Japanese former law enforcement official Michio Kitamura has been appointed the first chairman of the country’s Casino Administration Committee, the supervisory body tasked with regulating the nation’s integrated resorts.
Kitamura was one of five people presented to both chambers of the Diet last month as nominated members of the committee, which will be formally established in January 2020.
Kitamura previously served as the Sendai Prosecutor General from 2012, Fukuoka Prosecutor General from 2014 and Ministry of Defense Inspector from April 2015 to March 2018.
The other four members are former head of the Nagoya Regional Taxation Bureau Hiroyuki Kane, psychiatrist Michiko Watanabe, Keio University special professor Noriko Endo, and former police chief director Kenji Higuchi.
