2022 Japan Global Money Week

GMW NATIONAL COORDINATOR:

• Bank of Japan

PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS:

• Financial Service Agency of Japan, Committee for the Promotion of Financial Education, Central Council for Financial Services Information, Kinki Finance Bureau, Hokkaido Finance Bureau, Osaka Council for Financial Services Information, Osaka Consumer Affairs Center, Hokkaido Council for Financial Services Information, Hokkaido Government Office, Japanese Bankers Association, Japan Securities Dealers Association, Japan Securities Dealers Association Hokkaido District, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc., Sapporo Securities Exchange, General Insurance Association of Japan, Japan Financial Services Association, Japan Association For Financial Planners, The Life Insurance Association of Japan, Japan Institute of Life Insurance, Japan Association for Financial APIs, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc., Mizuho Financial Group, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Yamaguchi Financial Group .,Inc, The Okinawa Kaiho Bank,Ltd., Rakuten Bank, Ltd., The Nishio Shinkin Bank, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., Ltd, Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management, SMBC Consumer Finance Co., Ltd., Money Forward, Inc., Zaim Inc., Money Tree KK, Buntetsu Museum of Bank notes and Coins., Koto Ward DainiTatsumi Elementary School, Tokyo, Japan Financial Education Association, Nikkei, Inc.

TOTAL NUMBER OF PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS:

• 38

NUMBER OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE REACHED DIRECTLY:

• 5,000

NUMBER OF ADULTS REACHED DIRECTLY:

• 94,000

NUMBER OF PEOPLE REACHED INDIRECTLY:

• 17,000,000

In Japan, 38 institutions and more than 90,000 people including children and youth participated in Global Money Week 2022. Through social networking sites and media access, the campaign drew an interest of more than 18 million people. It is significantly more than in the previous year. It is due to growing awareness of the importance of financial education as well as the increased visibility of the GMW due to the OECD's coordinating the campaign.

Especially, the implementation of the amended Civil Code to lower the age of adulthood from 20 to 18 in April 2022, GMW2022 attracted more attention before the enforcement of a new law. During the week, events on the theme of lowering the age of adulthood were held for high school students who became adults during their school years. On-site classes and online seminars were held and many web contents were published and disseminated on social networking sites.

Many GMW events in Japan were held for everyone from elementary school to university students. It was a good opportunity to reaffirm the importance of financial literacy, including life planning, asset building, cashless payments, and more.

GMW2022 was a good opportunity to remind not only young people but also teachers and parents of the importance of improving financial literacy. During the campaign, many youth voiced that they felt as if a new world had opened up to them. In addition, many of the participating organisations mentioned that participating in GMW, an international awareness campaign, served as a wake-up call to reaffirm the importance of financial literacy within the industry.

2021 Japan Global Money Week

GMW NATIONAL COORDINATOR:

• Bank of Japan

PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS:

• Bank of Japan, Central Council for Financial Services Information, Financial Services Agency of Japan, Osaka Council for Financial Services Information, Kinki Finance Bureau, Nikkei, Inc., Buntetsu Museum of Bank Notes and Coins, Japanese Bankers Association, Japan Security Dealers' Association, Consumer Center of Osaka Prefecture, Japan Security Dealers' Association of Osaka, Osaka Exchange, Inc., Life Insurance Association of Osaka Prefecture, Japan Institute of Life Insurance, The Osaka Private Schools Information Education Association

TOTAL NUMBER OF PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS:

• 15

NUMBER OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE REACHED DIRECTLY:

• 241

NUMBER OF ADULTS REACHED DIRECTLY:

• 241

NUMBER OF PEOPLE REACHED INDIRECTLY:

• 6,335,853

In Japan, governmental institutions, industry association, non-profit organisations, and the media collaborated to encourage the participation of youth, teachers, and adults in the Global Money Week Campain 2021. Many activities were held digitally, especially through SNS and media, and thus resulted in receiving the attention of more than 6,400,000 people through the week.

2019 Japan Global Money Week

LEADING ORGANISATIONS:

• Buntetsu Museum of Bank Notes and Coins

PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS:

•  Not reported

NUMBER OF CHILDREN REACHED DIRECTLY:

• 2 044

NUMBER OF PEOPLE REACHED INDIRECTLY:

• Not reported

Buntetsu Museum of Bank Notes and Coins
To celebrate Global Money Week 2019, the Buntestu Museum of Bank Notes and Coins published a banner and a link to the GMW website on all its social media pages, to ensure that Global Money Week was shared as widely as possible. Furthermore, a quarterly public relations magazine "Museum News", with news about GMW, was published during the Week.

2018 Japan Global Money Week

LEADING ORGANISATIONS:

• Buntetsu Museum of Bank Notes and Coins
• Tokyo Stock Exchange Inc

PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS:

• Japan Exchange Group Inc, 8 schools

NUMBER OF CHILDREN REACHED DIRECTLY:

• 1 670

NUMBER OF PEOPLE REACHED INDIRECTLY:

• 1 359

Tokyo Stock Exchange Inc
During GMW, Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) welcomed eight groups of students from five high schools and three junior high schools, from different parts of Japan. During the visits, students attended lectures from TSE staff about the mechanism of stock companies, the roles of stock exchanges, and the meaning of investment. The students also enjoyed guided tours of the TSE facilities. The tours gave them the chance to observe how TSE staff monitor the stock market on a real-time basis in the Market Center, see from afar the media booths where news presenters record programs to beam across the world, and view the listing bell from the balcony housing, which is rang by corporate executives in a listing ceremony.

Buntetsu Museum of Bank Notes and Coins
To celebrate GMW2018, Buntetsu Museum of Bank Notes and Coins used its social media sites, such as Facebook, Twitter and their own website, to raise awareness of global currencies and educate young people on counterfeiting and using money safely.