{"id":73271,"date":"2018-03-19T13:00:28","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T20:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=73271"},"modified":"2018-03-19T12:25:50","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T19:25:50","slug":"japanese-casino-bill-delayed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/japanese-casino-bill-delayed\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Casino Bill Delayed, Could Miss Boat for 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

The introduction of Japan\u2019s long-awaited IR bill, which will establish a framework of regulation for the country\u2019s future casino industry, is likely to be delayed until at least April.<\/p>\n

\"Japanese
It\u2019s been a tough week for Japanese Prime Minister and casino proponent Shinzo Abe who has denied knowledge of a suspicious land deal that favored an ultra-nationalist organization linked to his wife, Akie. (Image: AFP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The task force charged with drafting the new rules has failed to reach consensus, prompting concerns that the legislation will arrive too late to stand a chance of passing this year.<\/p>\n

The ruling Liberal Democrat Party (LDP) had hoped to get a bill to parliament (the Diet) this month, which would leave plenty of time to spare before the mid-April deadline for legislation.<\/p>\n

This would allow sufficient time for parliamentary debate and amendments to be made before the end of legislative session on June 20.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, the LDP said passage in 2018 would allow the first integrated resorts to open in 2025.<\/p>\n

Time Running Out<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Lawmakers are cutting it fine and yet are no nearer to agreement. The junior coalition partner in government, the Buddhist influenced Komeito, is pushing for tighter controls, with a greater emphasis on the prevention of gambling addiction, while the LDP wants more liberal rules that will be more attractive to foreign investors.<\/p>\n

\n

There\u2019s little sign that Komeito is prepared to budge. On Friday, the party published a report revealing it planned to call for an entry fee of at least \u00a58,000 ($75) for Japanese citizens and residents, on a par with Singapore\u2019s. \u00a0The LDP wants to charge \u00a52,000 ($19) for admission.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Meanwhile, the report states Komeito will demand integrated resorts are limited to two or three locations in Japan. The LDP wants four or five.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s extremely important to gain understanding from a wide range of Japanese people by introducing casino restrictions in the world\u2019s best standards,\u201d the Komeito draft said.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The LDP and Komeito are due to launch full negotiations this week as they seek to form a consensus.<\/p>\n

Headache for Abe<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Matters have not been helped by the corruption scandal<\/a> swirling around Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife, Akie, this past week.<\/p>\n

On Monday, he was once again forced to deny knowledge of a 2016 deal in which a school run by ultra-nationalists was able to purchase government land at well below market price. Last week the Finance Ministry admitted removing the Abes\u2019 names from documents related to the deal. Aikie Abe was the school\u2019s honorary principle at the time.<\/p>\n

