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Japanese political parties hoping to stymie integrated casino resort licensing

January 14, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Casino proposals, Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Japan, Licenses, Crime, Bribery

In Japan and three opposition political parties are reportedly set to join with the Japanese Communist Party in order to introduce legislation that could scupper the nation’s licensing of an inaugural trio of i...

Yokohama sets aside extra cash for integrated casino resort bid

Adam Morgan

September 23, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Casino proposals, Casino News, Economy/Finance, Japan, Licenses

In Japan and Friday reportedly saw the city council for Yokohama ratify a supplementary budget that set aside approximately $2.42 million to aid the community’s efforts at securing an integrated casino resort l...

Japan’s governing casino-friendly coalition wins House of Councillors majority

Adam Morgan

July 22, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Japan

In Japan and the governing coalition of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reportedly overcame a splintered opposition yesterday to win a clear majority of seats in the nation’s 245-member upper legislative chamber. ...

Pro-casino candidates do well in Japanese local elections

Adam Morgan

April 23, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Casino proposals, Casino News, Japan, Licenses, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

Japan held the latest edition of its quadrennial local elections on Sunday and the exercise reportedly resulted in pro-casino candidates doing well in the northern city of Tomakomai as well as in the southern c...

Pro-casino Governor wins in Wakayama Prefecture

Adam Morgan

November 26, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Casino proposals, Casino News, Japan

In Japan, yesterday reportedly saw the pro-casino incumbent Governor for Wakayama Prefecture, Yoshinobu Nisaka (pictured), win over 80% of the vote in order to secure a fourth consecutive four-year term in offi...

Japanese legislators pass casino legalization measure

Adam Morgan

July 23, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Casino News, Japan

In Japan, Friday reportedly saw the upper house of the nation’s bicameral National Diet ratify the Integrated Resort Implementation Bill, thus paving the way for the opening of up to three large integrated casi...

Japanese casino legislation clears penultimate hurdle

Adam Morgan

July 19, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Japan

In Japan, proposed legislation that would legalize casino gambling could reportedly face a vote before the full House of Councillors as soon as tomorrow after earlier today being ratified by the body’s influent...

Shinzo Abe remains committed to passing casino legislation this month

Adam Morgan

July 4, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Japan

In Japan, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (pictured) has reportedly stated that he remains committed to getting the casino-legalizing Integrated Resort Implementation Bill ratified by the nation’s House of Councillor...

Japan casino legislation clears Cabinet Committee hurdle

Adam Morgan

June 18, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Casino News, Japan

In Japan, the Integrated Resort Implementation Bill could reportedly be put to a vote before the full 465-seat House of Representatives as soon as tomorrow after Friday afternoon saw the body’s Cabinet Committe...

Japan lawmakers agree on tax rate, limit casino resorts to three

Lars Jones

April 2, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Japan, Taxation

An agreement has been reached in Japan between the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and allied Komeito party for a flat integrated resort casino (IR) tax rate and to limit the number of IRs in the country ...

Japanese legislators agree on casino visit restrictions

Adam Morgan

March 28, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Japan

In Japan, the ruling Liberal Democratic/Komeito coalition government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (pictured) has reportedly agreed to include a measure in the coming Integrated Resort Implementation Bill that w...

Shinzo Abe’s party to raise the stakes in Japanese casino legislation

Adam Morgan

March 13, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Japan

In Japan, members of the Liberal Democratic political party of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (pictured) are reportedly set to propose legislation later this week that would allow for the licensing of up to six inte...

Future Japanese casinos may institute entry fees

Adam Morgan

February 21, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Japan

In Japan, the government body responsible for formulating the specific terms of the coming Integrated Resort Implementation Bill has reportedly proposed inserting a provision that would require all future casin...

Japan lawmakers propose novel anti-addiction measure

Adam Morgan

February 16, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Japan

As it continues to thrash out the specific rules to be included in Japan’s coming Integrated Resort Implementation Bill, the ruling Liberal Democratic/Komeito coalition government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (...

Anti-addiction measures added to proposed Japanese casino legislation

Adam Morgan

December 4, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Casino News, Japan

In Japan, lawmakers from the ruling Liberal Democratic/Komeito coalition reportedly introduced legislation on Friday that would insert a series of anti-addiction measures into the nation’s proposed Integrated R...