Inside Asian Gaming

IAG JAPAN FEB 2020 10 JAPAN FORMALLY ESTABLISHES CASINO ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE 「カジノ管理委員会」を設置 THE Japanese government officially established the Casino Administration Committee on 7 January as an external department to the cabinet to manage and supervise the nation’s IR operators. In addition to granting the licenses necessary for casino operation, it will also handle measures for problem gambling and money laundering. The Casino Administration Committee is composed of a Chairman – former Fukuoka High Prosecutor’s Attorney General Michio Katamura – and four other members including former member of Nagoya National Taxation Bureau, Hiroyuki Ujikane, and psychiatrist Michiko Watari. The inaugural meeting was held on 10 January. The Committee will have strong independent powers in the same way as the Fair Trade Commission and the National Public Safety Commission. In addition to granting licenses for casino business, it also has the authority to revoke them. It will perform background checks, investigate the relationship between operators and anti-social forces including organized crime and the criminal records of officers, and police overseas accounts. 日本 政府は1月７日、IR運営事業者を管理・監 督する「カジノ管理委員会」を内閣府の外局と して設置した。カジノ運営に必要な免許を事 業者に付与するほか、ギャンブル依存症やマネ ーロンダリングなどの対策も担う。 カジノ管理委は委員長と委員4人から成り、 委員長には元福岡高検検事長の北村道夫氏 が就任した。 委員には元名古屋国税局長の氏兼裕之 氏、精神科医の渡路子氏らが就く。管理委は1 月10日に初会合を開いた。 公正取引委員会、国家公安委員会などと 同様に、独立した強い権限を持つ。カジノ事業 の免許を付与するほか、取り消しの権限もあ る。背面調査し事業者と暴力団を含む反社会 的勢力との関わりや役員の犯罪歴、海外に持 つ口座などを調べる。