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Online Gambling Legality in Japan

Japan: prohibited. Below: the summary, the source and related data. This is not legal advice.

Prohibited

Status — draft classification from open sources; rely on the summary, regulator and licensees below. NeBlask does not provide legal advice.

What is known

By open sources · en.wikipedia.org

In Japan, most forms of gambling are generally banned by the Criminal Code chapter 23. However, there are several exceptions, including betting on horse racing and certain motor sports.

Source: en.wikipedia.org → · verified 11.10.2026

Frequent questions

By open data — “prohibited”. Details are in the summary and the source below. This is not legal advice.

Related data

Registers and decisions are published by the regulators themselves; summaries are from open sources. NeBlask stitches them into one map and does not provide legal advice. Methodology.

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