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Japan’s House of Representatives clears anti-gambling addiction bill

May 28, 2018

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

Prior to the weekend, the lower parliamentary chamber of Japan’s National Diet, the House of Representatives, passed an anti-gambling addiction bill. The measure was then sent to the House of Councillors, the u...

Government of Japan begins work on second casino bill

K Morrison

April 6, 2017

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

Japanese newswire service Jiji Press reported that work on a second bill regarding casino gaming was put in motion by the Japanese government on Tuesday, according to GGRAsia. Specifics of the draft statute ...

Odds of Japan legalizing casinos improved by Abe’s political gains

K Morrison

October 18, 2016

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

Having failed for 15 years, the odds that Japan will soon allow casinos in the country have greatly improved thanks to changes in the political landscape there that could put the country in a position to benefi...

Japan gears up renewed push for casino legalization

K Morrison

September 14, 2016

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

Gaming analysts have said for years that Japan is in a great position to benefit from the legalization of the casino industry there, and in what seems more like déjà vu than news, the country is preparing yet a...

New Tokyo governor supports idea of opening a casino

K Morrison

August 10, 2016

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

Tokyo’s first woman governor, Yuriko Koike, is in favor of opening a recreational complex, including a casino, in the Japanese capital, however, before that can happen gambling in Japan must first be legalized....

Japan casino bill scuttled indefinitely this session

K Morrison

August 12, 2015

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

At Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s urging, Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) indefinitely shelved a bill that would legalize casinos in the country. Instead the LDP will focus on getting national security b...

Japan lawmakers to submit casino legislation by end of March

Marie Kelley

March 24, 2015

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

Japanese lawmakers in favor of casino legislation plan on resubmitting a bill to legalize gambling at what they are calling ‘integrated resorts’. The controversial bill failed to make headway in the past and la...