{"id":14898,"date":"2021-02-18T15:39:53","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T15:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=14898"},"modified":"2026-04-23T21:41:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T00:41:55","slug":"nagasaki-seen-as-best-managed-contender-in-japan-ir-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nagasaki-seen-as-best-managed-contender-in-japan-ir-race","title":{"rendered":"Nagasaki seen as best-managed contender in Japan IR race"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The vote of confidence suggests that the Nagasaki Prefectural Government is likely to get one of Japan&#8217;s three IR licences<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Japan.- Nagasaki has distinguished itself as the best-managed integrated resort bid contender in Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The city has draw<strong>n regional support<\/strong> from other governors and from the general public, apparently with no signs of any opposition to its IR plans, unlike in other prefectures that are intending to bid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/fifth-contender-named-for-nagasaki-ir\" target=\"_blank\">Five consortiums<\/a><\/em> have entered the request for proposal process for Nagasaki&#8217;s integrated resorts\u00a0bid:\u00a0<strong>Casinos Austria; Pixel Company\u00a0<\/strong>with\u00a0<strong>Groupe Partouche<\/strong>;\u00a0<strong>Get Nice Holdings<\/strong>\u00a0with\u00a0<strong>Current Corp<\/strong>; <strong>Oshidori International Development<\/strong>\u00a0with US tribal casino operator\u00a0<strong>Mohegan Gaming and Entertainment<\/strong>; and <strong>THE NIKI with Chyau Fwu (Parkview) Group<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All five candidate operator groups have met the prefecture\u2019s initial qualification requirements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The vote of confidence suggests that the Nagasaki Prefectural Government is likely to get one of Japan&#8217;s three IR licences<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":14899,"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 strongly positioned to secure one of Japan's three Integrated Resort (IR) licenses, demonstrating robust regional support and an absence of local opposition, distinguishing its bid from other prefectures. 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