{"id":15838,"date":"2021-03-15T15:47:08","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T15:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=15838"},"modified":"2026-04-23T21:07:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T00:07:53","slug":"japan-says-no-plans-to-legalise-online-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/japan-says-no-plans-to-legalise-online-gambling","title":{"rendered":"Japan says no plans to legalise online gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A member of Japan&#8217;s Public Safety Commission has denied IR developments could pave the way to legalise online gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Japan.- Hachiro Okonogi, chair of the Liberal Democratic Party\u2019s National Public Safety Commission has denied that <strong>Japan\u2019s IR developments could be a gateway to the legalisation of online gambling<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hiroyuki Moriyama of the Constitutional Democratic Party had raised concerns over the possibility after a rise <strong>an increase in the use of offshore gaming sites<\/strong> in Japan since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, Okonogi stated: &#8220;There are provisions on casino acts in the existing <strong>IR Development Act<\/strong>, but<strong> it does not include online casinos <\/strong>and they are not subject to this regulation. However, when I was asked at the Cabinet Committee last week, I answered that we would continue to take strict action as the police and Chairperson of the National Public Safety Commission.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Online casinos are illegal in Japan<\/strong>. Plans for IR developments continue to be resisted by citizens in <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/hokkaido-governor-confirms-no-interest-in-ir-development-for-now\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>some cities such as Yokohama<\/strong><\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A member of Japan&#8217;s Public Safety Commission has denied IR developments could pave the way to legalise online gambling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"A member of Japan's Public Safety Commission has explicitly denied that the nation's Integrated Resort (IR) developments will serve as a precursor to the legalization of online gambling. This statement comes amidst concerns regarding a rise in offshore gaming site usage, with officials reaffirming that online casinos remain illegal and will face strict enforcement.","focusai_entities":"Hachiro Okonogi, Liberal Democratic Party, National Public Safety Commission, Hiroyuki Moriyama, Constitutional Democratic Party","focusai_location":"Japan, Yokohama","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.8), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Enforcement Strategy?","query":"What specific enforcement mechanisms will the National Public Safety Commission utilize to combat the proliferation of offshore online gambling targeting Japanese citizens?"},{"label":"IR Project Impact?","query":"How does ongoing local resistance to IR developments, such as in Yokohama, influence the overall timeline and economic viability of Japan's integrated resort program?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,154,158],"tags":[757,4138],"class_list":["post-15838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-legislation-news","category-slider-home","tag-online-casino","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15838"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15838\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15873,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15838\/revisions\/15873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}