Visitors play pachinko, a Japanese form of legal gambling, at a pachinko parlour, after the government announced nationwide state of emergency following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's once-booming pachinko industry, grappling with a greying customer base and the threat of new competition from casinos, is adopting a softer touch and smoke-free zones to lure ...

Pachinko and Pachislot machines have dominated the Japanese gambling market for decades now, but a recent survey suggest that its number of users have been shrinking year by year with new record lows.

Pachinko has become a visible sight in Japan’s urban landscape. But will that change? Photo: Prisma by Dukas/Universal Images Group (Getty Images) Japan’s pachinko industry, a bulwark in the country’s ...

(Reuters) - Like many Japanese pachinko parlours, Naomi Suzuki's shop on the outskirts of Fukushima City was once full of energy, with the din of bouncing steel balls and garish lights flashing to ...

Many pachinko parlors followed the request, but some did not. People are packed into close quarters in pachinko parlors, and they touch the machines and little metal balls they win. Today, Osaka ...

The Fatal Frame franchise has been dormant for a number of years now, so fans will probably be pleased to learn that the series will soon be revived, albeit in the form of a Pachinko slot machine.