Business
May 13, 2020
Las Vegas Sands Pulls out of Japan Integrated Resort Bid
Gaming and hospitality industry giant Las Vegas Sands is pulling out of Japan’s integrated resort bid. Japan IR Bid No Longer a Plan for Las Vegas Sands Las Vegas Sands has withdrawn its bid for a Yokohama prefecture Integrated Resort (IR) in Japan, the company announced in a press release on Tuesday, May 12. An […]
Business
May 3, 2020
MGM Resorts Continues with Osaka IR bid in Japan
MGM Resorts CEO Bill Hornbuckle noted that the company is proceeding as planned for its Osaka IR bid in Japan. Hornbuckle calls the Asian market a “huge upside for the company”. MGM Resorts Follows Their Plan for the IR bid in Japan Bill Hornbuckle, CEO of MGM Resorts, confirmed that the company is still going […]
Casino
April 13, 2020
Yokohoma Continues with IR Bid Despite Coronavirus Emergency
Japan’s Yokohoma prefecture will continue with its IR bidding process despite a state of emergency issued by the central government last week. According to Yokohoma mayor Fumiko Hayashi, the prefecture has all it needs to apply successfully for an IR license and host the first of three such projects in Japan. Yokohama Continues with IR […]
Casino
April 8, 2020
Osaka’s Yumeshima IR Project Suffers Setback after Setback
One of the strong contenders to host an integrated resort-type casino in Japan, Osaka, may have to face delays again, pushing back its request-for-proposal /RFP/ process, this time due to the spread of the coronavirus in the country. Officials Accepted New Delays Osaka’s Mayor, Ichiro Matsui, was quoted by the Mainichi newspaper on Monday, raising […]
Casino
April 7, 2020
Nagasaki Prefecture Published Its Kyushu-Nagasaki IR Basic Concept
Despite the ongoing health crisis regarding the outbreak of the coronavirus, Japanese prefecture Nagasaki continues to push forward with its casino integrated resort /IR/ effort. The prefecture published its Kyushu-Nagasaki IR Basic Concept on Monday and informed it was getting closer to selecting its partner from the private sector. The published document explained in details, […]
Casino
March 31, 2020
Yokohama Allocates More Staff To Coordinate Its IR Bid
Yokohama city, one of the strong contenders to host an integrated casino-type resort /IR/ in Japan, has announced it is pushing up the number of employees coordinating the efforts, as the media GGRAsia reports. Effective April 1, the IR promotion office, under the Urban Development Bureau of the metropolis, is about to increase its staff […]
Business
March 26, 2020
Yokohama Allocates $3.6 Million to IR Efforts
The coronavirus pandemic seems to have brought several parts of the world to a standstill. However, in countries like Japan, the authorities are still proceeding with their long-term plans for development. The country’s plans for its integrated resorts (IR) project is still on track as the country starts to recover from a brief slowdown brought […]
Casino
March 9, 2020
Japanese Prefecture Of Wakayama Continues Consultations With IR Investors
Wakayama is one of the Japanese prefectures vying for one of the three available host locations for the casino integrated resort project and the latest news coming out from local officials is that they are negotiating with a number of new private sector companies. More Private Companies Thrown In The IR Partner Mix In response […]
Casino
January 13, 2020
Japanese Government Pushes Forward With Integrated Casino Resorts Project
The casino bribery scandal in Japan is still gathering momentum, with 1 arrested and 5 more under strong suspicion of having collected funds from the Chinese company 500.com to grease the skids of its bid, but the ruling coalition seems unimpressed, pushing forward with its plan to legalize at least three casino integrated resorts. The […]
Legal
January 9, 2020
Japanese Opposition Prepares Casino Abolishment Bill
In light of the recent bribery scandal involving a foreign entity, Japanese lawmakers are planning on introducing a bill that would abolish casinos and bar the progress of integrated resorts. Opposition to Suggest Abolishing Casinos in Japan Lawmakers from Japan’s opposition parties are considering a new bill that would aim to abolish the Integrated Resorts […]