There have been calls for the resignation of the prime minister, for whom casinos have been a long-held economic goal.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The introduction of Japan\u2019s long-awaited IR bill, which will establish a framework of regulation for the country\u2019s future casino industry, is likely to be delayed until at least April. The task force charged with drafting the new rules has failed to reach consensus, prompting concerns that the legislation will arrive too late to stand a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":73274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,18,61],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nJapanese Casino Bill Delayed, Could Miss Boat for 2018<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Japanese Casino Bill is no nearer being submitted to parliament as the LDP and Komeito fail to reach consensus. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is dogged by scandal.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Japanese Casino Bill Delayed, Could Miss Boat for 2018\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Japanese Casino Bill is no nearer being submitted to parliament as the LDP and Komeito fail to reach consensus. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is dogged by scandal.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/japanese-casino-bill-delayed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Casino.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-03-19T20:00:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-03-19T19:25:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/shinzo-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Philip Conneller\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@casinoorgphilc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Philip Conneller\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/japanese-casino-bill-delayed\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/japanese-casino-bill-delayed\/\",\"name\":\"Japanese Casino Bill Delayed, Could Miss Boat for 2018\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/japanese-casino-bill-delayed\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/japanese-casino-bill-delayed\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/shinzo-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-03-19T20:00:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-03-19T19:25:50+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/58769b72851c8cf117fb58ca150ebf8b\"},\"description\":\"Japanese Casino Bill is no nearer being submitted to parliament as the LDP and Komeito fail to reach consensus. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is dogged by scandal.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/japanese-casino-bill-delayed\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/japanese-casino-bill-delayed\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/japanese-casino-bill-delayed\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/shinzo-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/shinzo-1.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"\u2019s been a tough week for Japanese Prime Minister and casino proponent Shinzo Abe who has denied knowledge of a suspicious land deal that favored and ultra-nationalist organization linked to his wife, Akie. (Image: AFP)\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/japanese-casino-bill-delayed\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Legislation\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/legislation\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Japanese Casino Bill Delayed, Could Miss Boat for 2018\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Casino.org\",\"description\":\"Latest Casino and Gaming News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/58769b72851c8cf117fb58ca150ebf8b\",\"name\":\"Philip Conneller\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-5-1-96x96.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-5-1-96x96.png\",\"caption\":\"Philip Conneller\"},\"description\":\"In Philip Conneller\u2019s eight years with Casino.org, he has covered the gaming industry from Las Vegas to Macau and everything in between. He currently focuses his coverage on gaming law, white-collar crime, global money laundering, tribal gaming, politics, and regulation. Philip was the original features editor for poker\u2019s Bluff Magazine and editor for Bluff Europe, which he helped launch. His writing has also been featured in ESPN, Forbes, Time Out, The Sun, and The Daily Star, as well as iGaming Business, eGaming Review, and numerous other industry news and tech websites. His news stories for Casino.org\/news have been linked by The Washington Post, The Daily Mail, People Magazine, and Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show, among many others. Philip once won $20,000 with 7-2 off-suit. He has been reprimanded for unwittingly playing Elton John\u2019s piano on two separate occasions on both sides of the Atlantic. He became a writer because he is a lousy pianist. Philip lives outside London with his wife and children, where he spends his time agonizing about Arsenal FC. Contact Philip at philip.conneller@casino.org.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/muckrack.com\/philip-conneller\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/philip-conneller-1495a48\/?originalSubdomain=uk\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/casinoorgphilc\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/phillip-conneller\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Japanese Casino Bill Delayed, Could Miss Boat for 2018","description":"Japanese Casino Bill is no nearer being submitted to parliament as the LDP and Komeito fail to reach consensus. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is dogged by scandal.","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Japanese Casino Bill Delayed, Could Miss Boat for 2018","og_description":"Japanese Casino Bill is no nearer being submitted to parliament as the LDP and Komeito fail to reach consensus. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is dogged by scandal.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/japanese-casino-bill-delayed\/","og_site_name":"Casino.org","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews","article_published_time":"2018-03-19T20:00:28+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-03-19T19:25:50+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/shinzo-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Philip Conneller","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@casinoorgphilc","twitter_site":"@Casino_Org","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Philip Conneller","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/japanese-casino-bill-delayed\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/japanese-casino-bill-delayed\/","name":"Japanese Casino Bill Delayed, Could Miss Boat for 2018","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/japanese-casino-bill-delayed\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/japanese-casino-bill-delayed\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/shinzo-1.jpg","datePublished":"2018-03-19T20:00:28+00:00","dateModified":"2018-03-19T19:25:50+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/58769b72851c8cf117fb58ca150ebf8b"},"description":"Japanese Casino Bill is no nearer being submitted to parliament as the LDP and Komeito fail to reach consensus. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is dogged by scandal.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/japanese-casino-bill-delayed\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/japanese-casino-bill-delayed\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/japanese-casino-bill-delayed\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/shinzo-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/shinzo-1.jpg","width":1280,"height":720,"caption":"\u2019s been a tough week for Japanese Prime Minister and casino proponent Shinzo Abe who has denied knowledge of a suspicious land deal that favored and ultra-nationalist organization linked to his wife, Akie. (Image: AFP)"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/japanese-casino-bill-delayed\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Legislation","item":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/legislation\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Japanese Casino Bill Delayed, Could Miss Boat for 2018"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/","name":"Casino.org","description":"Latest Casino and Gaming News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/58769b72851c8cf117fb58ca150ebf8b","name":"Philip Conneller","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-5-1-96x96.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-5-1-96x96.png","caption":"Philip Conneller"},"description":"In Philip Conneller\u2019s eight years with Casino.org, he has covered the gaming industry from Las Vegas to Macau and everything in between. He currently focuses his coverage on gaming law, white-collar crime, global money laundering, tribal gaming, politics, and regulation. Philip was the original features editor for poker\u2019s Bluff Magazine and editor for Bluff Europe, which he helped launch. His writing has also been featured in ESPN, Forbes, Time Out, The Sun, and The Daily Star, as well as iGaming Business, eGaming Review, and numerous other industry news and tech websites. His news stories for Casino.org\/news have been linked by The Washington Post, The Daily Mail, People Magazine, and Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show, among many others. Philip once won $20,000 with 7-2 off-suit. He has been reprimanded for unwittingly playing Elton John\u2019s piano on two separate occasions on both sides of the Atlantic. He became a writer because he is a lousy pianist. Philip lives outside London with his wife and children, where he spends his time agonizing about Arsenal FC. Contact Philip at philip.conneller@casino.org.","sameAs":["https:\/\/muckrack.com\/philip-conneller","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/philip-conneller-1495a48\/?originalSubdomain=uk","https:\/\/x.com\/casinoorgphilc"],"url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/phillip-conneller\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73271"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}