s sole institute dedicated to research our country’s financial and capital markets as an independent and impartial organization. We research the functioning and the system of the financial and capital markets, organize conferences, and operates Securities Library.

JSRI was established in 1961 by the intent of the securities industry to research and study the basic theory and problems regarding securities, and what the securities market structure should be. We are grateful that our institute has conducted the basic research on the financial and capital markets and collected and publicized relevant information with supports from the industry for the past sixty years ever since the establishment. Thus, we have contributed to the academic promotion in the relevant fields of the financial and capital markets.

Today, with the globalized economy and finance, the rapid development of technology, and the global monetary easing, we have faced the necessity of fundamentally reviewing the financial regulations. It is a great concern how Covid-19 pandemic since early 2020 affects the global economy and society and the financial and capital markets. Under these circumstances, JSRI holds research groups of specialists on various themes tackling issues arisen from the circumstances from time to time, carefully paying attention to the way of proceedings. Our study groups make policy recommendations to the financial circles and provides a good opportunity for researchers and practitioners to have communications between them. We also organize conferences and symposiums on the timely issues. Through these activities we wish to meet expectations from the financial circles.

JSRI issues quarterly academic journal “The JSRI Journal of Financial and Securities Markets”, monthly “Securities Review,” and bimonthly “Securities Report.” We also publish following books. “Illustrated Guide to Securities Markets” series provide overviews of securities markets in Japan, the U.S., Europe, and Asia. “Materials on the History of Securities Market in Japan” is a compilation of an enormous number of historical materials on securities. We also compile books carrying reports from our research groups.

Our website provides the contents of these publications and offers retrieval service of the books and documents possessed by the Securities Library in both Tokyo and Osaka and of the Chronological Table of Securities History. We also deliver e-mail newsletters announcing the updated information in a timely manner. Securities Statistics Portal Site provides our users a function to access the statistics publicized by different organizations in the securities industry.

It is my wish that those who have knowledge and interest in the financial and capital markets utilizes our research products and kindly extend supports and cooperation to our activities.