{"id":11808,"date":"2020-11-16T09:21:19","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T09:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=11808"},"modified":"2026-04-24T00:04:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T03:04:13","slug":"fourth-candidate-joins-nagasaki-ir-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/fourth-candidate-joins-nagasaki-ir-race","title":{"rendered":"Fourth candidate joins Nagasaki IR race"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Japanese fintech company Pixel Companyz has joined the running for the bid to develop an integrated resort in Nagasaki.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Japan.- Nagasaki has a new candidate to become the private partner for its integrated resort bid: the fintech and renewable energy firm Pixel Companyz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are now four companies competing to work with Nagasaki on its bid: Oshidori International Holdings, Casinos Austria, a consortium comprising Get Nice Holdings and Current Corp, and now, Pixel Companyz, which is working in partnership with French casino operator Groupe Partouche<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pixel Companyz CEO Hiroaki Yoshida: \u201cAs of right now, the official public offering period hasn\u2019t been announced. Until it is, we will continue discussions and preparations and hope it will lead to acquiring an IR operation license.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pixel has been carefully preparing its IR bid in recent months, having started the development of a resort hotel in Miyakojima city, Okinawa, in June&nbsp;in order to gain experience for a potential IR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In August, the company teamed up with market analysis firm TTL Resorts and announced its collaboration with Groupe Partouche, operator of 42 casinos in Europe, and with global casino design giant Steelman Partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yoshida said: \u201cWe plan to expand through various alliances with leading overseas companies in the industry, Japanese regional companies in related fields and domestic and overseas investment companies.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japanese fintech company Pixel Companyz has joined the running for the bid to develop an integrated resort in Nagasaki.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11810,"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 fintech and renewable energy firm Pixel Companyz has officially entered the competitive bidding process for an Integrated Resort (IR) license in Nagasaki, Japan. Partnering with French casino operator Groupe Partouche and design firm Steelman Partners, Pixel Companyz joins a field of four contenders, intensifying the competition for this coveted development opportunity. This strategic move highlights the company's intent to leverage international expertise and prior resort development experience in Okinawa to secure a significant stake in Japan's nascent gaming market.","focusai_entities":"Pixel Companyz, Oshidori International Holdings, Casinos Austria, Get Nice Holdings, Current Corp, Groupe Partouche, Steelman Partners, TTL Resorts, Hiroaki Yoshida","focusai_location":"Japan, Nagasaki, Miyakojima city, Okinawa, Europe","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.75), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.85), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Pixel Companyz Strategy","query":"What specific competitive advantages does Pixel Companyz's fintech and renewable energy background, combined with its international partnerships, offer in securing the Nagasaki IR license against established casino operators?"},{"label":"Nagasaki IR Outlook","query":"How does the increased number of bidders, particularly with diverse consortium structures, impact the timeline and ultimate selection criteria for the Nagasaki Integrated Resort development?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,28,16338],"tags":[470,1534],"class_list":["post-11808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-casino-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-japan","tag-nagasaki"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11808","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=11808"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11818,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11808\/revisions\/11818"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}