What is the gambling age in Japan?
18
Minimum age to gamble: 18.
Japan is one of 162 countries classified “18” for the gambling age — 78% of the 209 with data.
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Gambling by country
- Last checked
- 15 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Read directly from the source’s own table, without interpretation.
Nearby countries
- South Korea
- 19–20 Minimum age to gamble: 19.
- Taiwan
- 19–20 Minimum age to gamble: 20.
- Hong Kong
- 18 Minimum age to gamble: 18.
- Macau
- 18 Minimum age to gamble: 18.
- Philippines
- 18 Minimum age to gamble: 18.
- China
- 18 Minimum age to gamble: 18.
Other laws in Japan
- Cryptocurrency
- Legal
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