TOKYO, July 31 -- Financial Services Agency issued the following press release:

The Financial Services Agency (FSA) published a "Report on the Monitoring and Analysis of Deposit-Taking Financial Institutions." This report summarizes the FSA's prudential supervisory activities of deposit-taking financial institutions inBusiness Year (BY) 2025 (fromJuly 2025 toJune 2026) on the following topics:

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(1) Trends in deposits after Japan's policy interest rate was raised;

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(2) Trends in real estate-related loans amid rising real estate in recent years;

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(3) Securitiesinvestment at deposit-taking financial institutions;

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(4) Loans to and investment in overseas funds on which major banks place a focus in recent years;

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(5) The FSA...