{"id":19574,"date":"2021-06-29T15:27:07","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T15:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=19574"},"modified":"2026-04-23T18:08:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T21:08:21","slug":"could-tokyo-replace-yokohama-in-japans-ir-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/could-tokyo-replace-yokohama-in-japans-ir-project","title":{"rendered":"Could Tokyo replace Yokohama in Japan’s IR project?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With almost all of Yokohama’s mayoral candidates against an IR development, analysts are starting to wonder whether Tokyo could step into the contest to host an IR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Japan.- With Yokohama’s chances<\/a>\u00a0of hosting an integrated resort in doubt as almost all mayoral candidates voice opposition to a casino, analysts have begun to wonder if that could leave the door open for\u00a0Tokyo to bid for an integrated resort licence<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, a survey by a local newspaper found that 66 per cent are against an IR development<\/strong>\u00a0and only 24 per cent of are in favour, which makes the chances seem remote. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That leaves Nagasaki as one of the most well-prepared cities to gain one of\u00a0Japan\u2019s planned three licences despite\u00a0<\/strong>an anti-IR group<\/a>‘s recent petition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In\u00a0Wakayama<\/a>,\u00a0Clairvest<\/strong>\u00a0Neem Ventures\u00a0<\/strong>is the only remaining contender for its IR bid. The prefecture was left with little choice after\u00a0Suncity Group<\/a> withdrew from the process\u00a0due to uncertainty caused by the impact of the Covid-19\u00a0<\/strong>pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Osaka<\/a>, MGM-Orix<\/strong> remains the only contender<\/strong> despite an extension of the deadline for submissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to local media, Osaka\u2019s authorities now fear they won\u2019t be able to control the conditions<\/strong> for the IR development plans due to the risk of MGM pulling out of the tender.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With almost all of Yokohama’s mayoral candidates against an IR development, analysts are starting to wonder whether Tokyo could step into the contest to host an IR.<\/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":"Japan's Integrated Resort (IR) development faces significant political and public sentiment hurdles, particularly in Yokohama, prompting speculation about Tokyo's potential entry despite similar public opposition. Concurrently, Wakayama's bid progresses with Clairvest Neem Ventures as the sole remaining contender following Suncity Group's withdrawal, while Osaka authorities express governance concerns regarding development conditions given MGM-Orix's singular position.","focusai_entities":"Clairvest Neem Ventures, Suncity Group, MGM-Orix","focusai_location":"Yokohama, Tokyo, Nagasaki, Wakayama, Osaka, Japan","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (0.95), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Yokohama IR Impact?","query":"What are the specific implications of Yokohama's mayoral opposition on the broader Japanese IR development timeline and the potential for other cities to accelerate their bids?"},{"label":"Osaka IR Control?","query":"How might Osaka's authorities mitigate the risk of losing control over IR development conditions, particularly given MGM-Orix's sole contender status and the potential for withdrawal?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,154,158],"tags":[23632],"class_list":["post-19574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-legislation-news","category-slider-home","tag-integrated-resorts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19574","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=19574"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19600,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19574\/revisions\/19600"}],"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=19574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}