{"id":11505,"date":"2020-11-04T21:05:08","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T21:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=11505"},"modified":"2026-04-24T00:22:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T03:22:24","slug":"nagasaki-to-form-new-ir-promotion-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nagasaki-to-form-new-ir-promotion-council","title":{"rendered":"Nagasaki to form new IR Promotion Council"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The prefecture plans to establish the body by early 2021 to create networking\u00a0opportunities\u00a0with local businesses.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Japan.- Nagasaki\u2019s bid to obtain one of the three integrated resorts (IR) licences to be issued in Japan will be supported by a new IR Promotion Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The prefecture plans to establish the body early next year. It will hold events and seminars for local businesses and create foundational strategies to promote effective business networking opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The council will comprise representatives from economic bodies, the government and the councils of Nagasaki prefecture and the Kyushu region. The concept was approved at a meeting of the Kyushu Governors\u2019 Association and the Kyushu Regional Strategy Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nagasaki, which is representing the Kyushu region in the race to secure one of three IR licences, has earmarked a 31-hectare site at the Huis Ten Bosch theme park in Sasebo city. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the prefecture, the project <strong><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nagasaki-ir-casino\" target=\"_blank\">could generate JPY610 billion<\/a><\/em><\/strong> (US$5.8 billion) to JPY810 billion (US$7.75 billion) in construction-related economic benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once the IR is operational, it could generate JPY320 billion (US$3 billion) to JPY420 billion (US$4 billion) through an \u201ceconomic ripple effect\u201d each year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The prefecture plans to establish the body by early 2021 to create networking\u00a0opportunities\u00a0with local businesses.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Nagasaki is establishing an IR Promotion Council by early 2021 to bolster its bid for one of Japan's three integrated resort licenses. The council, comprising regional economic and government bodies, aims to foster local business networking and develop foundational strategies, projecting significant construction and annual economic benefits for the Kyushu region.","focusai_entities":"IR Promotion Council, Kyushu Governors\u2019 Association, Kyushu Regional Strategy Council","focusai_location":"Japan, Nagasaki, Kyushu, Sasebo","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (0.95), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.85), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Operator Selection Criteria","query":"What specific criteria and governance frameworks will the Nagasaki IR Promotion Council employ to evaluate and select potential integrated resort operator partners, and how will these align with national regulatory requirements?"},{"label":"GGR & NGR Projections","query":"How do the projected construction and annual economic ripple effects translate into estimated Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) and Net Gaming Revenue (NGR) for the eventual IR operator, considering Japan's specific taxation and regulatory environment?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338,158],"tags":[473,470,1534],"class_list":["post-11505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","category-slider-home","tag-ir","tag-japan","tag-nagasaki"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11505","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=11505"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11527,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11505\/revisions\/11527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}