{"id":312,"date":"2019-10-18T14:41:09","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T14:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=312"},"modified":"2026-04-24T10:20:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T13:20:43","slug":"kyushu-association-of-mayors-to-support-ir-promotion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/kyushu-association-of-mayors-to-support-ir-promotion","title":{"rendered":"Kyushu Association of Mayors to support IR promotion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Japanese Kyushu Association of Mayors is preparing to support IR promotion in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Japan.- Last week, Norio Tomonaga, Sasebo mayor, presented a report exposing the economic impact an IR bid<\/strong><\/em><\/a> would bring to the area, during a local meeting of the Kyushu Association of Mayors in Sasebo, Nagasaki. The meeting took place at a hotel neighbouring Huis Ten Bosch in Sasebo city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moreover, and according to several media reports, many mayors from other prefectures expressed high expectations for \u201cKyushu coming together to support\u201d<\/em> the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Kyushu Association of Mayors is made up of city mayors from Kyushu and Okinawa islands. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the final day, Sasebo Mayor Tomonaga used a video to introduce\nthe IR property the city is working to bid for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also emphasized the wide economic effects an IR would have on\neach region due to the prospective inbound demand of foreign tourists due to\nits proximity to East Asia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was also discussion of the necessity of preparing a network so that sightseeing to all the regions in Kyushu island would be accessible to the IR guests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mayor Tomonaga said \u201cwe are much further along in preparations than other regions. Please continue to support this bid.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Japanese Kyushu Association of Mayors is preparing to support IR promotion in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Kyushu Association of Mayors is actively consolidating regional support for an Integrated Resort (IR) bid, with Sasebo Mayor Norio Tomonaga presenting a detailed report on the projected economic impact. This initiative highlights the strategic intent to leverage inbound tourism from East Asia and establish a comprehensive regional sightseeing network, positioning Kyushu as a leading contender in Japan's IR development landscape.","focusai_entities":"Norio Tomonaga, Kyushu Association of Mayors","focusai_location":"Japan, Kyushu, Sasebo, Nagasaki, Okinawa, East Asia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.85), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (0.95), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Kyushu IR Economic Projections","query":"What specific GGR projections, capital expenditure requirements, and job creation estimates were detailed in Mayor Tomonaga's report, and how do these metrics position Kyushu's IR bid against other potential Japanese prefectural proposals?"},{"label":"Regional IR Governance Frameworks","query":"What inter-prefectural governance frameworks and revenue-sharing models are being considered by the Kyushu Association of Mayors to ensure equitable distribution of IR-derived economic benefits and to manage regulatory compliance across the region?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,28,16338],"tags":[96,29,473,470],"class_list":["post-312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-casino-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-asia","tag-casino","tag-ir","tag-japan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312","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\/133"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20106,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312\/revisions\/20106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}