Work starts on long-delayed $9bn casino in Japan

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Work starts on long-delayed $9bn casino in Japan - Bangkok Post

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A quarter-century after gambling resorts were first proposed in Japan, officials have finally broken ground on construction of what could become Asia’s highest-grossing casino.

Casino operators were put off by attempts to severely limit local access and lack of clarity on casino licence renewals, and getting buy-in at multiple levels of government in Japan added to the delays.

Japan legalised casinos and later passed legislation to build out gambling resorts in 2018 under former prime minister Shinzo Abe, but the idea of hosting casinos in the country had been debated as early as 1999, with support from then-Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara.