William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of "Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades."
Other Japanese cities should follow Yokohama's decision to walk away


A croupier works at a gaming table at MGM Cotai Resort in Macau in February 2018: Japan is late to the party. © AP
William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of "Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades."