{"id":777024477,"date":"2025-03-25T09:53:38","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T12:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777024477"},"modified":"2026-04-22T00:30:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T03:30:46","slug":"japan-approves-new-plan-against-online-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/japan-approves-new-plan-against-online-gambling","title":{"rendered":"Japan approves new plan against online gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The plan proposes tougher penalties for payment collection services and people who promote offshore gambling sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Japan.- Prime minister Shigeru Ishiba\u2019s cabinet\u00a0has approved a new plan intended to curb online gambling. The move after a survey conducted by\u00a0Japan\u2019s National Police Agency (NPA)<\/strong>\u00a0found that\u00a03.37 million people in the country<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>gambled at online casinos, spending around JPY1.24tn (US$8.4bn) annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to The Japan Times, the plan includes tougher penalties for payment collection services and for those who promote online casinos and receive a commission for referrals. It would ban online casino ads and introduction sites The government will also introduce new social media ads reminding people that online casino gambling is illegal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, Noriko Tanaka<\/strong>, representative director of The Society Concerned about the Gambling Addiction has said the government needs to do more. She said: “The government says online casinos will be subject to stricter controls. But what exactly will this involve? In order to enforce stricter controls, it will be necessary to take legislative action.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Online gambling in Japan is illegal and can be punished with fines of up to JNY500,000 (US$3,282) and prison sentences of up to three years. A land-based casino is in development in Osaka and horse racing betting is allowed in Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Hong Kong considers legalisation of sports betting<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The plan proposes tougher penalties for payment collection services and people who promote offshore gambling sites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":25555,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Japan's cabinet has approved a plan to intensify efforts against illegal online gambling, introducing tougher penalties for payment collection services and promoters of offshore sites, alongside a ban on online casino advertisements. This initiative follows a National Police Agency survey revealing significant annual spending on illegal online casinos, underscoring the government's commitment to curbing the unregulated market despite calls for more comprehensive legislative action.","focusai_entities":"Shigeru Ishiba, Japan\u2019s National Police Agency (NPA), The Japan Times, Noriko Tanaka, The Society Concerned about the Gambling Addiction","focusai_location":"Japan, Osaka","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (1.0), marketing_crm (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (1.0), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Legislative Action Required?","query":"What specific legislative actions are anticipated to provide the necessary legal framework for these stricter controls, as suggested by industry stakeholders?"},{"label":"Enforcement Efficacy Offshore?","query":"How will the Japanese government effectively enforce penalties against offshore operators and payment processors operating outside its direct jurisdiction?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,24628,154],"tags":[470,4138],"class_list":["post-777024477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-highlight-of-the-week","category-legislation-news","tag-japan","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777024477","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=777024477"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777024477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777024481,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777024477\/revisions\/777024481"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777024477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777024477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777024477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}