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Thursday, July 19, 2018

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'INEFFECTIVE' MEASURES Revised law still allows smoking in most bars and restaurantsJuly 18, 2018 Japan will host a far from smoke-free Olympics after watered-down revisions to the passive smoking law passed in the Upper House on July 18 let most bars and restaurants off the hook.
ALARM FOR POLICE Yakuza ready to muscle in on casino business, gangster revealsJuly 18, 2018 Yakuza organized crime groups are plotting to infiltrate casinos in nefarious ways if legislation to allow them passes in the Diet later this week, a gang member has admitted to The Asahi Shimbun.

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