The Japan Cryptocurrency Business Association has officially announced its plan on how to deal with the possibility of a Bitcoin protocol split on August 1. Thirteen of the groups bitcoin exchange members, including Coincheck, Gmo-Z, Bitbank, and Bitpoint, will suspend bitcoin deposits and withdrawals on August 1 at 00:00 Japan time.
https://news.bitcoin.com/13-japanese-exchanges-suspend-bitcoin-service-august-1Makes sense, good to see that they're making this information clear long before the fork actually happens. best to not give investors surprises. It's also good to see that they plan to keep their actual exchanges open; it will be good to see the impacts of the fork on some foreign markets as they roll around. I feel like there's something wrong with their time to suspend service, however, unless I'm just stupid and the fork is planned to happen sometime around 12:00am Japan/China time and not 0 UTC.