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Tokyo commissions study on casino resort impact

Sep 13, 2018 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck

The local government in Tokyo appears to be leaning toward hosting one of Japan’s first three casino resorts, known locally as integrated resorts (IRs). According to information gathered by...

Officials pledge safety of island for any Osaka casino

Sep 10, 2018 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck

Two of the top officials in Osaka, Japan’s third-largest city by population ranking, have respectively given assurances that key infrastructure is suitable to play host to a casino resort. Osaka...

Japan’s second city flags doubts on hosting casino

Sep 05, 2018 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck

Approximately 94 percent of citizens in Yokohama City expressing a view on the idea of a casino resort indicated “negative” opinions. The topic of casino resorts arose in the context...

Japan’s Hokkaido mulls casino and best location

Aug 31, 2018 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck

The prefectural government of Hokkaido in northern Japan hopes to decide by the end of the year if it will to propose the island (pictured) as a venue for a casino resort and if so, where it should...

Oversight body for Japan casino sector in July 2019

Aug 30, 2018 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck

Japan is to establish a particular oversight body for its nascent casino industry with effect from July 1 next year, it was announced on Wednesday. A body referred to as the casino...

Osaka restates anti-graft rules as casinos come courting

Aug 21, 2018 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck

The government in the Japanese city of Osaka has reiterated a ban on public officials going alone to meet casino company representatives, reports Reuters news agency. The authorities have...

Okada firm says Universal Ent out to smear own founder

Aug 10, 2018 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Rest of Asia, Top of the deck

Casino equipment maker Aruze Gaming America Inc has accused Japanese gaming conglomerate Universal Entertainment Corp and some of the latter’s senior executives of trying to “destroy”...

IPO for Okada Manila’s promoter in 2019: Universal Ent

Aug 10, 2018 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Philippines, Top of the deck

Sales at the Okada Manila casino resort (pictured) in the Philippines rose 30.2 percent sequentially in the second quarter ending June 30, to JPY12.74 billion (US$114.9 million) compared to nearly...

Kazuo Okada confirms HK detention, graft buster probe

Aug 06, 2018 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Philippines, Top of the deck

Japanese gaming entrepreneur Kazuo Okada was “detained”, posted bond and surrendered his passport after attending an interview with Hong Kong’s anti-graft watchdog, the Independent Commission...

Konami slot division quarterly revenue down, profit up

Aug 01, 2018 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck

Konami Corp’s gaming and systems division reported net revenue of approximately JPY6.4 billion (US$57.4 million) for the three months ended June 30, 2018, down 1.9 percent in comparison with the...