{"id":15366,"date":"2021-03-02T15:34:11","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T15:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=15366"},"modified":"2026-04-23T21:26:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T00:26:49","slug":"five-groups-reach-next-phase-of-nagasaki-ir-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/five-groups-reach-next-phase-of-nagasaki-ir-process","title":{"rendered":"Five groups reach next phase of Nagasaki IR process"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An official in Nagasaki has confirmed that all five contenders have qualified to progress to the next phase of the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Japan.- All <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/five-contenders-for-nagasaki-ir\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>five groups<\/strong><\/a><\/em> that entered Nagasaki prefecture&#8217;s request-for-proposal (RFP) process with the aim of participating in its bid for an integrated resort (IR) licence have <strong>qualified for the next phase of the process<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The prefecture will complete<strong> a &#8220;first round&#8221; of evaluation of would-be partners<\/strong> this month to reduce the list of bidders to three. After that, a second round will include a &#8220;competitive dialogue&#8221; with would-be partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The groups will then have to <strong>present their projects in August<\/strong> for the prefecture to make a final decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The<strong> five groups that are competing <\/strong>are: a consortium led by Oshidori International Holdings Ltd; Casinos Austria International Japan; Current Group; the Niki Chau Fwu (Parkview) Group; and One Kyushu, a consortium between Tokyo-listed Pixel Companyz Inc and French gaming operator Groupe Partouche SA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Japan plans to initially approve<strong> three integrated resorts in the country<\/strong>. Proposals must include a casino, tourism attractions, hotels and meetings space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An official in Nagasaki has confirmed that all five contenders have qualified to progress to the next phase of the process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":15368,"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 has advanced all five bidding consortia to the subsequent phase of its integrated resort (IR) licensing process. The prefecture will undertake a multi-stage evaluation, culminating in a competitive dialogue, to select a definitive partner by August, aligning with Japan's strategic objective to approve three IRs nationally.","focusai_entities":"Oshidori International Holdings Ltd, Casinos Austria International Japan, Current Group, Niki Chau Fwu (Parkview) Group, One Kyushu, Pixel Companyz Inc, Groupe Partouche SA","focusai_location":"Nagasaki, Japan","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (0.95), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Nagasaki IR Bid Risks?","query":"What specific governance frameworks and regulatory compliance challenges might arise during Nagasaki's 'competitive dialogue' phase, potentially impacting the final selection or project timelines for the remaining bidders?"},{"label":"Financial Impact on Bidders?","query":"How will the capital expenditure requirements and projected GGR for the Nagasaki IR influence the financial structuring and investor sentiment for the listed entities within the qualifying consortia, particularly Pixel Companyz Inc and Groupe Partouche SA?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338,158],"tags":[23632,23907],"class_list":["post-15366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","category-slider-home","tag-integrated-resorts","tag-land-based-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15366","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\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15366"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15400,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15366\/revisions\/15400"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}