{"id":17424,"date":"2021-04-30T14:10:03","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T14:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=17424"},"modified":"2026-04-23T19:56:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T22:56:23","slug":"nagasaki-to-launch-education-consortium-to-train-future-ir-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nagasaki-to-launch-education-consortium-to-train-future-ir-workers","title":{"rendered":"Nagasaki to launch education consortium to train future IR workers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The education consortium will officially be launched if Nagasaki is finally selected as the location for one of Japan&#8217;s three IRs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Japan.- Nagasaki\u2019s prefectural government has announced it is seeking to\u00a0<strong>form a consortium of public institutions\u00a0<\/strong>to train young people <strong>to work at the city&#8217;s possible future IR<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to local media, twenty officials have held a non-public meeting to start discussing the\u00a0<strong>development and structure of the future education consortium<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hideya Inoue<\/strong>, an <strong>academic specialist in international hotel management <\/strong>and dean of the Department of International Tourism at Nagasaki International University was selected as the chairman of the consortium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In February last year, the\u00a0<strong>Nagasaki International University<\/strong>\u00a0announced it was thinking about launching an\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nagasaki-university-ir-casino\">IR management course<\/a>\u00a0to help educate and train people interested in working at the IR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In March,\u00a0<strong>Nagasaki announced the three operators\u00a0<\/strong>that it has selected as potential partners for its bid to\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nagasaki-3-operators-selected-for-next-ir-round\"><strong>develop an integrated resort<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another city that is seeking to gain one of the three licences to develop an IR in Japan is\u00a0<strong>Yokohama<\/strong>, although <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/hayashi-may-not-seek-reelection-yokohama-ir-in-danger\">pro-IR mayor Fumiko Hayashi<\/a>\u00a0has not yet announced\u00a0<strong>whether she will run for a fourth term in office.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The education consortium will officially be launched if Nagasaki is finally selected as the location for one of Japan&#8217;s three IRs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":17425,"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's prefectural government is initiating an education consortium, led by Nagasaki International University, to train a workforce for a potential Integrated Resort (IR). 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