{"id":5346,"date":"2020-04-07T09:17:20","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T09:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=5346"},"modified":"2026-04-24T06:21:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T09:21:54","slug":"nagasaki-ir-casino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nagasaki-ir-casino","title":{"rendered":"Nagasaki IR plans continue as RFP process nears"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nagasaki prefecture plans to have completed the request for proposal process this spring and continue to develop its IR project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Japan.- Nagasaki prefecture integrated resorts plans remain on track despite the Coronavirus crisis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The prefecture is still pushing ahead with identifying and selecting a private sector partner to develop a casino resort with a request for proposal set to get underway shortly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nagasaki, which is representing the Kyushu region in the race to secure one of three IR licences, has earmarked a 31-hectare (76.6-acre) site at the <em><strong>Huis Ten Bosch theme park<\/strong><\/em> in Sasebo city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This week the prefecture published an updated version of what it calls the local IR Basic Concept Plan. It includes the prefectural government\u2019s updated estimates on what it terms the \u201ceconomic ripple effect\u201d that an IR could bring to the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The document suggests&nbsp;an IR scheme in Sasebo city could generate JPY610 billion (\u20ac5.1billion) to JPY810 billion (\u20ac6.8billion) in construction-related economic benefits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the IR is operational, it could generate JPY320 billion (\u20ac2.7billion) to JPY420 billion (\u20ac3.5billion) in an \u201ceconomic ripple effect\u201d each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The prefectural government says an IR scheme&nbsp;could create&nbsp;construction-related jobs for 630,000 to 840,000 people in Kyushu; and indirectly create jobs for 280,000 to 360,000 when the scheme is in operation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nagasaki prefecture plans to have completed the request for proposal process this spring and continue to develop its IR project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5350,"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 is proceeding with its Integrated Resort (IR) project, maintaining its timeline for the Request for Proposal (RFP) process despite global challenges. The prefecture, representing the Kyushu region, aims to select a private sector partner for a casino resort at Huis Ten Bosch in Sasebo city, projecting significant construction and operational economic benefits.","focusai_entities":"Nagasaki prefecture, Kyushu region","focusai_location":"Japan, Nagasaki, Sasebo city","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.75), operator_casino (0.95), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.85), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"RFP Timeline Impact?","query":"What specific adjustments, if any, have been made to Nagasaki's IR RFP timeline, and how might this affect the final selection of a private sector partner?"},{"label":"Economic Projections Methodology?","query":"What is the underlying methodology and key assumptions used by Nagasaki prefecture to derive the projected JPY610-810 billion construction and JPY320-420 billion annual economic ripple effects?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,28,161,16338,167],"tags":[29,473,470,9905],"class_list":["post-5346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-casino-news","category-daily-news","category-east-asia-news","category-news-region","tag-casino","tag-ir","tag-japan","tag-resorts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5346","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=5346"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777008574,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5346\/revisions\/777008574"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}