Yutaka Ito

Yutaka Ito is Commissioner at the Financial Services Agency (FSA) of Japan since July 2025. Mr. Ito joined the Ministry of Finance (MOF) of Japan in 1989. Since then, he has a number of experiences in financial supervision and financial markets. In 1990s, he spent many years as leading roles in financial supervision at the time of financial crisis at several positions of the Supervision Bureau of the FSA’s predecessor agency (Financial Supervisory Agency) and the Banking Bureau at the MOF. From 2007 to 2011, he was seconded to Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) and served as Chief Operating Officer (COO) at TOKYO AIM (currently TOKYO PRO Market), which is the market for professional investors, created as a joint venture of TSE and London Stock Exchange. Prior to the position at the TSE, he worked at Industrial Revitalization Corporation of Japan during 2003-2005. His wide range of carrier at the MOF includes tax systems planning and budget examination. He worked as Director of Corporation Tax Policy Division during 2011-2013 and Director of Consumption Tax Policy Division during 2013-2015. In 2019, he returned to the FSA and served as Deputy Director-General of the Supervision Bureau until 2021, responsible for supervision of Japanese major banks and insurance companies. During 2021-2022, he worked as Deputy Commissioner for Policy Coordination of the FSA. During 2022-2025, he worked as Director-General of the Supervision Bureau of the FSA. Mr. Ito earned a B.A. in Law from the University of Tokyo in 1989 and a Master of Public Administration from Cornell University in 1993.