This new type of regulator was developed in response to a longstanding problem: the detrimental effects of gravity on the regularity of a movement by generating variations in rate.
Underlining the gravity of the case, Financial Services Minister Shozaburo Jimi said at a news conference in the capital that the regulator, the Financial Services Agency, will now scrutinize operations at all 263 investment-management firms in Japan because of the AIJ investigation.