GGRAsia – Japan

Yokohama rejigged casino op selection phase starts Nov 30

Nov 23, 2020 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck

Japan’s Yokohama city announced on Friday that it would hold on November 30 the first meeting of the “Yokohama IR operator selection committee”. According to information collated by...

Yokohama Innovation IR Council holds first session

Nov 18, 2020 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck

Would-be casino city Yokohama held on Tuesday the first meeting of a local body called the Yokohama Innovation IR Council. Its main purpose is to bring together public-sector agencies and...

Pixel Companyz-led consortium eyes Nagasaki IR bid

Nov 16, 2020 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck

Tokyo-listed Pixel Companyz Inc says the consortium it leads is to focus on Nagasaki prefecture in its pursuit of a Japan casino licence. The consortium plans to take part in that prefecture’s...

Yokohama casino antis enough names for local referendum

Nov 16, 2020 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck

Fumiko Hayashi, the mayor of Yokohama in Japan, is expected to submit to the city’s council a bill that could trigger a community referendum on whether the metropolis (pictured) should even apply...

Casino firm GEN Sing back to profit 3Q, positive EBITDA

Nov 16, 2020 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

The operator of Singapore casino complex Resorts World Sentosa returned sequentially in the third quarter to net profit and to positive adjusted earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and...

Universal Ent loss widens to Sept as gaming rev halved

Nov 13, 2020 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Philippines, Top of the deck

Japanese gaming conglomerate Universal Entertainment Corp says its group-wide net sales in the first nine months of 2020 fell by 17.5 percent year-on-year, to nearly JPY77.14 billion...

Up to 7pct Sega Sammy staff may retire amid cuts

Nov 12, 2020 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck

Japanese entertainment conglomerate Sega Sammy Holdings Inc says up to 7.2 percent – or 650 – of its eligible 9,051 staff, are qualified to opt for “voluntary retirement” as...

Wakayama pushes back casino RFP deadline to January 15

Nov 09, 2020 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck

Japan’s Wakayama prefecture has pushed back by almost three months its deadline for request-for-proposal (RFP) submissions from private-sector, would-be partners for its tilt at having a casino...

Osaka vote no IR threat but city politics hazy: expert

Nov 03, 2020 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck

The rejection in a referendum among Osaka voters, of a plan to merge the respective city and prefectural governments into four administrative wards under a unitary authority, makes no difference to...

Kyushu IR Promotion Council announced by local authorities

Nov 03, 2020 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck

The Kyushu Governors’ Association and the Kyushu Regional Strategy Council have officially approved the establishment of the Kyushu IR Promotion Council, with the aim of ensuring the local economy...