1.   His body was found in the waterway near the pachinko parlour late Sunday, he said.

2.   In Japan, many adults spend hours in pachinko parlours to play the game, which involves shooting metal balls throught a maze of metal pins.

3.   In their attempt to win prizes which can be exchanged for cash, many Japanese spend several hours a day in pachinko parlours.

4.   A pachinko parlour installs new machines more than once in a month on average, requiring on-the-spot inspection by two police officers each time.

5.   Last week, a five-year-old girl collapsed in a pachinko parlour in the western Japan city of Akashi and died shortly after taken to hospital.