Zona de Azar Japan – Japan Looks to Fight Gambling Addiction Ahead of Casino Openings

Japan.- April 23rd 2019 www.zonadeazar.com The Cabinet on Friday approved a plan to limit customers’ access and ban the installation of cash machines at betting establishments, as the Japanese government attempts to curtail problem gambling ahead of the opening of a number of casinos.

Prefectures nationwide will formulate their own efforts based on the government’s plan, with authorities required to take action under the basic law on measures against addiction enacted in October.

“We will create a healthy society by implementing thoroughly measures based on the basic plan in order to prevent people from finding themselves in difficult situations,” said Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga during a government meeting.

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