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Boat Race — The New Face of Japan’s Once-Gritty “Kyōtei”

If you’ve found your way to this page out of curiosity about Japan’s boat races, it seems only fair to offer a basic overview first.Known originally as kyōtei (競艇) since its inception in the 1950s, Japan’s boat racing is a longstanding form of government-sanctioned gambling.
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