{"id":19002,"date":"2021-06-15T14:18:38","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T14:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=19002"},"modified":"2026-04-23T18:34:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T21:34:21","slug":"nagasaki-anti-ir-group-criticises-lack-of-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nagasaki-anti-ir-group-criticises-lack-of-information","title":{"rendered":"Nagasaki: anti-IR group criticises lack of information"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An anti-IR group has called for more transparency regarding the selection process in Nagasaki.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Japan.- A group dubbed the <strong>Citizen\u2019s Association to Think About the Casino Issue&nbsp;<\/strong>has criticised the lack of information regarding Nagasaki\u2019s bid to develop an integrated resort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nagasaki-3-operators-selected-for-next-ir-round\">The anti-IR group<\/a>&nbsp;had asked for a summary of the meeting in which <strong>Nagasaki\u2019s prefectural government<\/strong> whittled down <strong>five initial contenders<\/strong>&nbsp;to three operators. However, the&nbsp;<strong>request was rejected by the prefecture<\/strong>, which argued that it could harm the business interests of the companies involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The authorities also said revealing <strong>the sumary could affect the neutrality<\/strong>&nbsp;of the selection process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Oshidori International Holdings<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Casinos Austria International<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Niki Chau Fwu Group&nbsp;<\/strong>have entered a competitive dialogue with the prefecture and city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This month, the companies will have to submit&nbsp;<strong>secondary examination documents<\/strong>. Nagasaki is due to<strong>&nbsp;select its final candidate<\/strong>&nbsp;in August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>successful&nbsp;<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nagasaki-ir-partner-to-cover-us1-5m-in-rfp-costs\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IR partner will have to pay JPY158m (US$1.5m)<\/a>&nbsp;for the Request for proposal process and JPY10m (US$92,000) for a background check. Nagasaki hopes to begin its IR development in the mid or late 2020s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An anti-IR group has called for more transparency regarding the selection process in Nagasaki.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":19040,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"An anti-Integrated Resort (IR) group has criticized Nagasaki's prefectural government for a lack of transparency in its IR operator selection process, specifically regarding the shortlisting of contenders. The prefecture rejected requests for meeting summaries, citing potential harm to business interests and the neutrality of the selection. Oshidori International Holdings, Casinos Austria International, and Niki Chau Fwu Group are the current contenders, with a final selection anticipated in August.","focusai_entities":"Citizen\u2019s Association to Think About the Casino Issue, Nagasaki\u2019s prefectural government, Oshidori International Holdings, Casinos Austria International, Niki Chau Fwu Group","focusai_location":"Japan, Nagasaki","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.85), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"IR Transparency Impact","query":"What specific governance frameworks are Nagasaki's prefectural government employing to balance commercial confidentiality with public accountability in the IR selection process, and how might this transparency dispute affect the project's long-term viability and public acceptance?"},{"label":"Operator Due Diligence","query":"How are the shortlisted operators (Oshidori, Casinos Austria, Niki Chau Fwu) mitigating the reputational and operational risks associated with the current transparency concerns and anti-IR sentiment in Nagasaki, particularly as they prepare secondary examination documents?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16338],"tags":[23632],"class_list":["post-19002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-integrated-resorts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19002","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=19002"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19042,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19002\/revisions\/19042"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}