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Apps like Miraima allow users to wager on real-world events and win points that can be converted into monetary rewards such as gift cards.
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Jun 29, 2026
Prediction markets emerge in Japan, with shopping vouchers
New homegrown startups are finding ways to skirt regulations.
Six executives of a pachinko parlor operator were arrested for allegedly promising to pay some 60 people in exchange for voting for a candidate in the July 20 Upper House election.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Crime & Legal
Aug 27, 2025
Six arrested on suspicion of vote buying in July¡¯s Upper House election
The arrestees are suspected of promising to pay ?3,000 or ?4,000 to each of some 60 people in exchange for voting for a candidate in the July 20 Upper House election.
A pachinko parlor worker and two others were arrested over a case of about ?28 million in cash being stolen from the safe of the parlor in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Crime & Legal
Aug 20, 2025
Pachinko parlor employee arrested for alleged role in robbery
The employee¡¯s involvement in the case came to light based on the statements of two others who had already been arrested for the robbery.
Police are looking for the whereabouts of cash taken from a pachinko parlor in Fukushima Prefecture where a robbery took place on Tuesday.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Crime & Legal
Aug 14, 2025
Two men arrested for ?28 million robbery at Fukushima pachinko parlor
Police believe that a 19-year-old brandished a fake gun to get the money while a 21-year-old drove the getaway car.
A woman in her 60s talks about her son who became addicted to online gambling and committed a crime through an illegal part-time job.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Society
Jan 5, 2025
Online gambling addiction becoming serious issue in Japan
The number of consultation requests received by one aid group has surged 11-fold in five years.
Elderly pachinko players at Day Service Las Vegas, a casino-themed day care service in Yokohama, in August
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Society
Sep 11, 2024
Pachinko-style gambling is helping seniors¡¯ brains in Japan
Bolstered by evidence that playing the pinball machines can help prevent dementia, some businesses are now tailoring services in a bid to revive growth.
Apple TV+ series ¡°Pachinko¡± follows four generations of a Korean immigrant family as they move through the 20th century.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Aug 26, 2024
Masterful and stirring, ¡®Pachinko¡¯ returns with more depth
The immersive historical drama is collaborative art at its very best ¡ª instead of offering tidy answers, it asks the most profound questions of our times.
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Jun 8, 2023
How Japan ensures you gamble exactly when and where it wants you to
Laws on gambling mean that the activity is prohibited in general, except for betting on something that is legally defined as ¡°momentary amusement,¡± or on government-sanctioned events.
CULTURE / Books / 2022 in Review
Dec 31, 2022
Japanese stories captivated overseas audiences in 2022
This year marked increased recognition for female Japanese authors, while Japan-based stories provided the inspiration for Hollywood adaptations such as ¡®Bullet Train¡¯ and ¡®Tokyo Vice.¡¯
Japan Times
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Crime & Legal
Oct 19, 2022
Japanese tycoon Kazuo Okada held in Philippines amid row over casino management
Okada and his group face arrest for alleged coercion when his men physically took over a resort after the Philippine Supreme Court reinstated him as chairman of the casino¡¯s operator.
Japan Times
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Mar 26, 2022
¡®Pachinko¡¯: K-Drama in an American style
Min Jin Lee¡¯s best-selling novel about the harsh lives of Koreans living in Japan is turned into a glossy family saga for Apple TV+.
Japan Times
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Apr 23, 2020
Defiant pachinko parlors show limits of Japan¡¯s shutdown request
As pachinko parlors continue to operate, disregarding appeals to shutter amid the coronavirus pandemic, local governments look to shame them into cooperation.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Science & Health
Apr 23, 2020
Japanese asked to hunker down through Golden Week as virus numbers grow
Officials worry that travel during holiday could create clusters in rural areas where the health care system is relatively fragile.
CULTURE / Books / RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS ABOUT 51³Ô¹ÏÍø
May 25, 2019
¡®Zainichi Literature¡¯ review: What is the nature of exile?
A product of postwar Japan and virtually unknown internationally, Zainichi literature often explores the nature of exile and the conflict of identity between homes.
Japan Times
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Mar 8, 2019
Government to request Japan¡¯s gambling venues use facial recognition to restrict admission of addicts
The government said Thursday it plans to ask horse race and pachinko parlor operators to consider using facial recognition systems to restrict admission of gambling addicts.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 31, 2018
Already in decline, Japan¡¯s pachinko industry now braces for gambling-addiction regulations
Like many pachinko parlors throughout Japan, Naomi Suzuki¡¯s establishment on the outskirts of the city of Fukushima was once full of energy, with the din of bouncing steel balls and garish lights flashing to indicate winnings.
Japan Times
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Media / BIG IN 51³Ô¹ÏÍø
Dec 2, 2017
Pachinko parlors are losing their balls while Japan considers a cashless economy
With the Diet¡¯s passing of a law last December that will legalize casino gambling, many are wondering how this development will affect the few forms of tightly controlled gambling and gaming that have been permitted up to now ¡ª like pachinko (a type of pinball machine).
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Apr 26, 2017
Pachinko industry raises money for low-income students, but critics call it a marketing stunt
The pachinko industry is urging customers to donate steel balls from their winnings to help put hard-up students through university.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Mar 4, 2017
¡®Pachinko¡¯ author Min Jin Lee on how Japan¡¯s ethnic Koreans keep beating the odds
¡°I got lost all the time,¡± says writer Min Jin Lee with a charming laugh, sitting in a hotel lobby in San Francisco¡¯s Japantown.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Mar 4, 2017
¡®Pachinko¡¯: Min Jin Lee writes the struggle of an ethnic Korean family in Japan
Min Jin Lee¡¯s second novel, ¡°Pachinko,¡± charts the fortunes and misfortunes of four generations of a Korean family.
Japan weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
A Pokemon event is held in Jakarta on July 11
Japan to set up expert working group on accepting foreign nationals
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara (second from left) addresses a meeting of ministers responsible for policies concerning foreign residents, held at the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.
Head of Swiss euthanasia firm dies after collapsing while ascending Mount Fuji
Around 200,000 people typically scale the 3,776 meter Mount Fuji each year.
Indian brothers make manga debut in Japan
Two Indian brothers made their manga debut in Japan with "Kung Fu Kung Fool" ¡ª an action-comedy series that follows the adventures of a notorious thief and a young boy.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer¡¯s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ¡°seed¡± that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ¡°Peak 1 amyloid beta,¡± as seen in a mouse's brain.
The sci-fi sensibilities of electronic trio Black Boboi
Black Boboi was formed in 2018 when solo artists Julia Shortreed, Utena Kobayashi and Ermhoi came together under Kobayashi¡¯s newly founded label, Bindividual.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
Can Japanese comedy get laughs in English? Yoshimoto Kogyo lets the jokes rip
Wes-P has millions of followers and his viral clips made him recognizable out of Japan.
The 180-day locals: Life on Japan¡¯s digital nomad visa
Christopher Flinn works remotely from Tokyo earlier this month. Japan issued 646 digital nomad visas in 2025, but tourism officials are hoping to increase that figure in the coming years, with Japan's relatively cheap cost of living and the weak yen seen as potential draws for young professionals.
Japan reveals hint of new defense spending target in fiscal blueprint
The Self-Defense Forces' Type 16 mobile combat vehicle fires during a joint live-fire drill with U.S. Marines as part of the annual Resolute Dragon exercises in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, on June 28.

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