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MGM Resorts places all-in bet on Osaka for Japanese casino

Feb 15, 2019 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck

MGM Resorts International wants to build a casino resort in the Japanese prefecture of Osaka, the U.S.-based operator of casinos said on its full-year earnings call to analysts on Wednesday. “We...

Osaka wants US$8.5 billion casino investment: reports

Feb 12, 2019 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck

Details of Osaka prefecture’s strategy for a so-called integrated resort or “IR” have been previewed by Japanese media ahead of a formal announcement this week. The “Osaka IR basic plan”...

Kazuo Okada camp vows to appeal Tokyo court ruling

Feb 08, 2019 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck

The lawyers of Japanese billionaire Kazuo Okada (pictured left) said his side would contest a recent decision of a Tokyo court that ruled as valid a 2017 agreement relating to a Hong...

Rusutsu IR up faster, better for Japan than rest: backer

Feb 04, 2019 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck

A casino resort proposed for Rusutsu Village in the southwestern portion of Japan’s Hokkaido island would be “cutting-edge,” have an “environmentally sustainable design” and be ready “in...

Japan wants biggest ever hotels, expos at new IRs: report

Feb 04, 2019 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck

The Japanese government has outlined the amount of hotel and meeting space it hopes to see in any casino resorts built in that country. Kyodo news agency reported that hotels at the venues – known...

Nagoya to decide before summer on IR bid: mayor

Jan 31, 2019 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck

The mayor of Japan’s Nagoya city says his administration will determine before this summer whether it wishes to try and host a so-called integrated resort (IR); a tourism facility including a...

Spectrum Gaming names Ishiyama senior VP Japan

Jan 31, 2019 Newsdesk Industry Talk, Japan, Latest News, World

Gaming industry consulting firm Spectrum Gaming Group based in the United States says it has appointed Asaka Ishiyama as its senior vice-president for Japan. Spectrum issued on Tuesday a written...

Only 3 Japan region govts confirm IR wish: Kyodo poll

Jan 28, 2019 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck

Osaka, Wakayama Prefecture and Nagasaki Prefecture are so far the only three Japanese destinations where the respective governments have openly expressed interest in hosting one of the country’s...

Wakayama says has fair chance if IR site selection balanced

Jan 24, 2019 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck

Wakayama prefecture might have a “fair chance” if the host sites for a casino resort in Japan are chosen based on balanced proposals, says a press release issued on behalf of the prefectural...

Tomakomai priority but Hokkaido yet to confirm casino bid

Jan 23, 2019 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck

An advisory panel to Hokkaido prefecture’s government has again identified Tomakomai City (pictured), an industrial port on the south coast of the most northerly of Japan’s main islands, as...