{"id":487,"date":"2019-10-29T13:35:38","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T13:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=487"},"modified":"2026-04-24T10:14:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T13:14:03","slug":"ir-promotion-council-launched-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/ir-promotion-council-launched-november","title":{"rendered":"IR Promotion Council to be launched in November"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Yokohama Chamber of Commerce &amp; Industry announced the selection of a curated group to promote the city\u2019s integrated resort bid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Japan.-&nbsp; The group \u2013 which was tentatively named IR Promotional Council \u2013 is expected to be established on November 6. In addition to the Yokohama Chamber of Commerce &amp; Industry, other eight groups will also join in the venture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As reported by The Nikkei, officials will be appointed on the day of establishment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every year, the <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/yokohama-ir-bid\"><em><strong>Yokohama Chamber of Commerce &amp; Industry<\/strong><\/em><\/a> submits a summary of the desires and suggestions for municipal government administration; and budget compilation for the next year to coincide with the Yokohama city budget compilation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Similarly, in September, the \u201cDesires for <em><strong>Yokohama City Government Administration<\/strong><\/em>\u201d document was submitted to Mayor Hayashi. It included the hope to make a Yokohama IR bid a reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, the document mentioned, \u201crecognition of the necessity to establish a Yokohama IR Promotion Council with the objective of planning an IR bid for and promoting a unique Yokohama IR; and establish recognition that an IR that creates new industry and jobs is a valid option in order to maintain and develop the city\u2019s economy\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It also highlighted that the IR bid \u201cis considered an effective strategy for resolving Yokohama\u2019s prominent issues; not attracting enough overnight visitors and ensuring new tax revenue \u2026 and we hope that a Yokohama bid would be successful to lead to the revitalization of the city\u2019s economy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, on October 21, Hokkaido\u2019s local economic group announced an \u201cEmergency joint declaration,\u201d promoting a speedy IR bid. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Yokohama Chamber of Commerce &amp; Industry announced the selection of a curated group to promote the city\u2019s integrated resort bid.<\/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 Yokohama Chamber of Commerce & Industry, in collaboration with eight additional entities, is establishing an \"IR Promotional Council\" on November 6 to strategically advance the city's Integrated Resort bid. This initiative is positioned as a critical driver for economic revitalization, new industry creation, job generation, and the resolution of key municipal challenges, including enhancing overnight visitor numbers and securing new tax revenue streams.","focusai_entities":"Yokohama Chamber of Commerce & Industry, IR Promotional Council, The Nikkei, Mayor Hayashi","focusai_location":"Japan, Yokohama, Hokkaido","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.9), operator_casino (0.95), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.85), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"IR Governance Frameworks?","query":"What specific governance frameworks and regulatory compliance measures will the Yokohama IR Promotional Council advocate for to ensure operational integrity and mitigate enterprise risk?"},{"label":"IR Bid Timeline Impact?","query":"How will the establishment of this council influence the national government's timeline for finalizing the IR basic policy and subsequent local government bid submission processes?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,28,16338],"tags":[29,473,470,909],"class_list":["post-487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-casino-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-casino","tag-ir","tag-japan","tag-yokohama"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487","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=487"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777018326,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487\/revisions\/777018326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}