OSAKA ¨C The opposition party Nippon Ishin no Kai is proposing new legislation to deal with problem gamblers, hoping to speed up the debate after a bill legalizing casinos in Japan was rammed through the Diet in December.
The Osaka-centric party, which is close to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on many issues, hopes that cooperation with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe¡¯s LDP on the issue will help ensure the city becomes one of those picked for a casino resort license, if not the first.
¡°The Nippon Ishin bill sets out a variety of measures to deal with problem gamblers to ensure that the problem is dealt with in a comprehensive manner,¡± said Hitoshi Asada, the party¡¯s policy chief.
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