Japan casino gold mine may not pan out

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government is forming a task force to rekindle enthusiasm for its integrated resort initiative. However, casinos in Japan may prove less lucrative than international gaming companies seem to believe.

Totally globalized native New Yorker and former broadcast news producer Muhammad Cohen is a blogger for Forbes and author of Hong Kong On Air, a novel set in his adopted hometown during the 1997 handover about television news, love, betrayal, high finance, and cheap lingerie. See his bio, online archive and more at www.muhammadcohen.com; follow him on Facebook and Twitter @MuhammadCohen.