{"id":11338,"date":"2020-10-29T06:41:46","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T06:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=11338"},"modified":"2026-04-24T00:33:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T03:33:12","slug":"japan-pm-renews-commitment-to-ir-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/japan-pm-renews-commitment-to-ir-project","title":{"rendered":"Japan: PM renews commitment to IR project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Japanese Prime Minister supported the integrated resort project for the country during a speech in Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Japan.- Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has insisted on his commitment to green light Japan&#8217;s integrated resort project. During a speech in a session at\u00a0the lower house of the country\u2019s parliament, he said the resorts would boost inbound tourism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Suga was reported saying: \u201cCasinos are there in 130 countries and regions. It is planned that Japan&#8217;s integrated resorts [IRs] are to have international exhibition facilities, convention facilities, and large hotels to entertain whole families.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Japan&#8217;s policy will allow for three complexes in an initial phase of market liberalisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Japan currently still has border restrictions in place due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The health crisis has delayed the timetable for awarding integrated resorts bids to October 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Japanese Prime Minister supported the integrated resort project for the country during a speech in Parliament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11341,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has reaffirmed his commitment to advancing the nation's integrated resort (IR) project, citing its potential to significantly boost inbound tourism and provide comprehensive entertainment facilities. The initial phase will permit three complexes, though the bid awarding timetable has been delayed to October 2021 due to ongoing COVID-19 border restrictions.","focusai_entities":"Yoshihide Suga","focusai_location":"Japan","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (1.0), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.9), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"IR Bid Timeline Impact","query":"How will the revised October 2021 bid awarding timeline for Japan's integrated resorts impact the capital allocation strategies and partnership formation for prospective B2C operators and B2B suppliers, particularly concerning project financing and supply chain readiness?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Evolution","query":"Given the Prime Minister's commitment, what specific legislative or regulatory amendments are anticipated to expedite the establishment of the governance frameworks for Japan's IRs, particularly concerning licensing, responsible gambling protocols, and AML compliance?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,16338,154,158],"tags":[12436,473,470],"class_list":["post-11338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-east-asia-news","category-legislation-news","category-slider-home","tag-casinos","tag-ir","tag-japan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11338","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=11338"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11342,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11338\/revisions\/11342"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}