National May 25, 2017

Revival-seeking rural Japan feels left out as casino plans favor major cities

by Lisa Du, Yuki Hagiwara and Grace Huang

Tokyo, Osaka and Yokohama are emerging as likely candidates for casino resorts under the government's new bidding framework, triggering criticism from smaller cities that say it undermines Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's goal of reviving rural areas. Most global casino operators have indicated an interest in ...

Film Jan 28, 2015

Say goodnight to the bad guy: The cost of making enemies in the age of globalized cinema

by Giovanni Fazio

In the summer of 2010, Hollywood studio MGM had the film "Red Dawn" in the bag and ready for release. There was one little problem, though: The movie — a remake of the 1984 film of the same name, a Cold War paranoid-fantasy about ...

Business Feb 26, 2014

Sands czar bets he will win Japan casino race

by Nathan Layne and Farah Master

Billionaire Sheldon Adelson is willing to bet $10 billion that his Las Vegas Sands will become the leader in casino gambling in Japan, an offer he says his competitors can't match. What remains to be seen is whether one of the world's last great untapped ...