On 30 August, FATF published the MER, saying that Japan’s measures are delivering results, but the country needs to prioritise efforts in certain areas to improve the effectiveness of the AML/CFT framework. The onsite visit took place in October/November 2019.

https://www.fatf-gafi.org/media/fatf/documents/reports/mer4/Mutual-Evaluation-Report-Japan-2021.pdf

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