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GAMBLING

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 5, 2014
Chinese gaming mecca attempts to shed its gaudy image
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Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Sep 28, 2013
Casinos bet on success in Tokyo
Most of the Olympics-related news reported since Tokyo won the right to host the 2020 Games is about projected economic benefits and drawbacks. A lot of construction will take place over the next seven years, but not all of it will be directly related to the sporting event.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Aug 30, 2013
Aichi city gambles on female cyclists
The Toyohashi Velodrome in Aichi Prefecture has started a program to train professional female cyclists to drum up interest in the dying sport.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society / FOCUS
Jul 7, 2013
'Winning' noises from slot machines spur gamblers
Whether you're in Las Vegas or the small-town casino down the street, slot machines sound more or less the same: jangly music, the whir of spinning reels, accompanied by loud beeps and chimes.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 28, 2013
Sentence stands for Daio Paper ex-chief who squandered firms' funds
The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by former Daio Paper Corp. Chairman Mototaka Ikawa against a four-year prison sentence for misappropriating more than ¥5 billion from group firms that he gambled away at casinos, court officials said Thursday.
EDITORIALS
Jun 8, 2013
Tax rule lags the technology
The National Tax Agency has said for years that people who bet on the horses cannot deduct losses from taxable winnings. Enough of that, an Osaka court rules.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 5, 2011
Japan in a European club?
Hitherto unknown and self-styled "loach" Yoshihiko Noda must learn to swim in an ocean of problems as Japan's new prime minister of the year. He has more than a plateful of domestic issues, but he should also realize, as his predecessors forgot, that Japan needs to re-engage the world if it is to find...

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