Konami Holdings Corp., which supplies slot machines to some of the world's biggest casinos, will participate in Japan's gaming industry if the regulations are as strict as those in Las Vegas.
Satoshi Sakamoto, a senior executive director at Konami, said an industry with a good reputation will attract more Japanese visitors and turn resorts into destinations for events other than gambling, such as school reunions. At the same time, it will not threaten Konami's licenses to operate in Nevada and other U.S. states.
"In Las Vegas, if you have a license they'll take it away if you start getting involved in strange things, and that would be a big problem," Sakamoto said in an interview in Tokyo last week. "If Japan is too loose, then we'd have to remove ourselves."