{"id":12953,"date":"2020-12-22T10:57:31","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T10:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=12953"},"modified":"2026-04-23T22:59:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T01:59:45","slug":"yokohama-continues-to-promote-ir-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/yokohama-continues-to-promote-ir-bid","title":{"rendered":"Yokohama continues to promote IR bid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The city is promoting the initiative through a Facebook page in an attempt to overcome opposition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Japan.- Yokohama city remains divided over the prospect of an IR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While opponents <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/yokohama-citizens-demand-ir-referendum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">have collected signatures calling for a referendum<\/a><\/em><\/strong> on the city&#8217;s candidacy for an IR lience, there is a strong <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/yokohama-to-hold-ir-briefings-seeking-support\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">support for the project<\/a><\/em><\/strong> in the business sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The local government has launched a Japanese-language Facebook page to promote its IR initiative in a bid to drum up support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The page, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/city.yokohama.ir\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em><strong>Yokohama Innovation IR<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, explains what an integrated resort is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The city had already launched a website where it published similar content to promote the plan. However, despite all efforts, public opinion polls have shown 2-to-1 against the city\u2019s plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A citizens\u2019 movement gained enough signatures to trigger a referendum on whether or not the IR bid should proceed. Mayor Fumiko Hayashi has publicly indicated that she would respect the outcome of the referendum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The city is promoting the initiative through a Facebook page in an attempt to overcome opposition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12957,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Yokohama city's Integrated Resort (IR) bid faces significant public opposition, despite promotional efforts by the local government and support from the business sector. A citizens' movement has successfully triggered a referendum on the IR license candidacy, with Mayor Fumiko Hayashi committing to respect the public's decision. This situation highlights the complex interplay between economic development aspirations and community sentiment in major iGaming market development.","focusai_entities":"Fumiko Hayashi","focusai_location":"Japan, Yokohama","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Referendum Impact Analysis","query":"What are the projected economic and political ramifications for the Yokohama IR bid should the public referendum result in a 'no' vote, and how might this influence other potential IR developments in Japan?"},{"label":"Public Engagement Strategy","query":"How effective are the Yokohama city government's current public relations and digital engagement strategies in shifting public opinion, particularly given the reported 2-to-1 opposition?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,28,16338,158],"tags":[14017,470,909],"class_list":["post-12953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-casino-news","category-east-asia-news","category-slider-home","tag-integrated-resort","tag-japan","tag-yokohama"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12953","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=12953"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12965,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12953\/revisions\/12965"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}