GGRAsia – Japan

JCM quarterly gaming sales down 24pct y-o-y, profit dips

Sep 01, 2023 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck

Japan Cash Machine Co Ltd, also known as JCM Global, reported a net profit of JPY750 million (US$5.2 million) in the three months to June 30, the first quarter of its current financial year. Such...

Osaka IR island working metro link due by fiscal year 2024

Aug 28, 2023 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck

Rapid transit operator Osaka Metro Co Ltd has applied to Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism to operate by fiscal year 2024, a 3.2-kilometre (2.0-mile) rail link to...

Macau op Galaxy Ent opening Tokyo biz-development office

Aug 17, 2023 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Macau, Rest of Asia, Top of the deck

Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd is “in the process of opening” its “first overseas business development office in Tokyo,” Japan, the Macau casino operator stated in its first-half results on...

Konami gaming, systems profit up 140pct y-o-y fiscal 1Q

Aug 03, 2023 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck, World

Japanese leisure conglomerate Konami Group Corp said on Thursday that revenue in its gaming and systems division – including casino equipment – rose by 29.9 percent year-on-year in the fiscal...

Osaka IR construction likely to begin in 2024: Hornbuckle

Jul 24, 2023 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck

Bill Hornbuckle (pictured in a file photo), chief executive and president of U.S.-based casino operator MGM Resorts International, says the company expects to begin construction of its integrated...

‘No visibility’ on casino resort approval: Nagasaki governor

Jul 20, 2023 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck

The governor of Nagasaki says he has “no visibility” on when the national Japanese government might make a decision on the prefecture’s development proposal for an integrated resort with...

Unlikely Osaka IR can open 2029: prefecture governor

Jul 18, 2023 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck

Hirofumi Yoshimura, governor of Osaka prefecture, said in Tuesday comments it would be difficult to open there an integrated resort (IR) with casino in a 2029 time frame previously mentioned. The...

Osaka extends ‘get-out’ date pending IR implementation

Jul 17, 2023 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck

The prefectural and city authorities for Japan’s Osaka (pictured) said on Friday they had extended the deadline under which they and their private-sector partners led by MGM Resorts Japan LLC and...

Summit completes US$36mln deal for Okinawa land

Jul 17, 2023 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck

Hong Kong-listed Summit Ascent Holdings Ltd, an investor in the Tigre de Cristal casino resort, near the Russian Pacific port of Vladivostok, says it has completed the deal to acquire a plot of land...

Wakayama open to discuss IRs at next round of applications

Jul 13, 2023 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck

The governor of Japan’s Wakayama prefecture, Shuhei Kishimoto, has said the prefectural government should consider the possibility of developing an integrated resort (IR) with a casino if the...