IR race in Japan<\/a><\/em><\/strong>. It was the first time that Mayor Toshihito Kumagai provided a time frame of the decision on whether or not to go forward with an IR bid <\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cIf you calculate backwards from the national IR schedule, there\u2019s not that much time remaining,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eight firms has responded to a formal request-for-information (RFI) process launched by the Japanese city of Chiba regarding the possibility of creating an integrated resort (IR) there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Two of these proposals came from local groups within the city, and the six from other Japanese or international IR operators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chiba is located in the Kanto region, part of Honshu, the largest island of Japan. The region includes the Greater Tokyo Area and encompasses seven prefectures: Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki, Saitama, Tokyo, Chiba, and Kanagawa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The government of Japan announced that the local authorities that want to present proposals for Integrated Resorts (IR) licenses can do it from January 4 through July 30, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This cities and prefectures would have until the end of 2020 to establish their implementation policy for such a scheme and select private-sector partners.
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