{"id":9351,"date":"2020-08-25T22:24:26","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T22:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=9351"},"modified":"2026-04-24T02:26:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T05:26:03","slug":"japans-pachinko-sales-down-31-7-in-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/japans-pachinko-sales-down-31-7-in-june","title":{"rendered":"Japan\u2019s pachinko sales down 31.7% in June"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sales continue to be hit by the Covid-19 pandemic according to a survey from the Japanese government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Japan.- Sales at Japan\u2019s pachinko halls remained down by 31.7 per cent year-on-year in June at JPY195.27 billion (US$1.84 billion) according to a survey from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Its survey covers pachinko halls with the highest sales, which account for about 70 per cent of all sales in the industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The numbers show an improvement on <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/japans-pachinko-revenue-falls-77-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">May<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, when sales were down by 77.6 per cent year-on-year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sales at pachinko halls have been down throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, especially in March (down 80.4 per cent).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sales continue to be hit by the Covid-19 pandemic according to a survey from the Japanese government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9353,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Pachinko hall sales in Japan experienced a significant year-on-year decline of 31.7% in June, reaching JPY195.27 billion (US$1.84 billion), according to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. This downturn, attributed to the Covid-19 pandemic, represents an improvement from May's 77.6% decline but underscores persistent market contraction within this gaming vertical.","focusai_entities":"Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry","focusai_location":"Japan","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.8), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.85), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Pachinko market recovery?","query":"What are the projected timelines and key indicators for a sustained recovery in the Japanese pachinko market, considering the ongoing impact of the pandemic and evolving consumer habits?"},{"label":"Regulatory support measures?","query":"Have Japanese regulatory bodies or the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry indicated any potential support measures or policy adjustments to mitigate the financial strain on pachinko operators?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[161,16338,163],"tags":[470,11559,20100],"class_list":["post-9351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news","category-east-asia-news","category-finance-news","tag-japan","tag-pachinko","tag-sales"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9351","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9351"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19706,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9351\/revisions\/19706"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}