GGRAsia – Japan

Japan’s Yokohama expands IR promotion office

Mar 31, 2020 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck

Yokohama city (pictured), which is aiming to host one of Japan’s first casino resorts, is expanding the number of public servants coordinating that effort. The metropolis is to increase to 39 from...

Wakayama starts RFP, aims to host IR by spring 2025

Mar 30, 2020 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck

The government of Japan’s Wakayama prefecture announced on Monday the start of its request-for-proposal (RFP) process to choose a private-sector consortium as partner for its tilt to host a casino...

Hoiana ‘exclusive preview’ summer 2020: Suncity

Mar 30, 2020 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Rest of Asia, Top of the deck

The grand opening of the under-development Hoiana casino resort in Vietnam will only take place in 2021, with an “exclusive preview” scheduled for this summer. So said the head of a Macau-junket...

Osaka puts back RFP deadline by three months

Mar 30, 2020 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck

Osaka prefecture said on Friday that a key phase in the city’s effort on a possible casino resort would be put back by three months. The Osaka authorities have not however changed their...

Yokohama votes US$3.6mln for casino resort promotion

Mar 25, 2020 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck

A plenary session of Yokohama city council voted on Tuesday to allocate JPY400 million (US$3.6 million) for the metropolis’ effort to get a casino complex or integrated resort (IR) as they are...

Sasebo to set up new IR Promotion Office

Mar 24, 2020 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck

An Integrated Resort (IR) Promotion Office will be established in April in Sasebo city, part of Japan’s Nagasaki prefecture, GGRAsia confirmed with the prefectural government. The prefecture has...

Mohegan mulling IR options in Japan: Kontomerkos

Mar 20, 2020 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck

United States-based tribal casino operator Mohegan Gaming and Entertainment has told GGRAsia it remains interested in Japan’s integrated resorts (IR) market, though the firm’s chief executive...

Covid-19 not likely to hurt Japan IR plan: consultants

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

The Covid-19 pandemic is unlikely – for now – to affect the timetable of Japanese local governments seeking private-sector partners for a tilt respectively at having a casino resort in that...

Yokohama authorities unveil draft IR implementation policy

Mar 13, 2020 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck

Authorities in the Japanese city of Yokohama (pictured) disclosed on Thursday a draft outline for the city’s integrated resort (IR) implementation policy. The document was presented to...

Wakayama issues draft plan to counter gambling addiction

Mar 11, 2020 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck

The government of Japan’s Wakayama prefecture – which would like to have a tilt at having a casino resort – has announced a draft version of local countermeasures against what it terms...