{"id":10856,"date":"2020-10-13T06:06:25","date_gmt":"2020-10-13T06:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=10856"},"modified":"2026-04-24T01:02:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T04:02:30","slug":"suncity-to-sponsor-sailing-team-in-japan-amid-ir-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/suncity-to-sponsor-sailing-team-in-japan-amid-ir-race","title":{"rendered":"Suncity to sponsor sailing team in Japan amid IR race"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Hong Kong-based gaming operator intends to support sport in Wakayama while it looks to participate in the area&#8217;s IR bid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Japan.- The gaming operator Suncity Group, a Hong Kong-based company interested in developing an integrated resort in Wakayama, has signed a sponsorship agreement with the Japan SailGP Team and its Youth Academy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sponsorship will see Suncity assisting the Japan SailGP Team as it prepares for SailGP \u2013 a series of F50 catamaran yacht races. The second season of the competition will start in April 2021 with a top prize of US$1 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the company, Suncity Group aims not only to develop an IR but also to communicate the natural charm of Wakayama, said to be \u201cthe country of trees and water.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The strategy intends to show Wakayama as a &#8220;sailing sanctuary&#8221; led by Japan SailGP Team. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Suncity has also signed an official sponsorship deal with Wakayama Trians basketball team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hong Kong-based gaming operator intends to support sport in Wakayama while it looks to participate in the area&#8217;s IR bid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10859,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Suncity Group, a Hong Kong-based gaming operator, has signed sponsorship agreements with the Japan SailGP Team and the Wakayama Trians basketball team. This strategic move aims to bolster its integrated resort (IR) bid in Wakayama, Japan, by demonstrating local community engagement and promoting the region's natural appeal. The initiative underscores Suncity's commitment to securing a coveted IR license in the Japanese market.","focusai_entities":"Suncity Group, Japan SailGP Team, Wakayama Trians","focusai_location":"Hong Kong, Japan, Wakayama","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (0.8), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (1.0), marketing_crm (0.9), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"IR Bid Impact","query":"What specific governance frameworks and regulatory compliance milestones must Suncity Group navigate to secure the Wakayama IR license, and how might this sponsorship influence public perception during the evaluation process?"},{"label":"Capital Allocation Strategy","query":"How does Suncity Group's capital allocation for these sponsorships align with its broader financial strategy for the Wakayama IR project, and what is the projected return on investment for such community engagement initiatives?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,28,161,16338,158],"tags":[470,1427,6427],"class_list":["post-10856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-casino-news","category-daily-news","category-east-asia-news","category-slider-home","tag-japan","tag-suncity","tag-wakayama"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10856"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10866,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10856\/revisions\/10866"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}