MGS Summit 2017 concludes today with Japan taking center stage.

With the eyes of the gaming world firmly focused on Japan as the ruling Liberal Democratic Party finalizes its IR Implementation Bill, several experts will share their professional views about opportunities and challenges on the opening of the gaming market in Japan, as well as to discuss the current situation and future development of Japanese Integrated Resorts. Speakers include Chairman of Gaming Capital Management and Director of the Japan Gaming Standard Association, Mike Tanji, Associate Professor at Toyo University Department of opening of the gaming market in Japan, as well as to discuss the current situation and future development of Japanese Integrated Resorts. Speakers include Chairman of Gaming Capital Management and Director of the Japan Gaming Standard Association, Mike Tanji, Associate Professor at Toyo University Department of pitfalls such as illegal lending and problem gambling.

As a tech-forward society, the Japanese are already eager consumers of cutting-edge entertainment interfaces as well as their own traditional electronic games pachinko and pachislot. Technology, in addition to wells tructured regulation, will play an important role in building integrity into the Japanese market. Improved surveillance technology will make it far easier for gaming companies to know their customers and their employees, with facial recognition allowing for cross-checking of faces on the casino floor with databases of suspicious or prohibited persons. As Macau’s casinos have begun implementing cameras on ATMs to prevent money laundering, gaming jurisdictions like Japan are watching and learning from what works here.

Find out more about how Japan will approach such issues at today’s MGS Summit.