{"id":2897,"date":"2025-06-23T20:28:24","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T20:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/opiniao-publica24-7.com\/?p=2897"},"modified":"2025-06-25T15:33:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T15:33:06","slug":"tokyo-police-arrest-tv-network-head-as-japan-tackles-illegal-online-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/opiniao-publica24-7.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/23\/tokyo-police-arrest-tv-network-head-as-japan-tackles-illegal-online-gambling\/","title":{"rendered":"Tokyo Police Arrest TV Network Head as Japan Tackles Illegal Online Gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Police arrest TV personality\u00a0<\/h2>\n

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department has arrested a senior Japanese television network head over illegal online gambling.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The TMPD took Fuji TV\u2019<\/em>s variety show divisional director, Yoshitaka Suzuki, into custody Monday.<\/p>\n

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gambling \u00a5100m ($679,000) online over eight months<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Police accuse the 44-year-old Suzuki of illegally gambling \u00a5100m ($679,000) online over eight months.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The TMPD cited evidence that Suzuki used his mobile phone between September 2024 and May 2025 to gamble online via Eldoah Casino, with baccarat mentioned as his game of preference.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to the Japan Times<\/em> on Monday, Suzuki admitted to the TMPD\u2019s charge in a country where online gambling, while illegal, is advertised on national television.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Battle to change perceptions<\/h2>\n

Unlike other reports from around the world of dyed-in-the-wool gambling-addicted celebrities and affluent individuals getting caught in illegal online gambling activities, Japan\u2019s recent purge seemingly reveals that the perpetrators aren\u2019t entirely sure the vertical is illegal, or that they\u2019d ever attract the notice of law enforcement.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Japanese media reported Suzuki as stating he believed his online gambling \u201cwould not come out.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

According to an independent online casino reviewer, the Eldoah-branded online casino frequented by Suzuki is owned by Global System Technologies Inc and holds a gambling license in Canada\u2019s Mohawk Territory of Kahnawake<\/a>, and in the Comoros.<\/div>\n

High-profile busts of the likes of Suzuki and comic Kuruma Takahira over online gambling are signs of Japan trying to deal with a major weak spot over a wrongly held public perception that the vertical is nationally sanctioned. <\/p>\n

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thought it was legal to bet because \u201che had seen an ad on the internet\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Many Japanese are essentially unsure if they\u2019re breaking the law or not gambling online. Takahira stated he thought it was legal to bet because \u201che had seen an ad on the internet.\u201d<\/p>\n

The comic\u2019s confusion echoes with that of young Japanese, including J-Pop star Shion Tsurubo. Earlier this month, the TMPD referred Tsurobu to prosecutors, accusing the pop star of betting approximately \u00a5440,000 ($3,052) on online games.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI knew that gambling was prohibited by law, but I thought online casinos would be okay,\u201d stated Tsurobu.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Asahi Shimbun<\/em> in March revealed a staggering weak spot in Japanese gaming regulation<\/a> that, essentially, allows offshore online casino firms to market their free-to-play products across Japan\u2019s digital media channels and national TV networks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Corporate scrutiny<\/h2>\n

As for the network head under the spotlight, the JP<\/em> stated internal investigators from Suzuki\u2019s firm had previously grilled the variety show exec over his online casino activity. Suzuki allegedly gave false answers to the investigators and continued to bet online.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fuji TV<\/em> meanwhile toed the corporate line, stating it took Suzuki\u2019s case seriously and would \u201cfully cooperate with the investigation and work to prevent a recurrence of such cases.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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