{"id":12640,"date":"2020-12-13T19:15:57","date_gmt":"2020-12-13T19:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=12640"},"modified":"2026-04-23T23:15:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T02:15:38","slug":"nagasaki-seeks-more-potential-ir-partners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nagasaki-seeks-more-potential-ir-partners","title":{"rendered":"Nagasaki seeks more potential IR partners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

To date four companies have declared their interest in participating in the request-for-proposal process in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Japan.- Nagasaki prefecture says it has been contacting further potential private partners for the city\u2019s integrated resorts bid as it seeks to boost its candidacy for one of the three licences that will be up for grabs in Japan on 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Authorities have communicated with casino operators that did not take part in its original request-for-proposal (RFP) process with a view to increasing the number of contenders for the tole of private partner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The prefecture is open to interest form both domestic and overseas operators, the sources said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Takeshi Komiya, director of Nagasaki\u2019s IR Promotion Division, told a prefectural council meeting that there was fresh private-sector interest in the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until now it has been known that Japan\u2019s Current Corp, a Japanese unit of Casinos Austria International Holdings, and Hong Kong-listed Oshidori International Holdings were interested in the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to media reports, a fourth candidate<\/a><\/em><\/strong> has emerged in the form of the fintech and renewable energy firm Pixel Companyz in collaboration with French casino operator Groupe Partouche.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The prefecture is set to begin its RFP process in January 2021<\/a><\/em><\/strong> and intends to choose an operator before the autumn. By winter 2021, Nagasaki wants to have established an IR development plan to be able to submit a formal proposal to the national government in spring 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To date four companies have declared their interest in participating in the request-for-proposal process in January.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12642,"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 prefecture is actively engaging additional potential private partners for its Integrated Resort (IR) bid, aiming to strengthen its candidacy for one of Japan's three forthcoming licenses. The prefecture is set to commence its RFP process in January 2021, with known contenders including Current Corp, Oshidori International Holdings, and a new collaboration between Pixel Companyz and Groupe Partouche. This initiative seeks to secure an operating partner by autumn 2021, enabling a formal proposal submission to the national government by spring 2022.","focusai_entities":"Nagasaki prefecture, Current Corp, Casinos Austria International Holdings, Oshidori International Holdings, Pixel Companyz, Groupe Partouche, Takeshi Komiya","focusai_location":"Japan, Nagasaki, Hong Kong, Austria, France","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"RFP Process Nuances","query":"What specific B2C licensing criteria and governance frameworks will Nagasaki prioritize in its RFP process to differentiate its bid from other prefectures?"},{"label":"Operator Financial Commitments","query":"What are the anticipated capital expenditure requirements and projected GGR contributions expected from the selected private partner for Nagasaki's IR development?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338,158],"tags":[473,470,1534],"class_list":["post-12640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","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\/12640","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=12640"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12659,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12640\/revisions\/12659"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}