{"id":17934,"date":"2021-05-17T13:54:07","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T13:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=17934"},"modified":"2026-04-23T19:31:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T22:31:01","slug":"japan-galaxy-entertainment-quits-yokohama-ir-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/japan-galaxy-entertainment-quits-yokohama-ir-bid","title":{"rendered":"Japan: Galaxy Entertainment quits Yokohama IR bid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Galaxy Entertainment has announced it will not participate in the request-for-proposal (RFP) process for Yokohama’s IR bid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Japan.- The Covid-19 pandemic<\/strong> continues to hamper Japan’s plans to develop three integrated resorts. Galaxy Entertainment<\/a> has now pulled out<\/strong> of the RFP process <\/strong>in Yokohama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The deciision comes just days after Suncity Group<\/a> dropped out of the contest to develop Wakayama’s IR bid <\/strong>due to uncertainty caused by the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Galaxy Entertainment thanked the Yokohama prefecture for letting the company play a role in Yokohama’s IR selection<\/strong> but said it had decided not to participate in the RFP as the business climate had been “exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company said it will continue supporting Japan “in achieving its goal to develop <\/strong>a sustainable and world-class IR industry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the withdrawal of Galaxy Entertainment, four companies remain interested in developing an IR in Yokohama: Genting Singapore Limited, Melco Resorts & Entertainment Limited, Sega Sammy Holdings and Shotoku<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yokohama will hold mayoral elections<\/strong> on Sunday August 22. Current pro-IR mayor Fumiko Hayashi<\/a> has not yet announced whether she will run for a fourth term in office<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two independent anti-IR candidates<\/a>, Masataka Ota<\/strong> and Akiko Fujimura<\/strong>, have launched their respective campaigns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Galaxy Entertainment has announced it will not participate in the request-for-proposal (RFP) process for Yokohama’s IR bid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":17958,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Galaxy Entertainment has withdrawn from Yokohama's Integrated Resort (IR) bid Request for Proposal (RFP) process, citing business climate challenges exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic. This follows Suncity Group's similar withdrawal from Wakayama's IR bid, signaling increasing uncertainty in Japan's nascent IR development. Four entities, including Genting Singapore and Melco Resorts, remain in contention for the Yokohama license amidst upcoming mayoral elections.","focusai_entities":"Galaxy Entertainment, Suncity Group, Genting Singapore Limited, Melco Resorts & Entertainment Limited, Sega Sammy Holdings, Shotoku, Fumiko Hayashi, Masataka Ota, Akiko Fujimura","focusai_location":"Japan, Yokohama, Wakayama","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.75), operator_casino (0.95), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Yokohama IR Outlook","query":"How will Galaxy Entertainment's withdrawal, coupled with Suncity Group's earlier exit, impact the overall viability and competitive intensity of Japan's IR development program, particularly concerning the remaining Yokohama bidders and potential GGR projections?"},{"label":"Political Risk Assessment","query":"What is the probability of a shift in Yokohama's IR policy post-mayoral elections, and how might this political uncertainty further deter major international operators from future participation or investment in Japanese gaming verticals?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,161,16338,158],"tags":[22935,23632],"class_list":["post-17934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-daily-news","category-east-asia-news","category-slider-home","tag-galaxy-entertainment","tag-integrated-resorts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17934","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=17934"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17959,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17934\/revisions\/17959"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}