Big casino in U.S. territory of Northern Mariana Islands fronted by man from China who took on Japanese name and has ties to previous Chinese owners

December 31, 2025

Washington Post: Kaneko’s arrival in Saipan has renewed concerns about corruption in one of America’s most isolated, economically vulnerable and strategically important territories, and again raised the specter of Chinese influence peddling that first helped drive the project under, according to federal agents and former government officials familiar with the investigations into the casino…