Rampant ticket scalping has angered the operator of Osaka-based theme park Universal Studios Japan so much that it's taking a zero tolerance approach: use of all resold tickets will be banned starting Nov. 1.
The measure, announced Friday, means all tickets obtained through third-party businesses and individuals will be invalid at the park, where attendance has topped record highs in recent years and some tickets have changed hands for prices several times more than their face value.
"We have decided to implement an all-out ban on reselling of tickets and eradicate acts of reselling themselves, to protect guests from disadvantages that arise from unjust resales of tickets," USJ said in a statement. "Tickets worth some ¥1 billion in total are believed to have been resold so far.