It has sometimes been called the Japan Open for short, though this was also the name of a short-lived competing event.
From 2012 to 2015, the men's tournament was played in the discipline of ten-ball.
[4][5] Winners of this tournament were the Philippines Francisco Bustamante and Ramil Gallego in the men's event[6][7] as well as the Taiwanese women Tan Hsiang-ling and Chou Chieh-yu were winners of the women's event.
During 2010, at the All Japan Open men's event, the prize purse was a total of $82,000 of which the winner received about $24,000,[10] The winner of the Japan Open 2010 received only $17,000 in prize money, at just under $42,000 in total prize money.
In the women's at the Japan Open 2010 about $11,000 were distributed, with the winner receiving $4,400, at the All Japan Open the same year, however, were distributed over $21,000, of which the winner received about $7,000.