四半期開示、決算短信に一本化　報告書廃止へ―政府調整

　政府が、企業が業績を公表する四半期開示の資料を一本化する方向で調整に入ったことが１４日、分かった。企業の資料作成の負担を軽くすることが狙いで、法令で定める「四半期報告書」を取りやめ、証券取引所のルールに基づく「四半期決算短信」だけにする。金融庁の有識者会議で協議し、決定を目指す。（2022/04/14-18:13）

The Japanese government plans to ease companies' burden of making quarterly financial reports, it was learned Thursday.
   Currently, listed companies are required under law to disclose annual, half-year and quarterly financial statements as well as "kessan tanshin" earnings reports under stock exchange rules.
   But the business circle has complained that making the two separate quarterly documents with overlapping content is burdensome.
   According to people familiar with the matter, the government is now working to abolish the mandatory financial statements to allow companies to make only kessan tanshin reports, both on a quarterly basis.
   The move is in line with a proposal by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Finance and Banking Systems Research Commission reflecting Primer Minister Fumio Kishida's intention to overhaul quarterly disclosure requirements for companies as part of his centerpiece policy of realizing "a new form of capitalism."