On January 25, the 2nd Japan-China Capital Markets Forum was held online by the securities regulators and related industry organizations of both countries. Following the first edition in 2019, this second edition gathered key stakeholders of the Japanese and Chinese securities industries including Commissioner HIMINO Ryozo of the Financial Services Agency (FSA), Group CEO KIYOTA Akira of Japan Exchange Group, Inc. (JPX), Chairman MATSUTANI Hiroshi of the Investment Trusts Association, Japan (JITA), and Chairman SUZUKI Shigeharu of the Japan Securities Dealers Association (JSDA), along with about 400 online participants. Participants heard reports of recent achievements of collaboration between the two countries' capital markets, as well as discussions on capital market restructuring, the future of Japan-China collaboration in the capital markets, derivatives market development, and the role of capital markets in an aging society.