{"id":7261,"date":"2020-06-12T20:55:29","date_gmt":"2020-06-12T20:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=7261"},"modified":"2026-04-24T04:28:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T07:28:35","slug":"tomakomai-ir-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/tomakomai-ir-japan","title":{"rendered":"Survey finds 100 ha for Tomakomai IR"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The environmental impact study assures there\u2019s a chance for IR development in the Japanese city if conservation measures are taken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Japan.- An environmental survey has found that 100 hectares of land in the city of Tomakomai, on the island of <strong><em>Hokkaido<\/em><\/strong>, could be used for integrated resort (IR) development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to IAG, the environmental impact study concluded that \u201cif conservation measures are considered, there&#8217;s a possibility of securing a site of 100 hectares\u201d for a project. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The survey was conducted to anticipate the impact a large IR development would have on flora, fauna, the ecosystem and groundwater in the city\u2019s candidate site for a private IR initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last November, Governor Naomichi Suzuki paused Hokkaido\u2019s application for an IR bid in 2021 to evaluate the potential impact on the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>a local government official told IAG: \u201cThere are plans for a <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/hokkaido-japan-resort\">large-scale resort development<\/a><\/em><\/strong> through the firm MA Platform (Minato, Tokyo), and the city plans to continue promotion of an international resort concept.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tomakomai secured JPY15 million for the IR&#8217;s promotion in the 2020 budget.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The environmental impact study assures there\u2019s a chance for IR development in the Japanese city if conservation measures are taken.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7262,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"An environmental impact study for a potential Integrated Resort (IR) in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, Japan, indicates that 100 hectares could be utilized if stringent conservation measures are implemented. This development follows Governor Naomichi Suzuki's prior pause on Hokkaido's IR bid due to environmental concerns, with MA Platform reportedly planning a large-scale resort. The city of Tomakomai has allocated JPY15 million for the IR's promotion.","focusai_entities":"Tomakomai, Hokkaido, IAG, MA Platform, Naomichi Suzuki","focusai_location":"Japan, Tomakomai, Hokkaido, Minato, Tokyo","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.85), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.8)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Tomakomai IR conservation measures?","query":"What specific conservation measures are proposed to mitigate environmental impact and ensure regulatory approval for the Tomakomai IR, and how do these align with Japan's broader environmental governance frameworks?"},{"label":"MA Platform's next steps?","query":"How does the JPY15 million promotional budget align with the projected capital expenditure for a 100-hectare IR, and what are the immediate next steps for MA Platform in advancing this large-scale resort concept?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338],"tags":[29,473],"class_list":["post-7261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","tag-casino","tag-ir"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7261","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=7261"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777008663,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7261\/revisions\/777008663"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}