The two-day event will be hosted by the Integrated Resort (IR) Yokohama Promotion Council and the Japan IR Expo in Yokohama Committee<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Japan.- After Prime Minister Shinzo Abe confirmed that there has been no change to the planned schedule for accepting IR applications<\/a><\/em><\/strong> from local governments, Yokohama<\/a><\/em><\/strong> has kicked-off its bid by announcing the country’s first IR expo.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n This week the city will host its first major integrated resorts trade exhibition and conference. The IR Expo in Yokohama gets underway at PACIFICO Yokohama on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to IAG, the two-day event will be hosted by the Integrated Resort (IR) Yokohama Promotion Council and the Japan IR Expo in Yokohama Committee, and facilitated by Innovent, Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe immersion of the IR market is starting to become a reality, leading to high demand for trade fairs in the business community. We will be holding an expo with all the products and services essential to achieving a Japanese IR, all under one roof,\u201d Innovent said about the expo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Multinational companies interesting in building an IR in Japan include Galaxy Entertainment Group, Las Vegas Sands, Melco Resorts & Entertainment, Wynn Resorts, Genting Singapore and Sega Sammy Holdings, who are all expected to attend the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Local companies listed to attend include the likes of Obayashi Corporation, Kajima Corporation, Canon, Daiichi, Takenaka Corporation, Panasonic Corporation, Fujitsu Ltd, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and many more. The two-day event will be hosted by the Integrated Resort (IR) Yokohama Promotion Council and the Japan IR Expo in Yokohama Committee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2814,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Yokohama has initiated its bid for an Integrated Resort (IR) by hosting Japan's inaugural IR expo, following Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's confirmation of the application schedule. This event brings together major multinational casino operators and local corporations, signaling the imminent materialization of Japan's IR market and fostering B2B engagement for essential products and services.","focusai_entities":"Integrated Resort (IR) Yokohama Promotion Council, Japan IR Expo in Yokohama Committee, Innovent, Inc., Galaxy Entertainment Group, Las Vegas Sands, Melco Resorts & Entertainment, Wynn Resorts, Genting Singapore, Sega Sammy Holdings, Obayashi Corporation, Kajima Corporation, Canon, Daiichi, Takenaka Corporation, Panasonic Corporation, Fujitsu Ltd, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Shinzo Abe","focusai_location":"Japan, Yokohama","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.8), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (1.0), tech_data (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (1.0), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"IR Licensing Timeline?","query":"What is the anticipated timeline for the formal IR licensing application process by local governments and subsequent operator selection in Japan, considering the confirmed schedule?"},{"label":"Operator Investment Strategy?","query":"How are the multinational casino operators evaluating the projected capital expenditure requirements and potential ROI for a Yokohama IR, factoring in the evolving regulatory and competitive landscape?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,28,16338,158],"tags":[473,470,2131,909],"class_list":["post-2770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-casino-news","category-east-asia-news","category-slider-home","tag-ir","tag-japan","tag-resort","tag-yokohama"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2770","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2770"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2818,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2770\/revisions\/2818"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"