{"id":15734,"date":"2021-03-11T16:02:33","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T16:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=15734"},"modified":"2026-04-23T21:11:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T00:11:21","slug":"yokohama-ir-development-could-help-post-covid-19-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/yokohama-ir-development-could-help-post-covid-19-recovery","title":{"rendered":"Yokohama IR development could help post-Covid-19 recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mayor Fumiko Hayashi is trying to persuade residents to support the city&#8217;s IR development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Japan.- Debates surrounding a potential<strong> IR development in Yokohama<\/strong> continue as Mayor Fumiko Hayashi tries to convince residents of the benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/yokohama-ir-only-one-of-the-issues-in-upcoming-elections\" target=\"_blank\">Hayashi has not yet revealed whether she will run for reelection<\/a><\/em>, her government has launched a website and a Facebook page providing information about the plans and benefits of the <strong>&#8220;Yokohama Innovation IR&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the Facebook <strong>fan page has not proved hugely successful. <\/strong>So far it has just 158 &#8220;likes&#8221; when the population of Yokohama city is over 3.75 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The city also staged an interview between Yokohama vice-mayor <strong>Toshihide Hirahara <\/strong>and Keio University Professor <strong>Hiroyuki Kishi<\/strong> to share <strong>pro-IR arguments<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kishi stated that<strong> IR development could help the City&#8217;s economic recovery <\/strong>after the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/who-is-yokohamas-anti-casino-mayoral-candidate\" target=\"_blank\">main opposition candidates<\/a><\/em>, <strong>Masataka Ota<\/strong>, has announced that he will stand on an anti-casino ticket at the mayoral elections in August.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mayor Fumiko Hayashi is trying to persuade residents to support the city&#8217;s IR development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":15740,"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 Mayor Fumiko Hayashi is actively campaigning for the city's Integrated Resort (IR) development, citing post-COVID-19 economic recovery benefits, despite limited public engagement on promotional platforms. 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