06/26/18 Caesars praises the Japanese government The casino giant celebrated the Japanese government’s effort to regulate the gaming industry and legalising casinos.
06/25/18 Tokyo sets casino school The capital city of Japan, Tokyo is preparing citizens for the possibility of a new casino industry.
06/22/18 Opposition to Japan casinos rises again As the Diet session was extended to pass the IR Implementation Bill, new groups have voiced their opposition to the casino industry.
06/21/18 Japan extends the Diet session The governing coalition has pushed the end of the current session to July 22nd in order to get the IR Implementation Bill passed.
06/20/18 Lower House passes IR bill in Japan The IR Implementation Bill has been sent to the upper house as the government extended the Diet session past the June 20th deadline.
06/18/18 Gambling loans concern Japanese lawmakers Opposition parties claim gambling loans may be harmful as the government seeks to get the Diet session extended to pass the IR Implementation bill.
06/14/18 Japan to send IR bill to the upper house next week The bill that would regulate the casino industry could reach the Upper House of the Japanese parliament next week.
06/11/18 IR bill’s passage postponed in Japan The government postponed the IR bill passage last Friday in order to counter criticism from opposition parties.
06/07/18 Yokohama may change location for potential IR As Yokohama seeks to get an IR once the industry gets legalised, the city continues to assess where to locate it.
06/05/18 Japanese PM calls for transparency on IRs Shinzo Abe urged Representatives to conduct the location decision process with “fairness and transparency.”
05/30/18 Tokyo could extend the Diet session The Congress of Japan would extend the Diet session to late June or July in order to pass the casino bill.
05/30/18 Bloomberry expects to score a Japanese IR The Philippine-based company is hoping to get the licence to develop an IR in Japan’s Wakayama Marina City.
05/29/18 Japan could top Singapore’s casino market CEO of MGM Resorts International said that three IRs in Japan could generate more money than Singapore’s industry.
05/29/18 Japan passes problem gambling protection bill The lower chamber of the Diet has approved a bill seeking to protect problem gamblers as the casino industry is about to be regulated.
05/28/18 Wakayama governor insists on casino resort The governor wants its city to feature a casino resort in order to attract more tourists.
