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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 27, 2017

China's message to Asia's casinos: Place your bets elsewhere

China just sent a clear message to casinos sprouting across Asia: don't peddle your baccarat here.
EDITORIALS
Mar 4, 2018

Tackle the entire scope of gambling addiction

Efforts to combat gambling addiction should focus not just on casinos but pachinko and publicly run gambling events.
JAPAN / Society
Feb 7, 2023

Osaka's fight against gambling addiction faces challenges

As the development of an integrated resort with a casino nears, the prefecture is looking to provide support and education to address the issue of problem gambling.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jun 13, 2017

With casinos on horizon, bill to curb gambling addiction draws skepticism

A childhood New Year's holiday spent playing cards with his family planted the seeds of a gambling compulsion that ravaged decades of one man's life. Now 67, the former salesman from western Japan fell into debt time and time again as his addiction drew him to pachinko parlors, then illegal mah-jongg...
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JAPAN
Mar 8, 2019

Government to request Japan's gambling venues use facial recognition to restrict admission of addicts

The government said Thursday it plans to ask horse race and pachinko parlor operators to consider using facial recognition systems to restrict admission of gambling addicts.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 26, 2018

For Nigel Farage and a Brexit pollster, a world of gamblers and gambling

Behind the luxury hotels lining London's Park Lane, just across from a service entrance, Nigel Farage stood outside a squat office building streaked with soot. Britain's famous anti-European Union campaigner was flanked by a couple of minor sports celebrities and two young women in matching dresses who...
JAPAN
Jan 26, 2018

Lottery tickets in Japan will be sold online from October in bid to boost sales

Aiming to boost slumping sales, the internal affairs ministry said Friday that starting in October, people will be able to purchase tickets online for most public-run lotteries.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 19, 2016

Panama Papers link Japan's shady online brokers to tax havens

Investigation finds connections between tax havens and unauthorized online traders on the blacklist of Japan's financial regulator.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 15, 2022

Sports betting apps flood U.S. college campuses, fueling addiction fears

As March Madness kicks off this week, that line is getting increasingly blurry on campuses in the roughly 30 states across the U.S. where online sports gambling is now legal.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 21, 2020

Virus deals new blow to Cambodian city bound to China

An influx of Chinese that some Cambodians once resented for bringing noise, dust and chaos to the port of Sihanoukville is the cause of more pain now that it has gone into reverse.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Sep 18, 2021

NFL’s new play: Embrace betting ads, watch the money pour in

Belated or not, the NFL's embrace of gambling is, well, lucrative.
JAPAN
Jun 8, 2023

How Japan ensures you gamble exactly when and where it wants you to

Laws on gambling mean that the activity is prohibited in general, except for betting on something that is legally defined as “momentary amusement,” or on government-sanctioned events.
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JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Apr 14, 2018

Japan struggles to fashion casino guidelines that satisfy the public

On April 3, the ruling coalition adopted a plan for integrated resorts featuring casino gambling that it will submit for Diet approval during the current session, although some media organizations think that won't happen. The public still isn't comfortable with the idea of casinos and the coalition's...
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JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Nov 22, 2014

Is happiness worth the risk of addiction?

You'll have heard this story before, in one form or another. "Mr. B," 66, is a pachinko addict. Hard core.
A ban on propositional betting in collegiate sports isn’t expected to have a material impact on DraftKings’ financial performance.
MORE SPORTS
Mar 28, 2024

DraftKings shares slump after NCAA proposes college prop bet ban

The NCAA says it is "drawing the line on sports betting to protect student-athletes and to protect the integrity of the game.”
Fans watch the Super Bowl at the FanDuel sportsbook in East Rutherford, New Jersey, in February 2019.
MORE SPORTS / Football
Oct 2, 2024

FanDuel sued by convicted NFL executive over gambling addiction

The complaint by Amit Patel, who was sentenced to 78 months behind bars in March, alleges that FanDuel ignored its own responsible gaming protocols.
Katsuhiko Nakamura, secretary-general of the NPB, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Monday.
JAPAN
Mar 25, 2025

NPB teams to fine 16 players for using online casinos

The fines will be donated to organizations working to combat gambling addiction.
Authorities in northwestern Cambodia have detained around 50 foreign nationals, including more than 20 Japanese, in a raid targeting online gambling and fraud operations in Poipet.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 29, 2025

Over 20 Japanese reportedly detained in Cambodia in online scam raid

Cambodian investigative authorities conducted a search following a tip-off alleging the presence of Japanese nationals involved in fraud.
Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani during a spring training game on March 12.
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 15, 2024

Ohtani’s dizzying three weeks end in exoneration by authorities

At times, baseball’s biggest star seemed in danger of being tainted by a gambling scandal, before his longtime interpreter was charged with fraud.
Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani and his interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, in December at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California
BASEBALL
Apr 12, 2024

How Ippei Mizuhara allegedly wired millions from Shohei Ohtani’s account

Crucially for Ohtani, a U.S. investigation clearly paints him as a victim without any involvement in or knowledge of his interpreter's gambling woes.
Baseball player Shohei Ohtani poses with his Japanese interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara (right), and his agent, Nez Balelo, during a news conference after signing a 10-year deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers last year.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 22, 2024

Shohei Ohtani scandal raises the stakes on sports betting

The speed at which U.S. sports leagues have embraced betting put the Japanese star's fastball to shame.
Opium is harvested from poppies in Bang Laem Village, Shan State, Myanmar.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Dec 31, 2024

Drugs, scams and sin: Myanmar’s war has made it the global crime capital

Growing opium poppies is illegal in Myanmar, but small-scale farmers see it is a relatively low-risk cash crop.
Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani and his then-interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, attend a news conference at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on March 16, ahead of the 2024 MLB Seoul Series baseball game between the Dodgers and San Diego Padres.
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 23, 2024

MLB launches investigation into scandal involving Ohtani and ex-interpreter

MLB is expected to request interviews with all parties, including Ohtani and Ippei Mizuhara, the slugger's longtime interpreter and close friend.
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 25, 2024

Ohtani to speak Monday on allegations surrounding ex-interpreter

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said he hoped two-way superstar's plans to speak on the press would bring "clarity."

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