{"id":3092,"date":"2020-02-04T09:48:11","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T09:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=3092"},"modified":"2026-04-24T08:14:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T11:14:14","slug":"nagasaki-operators-resort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nagasaki-operators-resort","title":{"rendered":"Nagasaki will interview potential IR operators"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three companies have already publicly confirmed their participation in the request for proposal phase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Japan.- The <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/topics\/nagasaki\">Nagasaki<\/a><\/em><\/strong> prefecture and Sasebo city have both announced that they will interview potential IR operators on 21 and 22 February with the preferred candidate set to be chosen by autumn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interested companies have until 13 February to submit their applications.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe hope to publicize our implementation policy for the IR operator public offering and selection around spring of this year. After that, the operator public offering will begin, leading to operator selection around autumn. We are proceeding with preparations based on this schedule,\u201d Nagasaki Governor, Hodo Nagasaki, said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAlong with considerations for participation in the RFP, we will also be accepting applications for additional discussions from operators and hope they will participate in this as well,\u201d Governor Nagasaki added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/three-candidates-nagasaki-casino\">Three companies<\/a><\/em><\/strong> have already publicly confirmed their participation in the RFC phase: Oshidori International Holdings Ltd, a Hong Kong-listed investment holding firm; Japan\u2019s Current Corp; and Casinos Austria International Holding GmbH.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three companies have already publicly confirmed their participation in the request for proposal phase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Nagasaki Prefecture and Sasebo City are progressing with their Integrated Resort (IR) operator selection, scheduling interviews for February 21-22 and aiming to select a preferred candidate by autumn. Key participants in the Request for Concept (RFC) phase include Oshidori International Holdings Ltd, Current Corp, and Casinos Austria International Holding GmbH, underscoring the competitive interest in Japan's emerging IR market.","focusai_entities":"Oshidori International Holdings Ltd, Current Corp, Casinos Austria International Holding GmbH, Nagasaki Prefecture, Sasebo City, Hodo Nagasaki","focusai_location":"Japan, Nagasaki, Sasebo","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.85), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Nagasaki IR Governance Frameworks?","query":"What specific governance frameworks and regulatory compliance requirements are Nagasaki Prefecture and Sasebo City imposing on the prospective IR operators?"},{"label":"Impact on Japan IR Market?","query":"How will the selection of a preferred operator in Nagasaki impact the competitive landscape and potential for other IR developments across Japan?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,28,16338,158],"tags":[473,470,1534,2131],"class_list":["post-3092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-casino-news","category-east-asia-news","category-slider-home","tag-ir","tag-japan","tag-nagasaki","tag-resort"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3092","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=3092"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3127,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3092\/revisions\/3127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}