{"id":7530,"date":"2020-06-23T23:55:02","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T23:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=7530"},"modified":"2026-04-24T04:12:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T07:12:22","slug":"osaka-delays-ir-process-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/osaka-delays-ir-process-again","title":{"rendered":"Osaka delays IR process again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Authorities admit there&#8217;s no specific deadline for the city\u2019s request-for-proposal (RFP) process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Japan.- Osaka prefecture in Japan has confirmed the partner selection process for its future integrated resort (IR) has been further delayed with no specific deadline set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The process came to a halted owing to measures against the Covid-19 pandemic and has since suffered several delays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The deadline for the request-for-proposal (RFP) process continues to be delayed, and the new date will now be announced once the national policy on IRs is set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The biding process until now had attracted only two qualified applicants, MGM Resorts International and Japan&#8217;s Orix Corp. Both companies still have to go through the RFP due process and executives have been unable to travel to get acquainted with the requirements because of Covid-19 restrictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Osaka\u2019s mayor, Ichiro Matsui, said the city would not expect to open the first IR in the <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/osaka-integrated-resort\">second half of 2027<\/a><\/em><\/strong> at the earliest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities admit there&#8217;s no specific deadline for the city\u2019s request-for-proposal (RFP) process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7532,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Osaka's integrated resort (IR) partner selection process, specifically the Request-for-Proposal (RFP) deadline, faces further indefinite delays. This postponement is attributed to ongoing COVID-19 travel restrictions impacting applicant due diligence and the pending finalization of national IR policy. Consequently, the earliest operational commencement for Osaka's IR is now projected for the second half of 2027.","focusai_entities":"MGM Resorts International, Orix Corp., Ichiro Matsui","focusai_location":"Japan, Osaka","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Japan IR Policy Impact","query":"What specific elements of the pending national IR policy are causing the RFP delay, and how might these influence the final operational and regulatory framework for Osaka's integrated resort?"},{"label":"Operator Strategy Shift","query":"How are the continued delays impacting the capital allocation and market entry strategies of qualified applicants like MGM Resorts International and Orix Corp. for the Japan IR opportunity?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338,158],"tags":[473,470,707],"class_list":["post-7530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","category-slider-home","tag-ir","tag-japan","tag-osaka"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7530","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=7530"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7539,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7530\/revisions\/7539"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}