{"id":1352,"date":"2019-12-07T10:20:59","date_gmt":"2019-12-07T10:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=1352"},"modified":"2026-04-24T09:40:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T12:40:05","slug":"nagasaki-casino-partner-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nagasaki-casino-partner-2020","title":{"rendered":"Nagasaki will select its IR partner in autumn 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the local assembly, Nakamura added that prefecture\u2019s implementation policy for an IR will be set on March<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Japan.- Nagasaki Governor Hodo Nakamura announced on Wednesday that RFP process for a casino resort will be selected in Autumn 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After Governor Suzuki announced that the Hokkaido has abandoned plans for an IR last week, Nagasaki authorities confirmed its bid and schedule its plan to choose its <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/current-corp-nagasaki-ir-race\">private partner<\/a><\/em><\/strong> for the project. In the local assembly, Nakamura added that prefecture\u2019s implementation policy for an IR will be set on March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The authorities didn\u2019t want to talk about Hokkaido\u2019s situation and focus in its own plan: \u201cWe are not in a position to comment on the initiatives of other regions. Nagasaki&#8217;s stance is to proceed with putting all of our efforts into an IR bid that has the appeal to draw many tourists from both overseas and within Japan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are three companies that are interested in developing the resort in Nagasaki.&nbsp; Japanese firm Current Corp, gaming operator Casinos Austria International Japan Inc and Oshidori International Development Ltd. According to GGRAsia, there is a fourth entity that doesn\u2019t want to be public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/japan-casinos-proposals\">Japan\u2019s national government<\/a><\/em><\/strong> confirmed that it would accept IR certification applications in early 2021. The proposed closing date for such submissions would be July 30, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the local assembly, Nakamura added that prefecture\u2019s implementation policy for an IR will be set on March<\/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 Prefecture is proceeding with its Integrated Resort (IR) bid, with Governor Hodo Nakamura announcing the selection of a private partner via RFP in Autumn 2020 and the implementation policy set for March. This commitment follows Hokkaido's recent withdrawal from IR development. Japan's national government will accept IR certification applications from early 2021 until July 30, 2021, with three known entities, including Casinos Austria International Japan Inc., vying for the Nagasaki project.","focusai_entities":"Hodo Nakamura, Governor Suzuki, Current Corp, Casinos Austria International Japan Inc, Oshidori International Development Ltd, GGRAsia, Japan's national government, Nagasaki authorities","focusai_location":"Japan, Nagasaki, Hokkaido","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Nagasaki IR Partner Criteria","query":"Given Hokkaido's withdrawal, what specific economic impact and governance framework commitments will Nagasaki Prefecture require from its private IR partner to mitigate perceived risks and ensure long-term GGR sustainability?"},{"label":"National IR Application Strategy","query":"How might the national government's July 30, 2021, application deadline influence the strategic alliances or M&A activities among the bidding consortia, particularly concerning capital deployment and regulatory compliance readiness?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,28,16338,156],"tags":[96,29,473,470,1534],"class_list":["post-1352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-casino-news","category-east-asia-news","category-regulation-news","tag-asia","tag-casino","tag-ir","tag-japan","tag-nagasaki"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1352","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=1352"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1398,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1352\/revisions\/1398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}