The chances Japan will approve the Integrated Resorts gaming bill, which would allow for land-based casinos, in time for Tokyo's 2020 Summer Olympics are getting slimmer and slimmer as reports claim the ruling Liberal Democratic Party will cease pushing the drafted legislation during the current Diet session.
Japan currently maintains a strict ban on all casinos in the country, this is in spite of strong support to liberate the gaming laws by the country's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the ruling party in the Diet, and minority parties including the Innovation Party and the Party for Future Generations.