Stop us if you’ve heard this one before, but Japan is gearing up for another push to legalize casino gambling.

On Tuesday, the Financial Times reported that a committee of Japanese legislators would meet this week to discuss the oft-delayed integrated resort (IR) proposal. The parliamentary affairs committee will decide this Friday on the legislative agenda for the upcoming extraordinary session of Japan’s parliament, the Diet.

There is no guarantee that the so-called IR Promotion bill will make the legislative cut, and even if if does, there may not be enough time in the extraordinary session – which commences later this month and wraps up in late November – to address the always contentious casino question.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party increased its majority in the Diet this summer, theoretically freeing the LDP from requiring the support of its Komeito coalition partner – which has traditionally opposed casino legalization – to make up the votes. And Tokyo’s new governor is keen on a casino’s ability to goose the local economy.