The Japanese government has begun to draft casino regulations following the enactment last year of the integrated resort promotion law that opened the way for the country to introduce casinos.
“To realise clean casinos, we will introduce regulations at the world’s highest standards and develop a system to properly enforce them,” Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said. “Through these measures, we aim to create attractive Japanese-style Irs.”
The IR promotion team, which comprises all Cabinet members, will set up a panel of experts in related fields to discuss details of a planned bill to regulate casinos and other resort facilities. The focus is the size and authority of a committee that the government plans to form to oversee casinos.
The government plans to submit the bill during a possible extraordinary Diet session this autumn. In line with the lifting of the casino ban, the government is also working on measures to combat money laundering and other related crimes and address gambling addiction.
