Back in December 2016, the Japanese government has passed a law that allows casino gambling in integrated resorts which includes hotels and entertainment lodges. Despite the long-standing proposal of this bill, Mr Shinzo Abe was determined to be the one to carry it through and this has certainly hit his public popularity whereby it was stated by a poll from Kyodo news agency, public approval rating fell from 60.7% in November to 54.8% in December for Mr Abe's government. In my opinion, this is could be a potential case of "doing what is right for the nation instead of what is popular", as we all recall the familiar phrase taught in Social Studies back in Secondary School. It is definitely reasonable to deduce that the Japanese government is trying to replicate the success of the local integrated resorts where income is increased while the negative social impacts are ......