{"id":777003661,"date":"2023-03-24T12:45:18","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T15:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777003661"},"modified":"2026-04-22T23:27:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T02:27:23","slug":"osaka-to-increase-number-of-addiction-centres-before-casino-opening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/osaka-to-increase-number-of-addiction-centres-before-casino-opening","title":{"rendered":"Osaka to increase number of addiction centres before casino opening"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Osaka intends to increase the number of psychiatric medical institutions by 140 per cent before the opening of its planned integrated resort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Japan.- Osaka would increase its number of psychiatric medical institutions by 140 per cent to deal with gambling addiction ahead of the opening of its planned integrated resort casino. The number of centres aimed at countering addiction would rise from 25 to 60 by the end of the 2025 financial year<\/strong>, according to documents released by the Osaka authorities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Osaka Addiction Treatment Inclusive Support (OATIS) will be set up to collaborate with an addiction-support centre and an addiction treatment and research centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The information was made public after a meeting that approved the \u20182nd-term promotion plan of gambling addiction countermeasures\u2019. Osaka has made a bid to host an integrated resort with MGM Resorts International and ORIX as its IR partner<\/a>. MGM-Orix has proposed to invest JPY1.08tn (US$8.38bn).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The national government has given applicants the responsibility of creating robust anti-addiction support systems at the local level for those who use casinos at IRs. Osaka\u2019s IR District Development Plan was submitted to national authorities in April last year and is still under consideration. Nagasaki prefecture, which also applied to host a casino resort, is also still awaiting news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On MGM Resorts\u2019 fourth-quarter earnings call, MGM president and CEO Bill Hornbuckle<\/strong> expressed frustration<\/a> at the government\u2019s lack of response to a proposal. Hornbuckle said he hoped there would be news soon but that if not the objective of a 2029 opening would be missed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In February it was revealed Osaka\u2019s prefectural and city authorities had allotted JPY600m<\/strong> (US$4.5m) in the budget for the forthcoming fiscal year<\/a> to their joint pursuit of an IR. According to GGRAsia, this represents a 6.4 per cent decrease from the financial year 2022. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Osaka intends to increase the number of psychiatric medical institutions by 140 per cent before the opening of its planned integrated resort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":16580,"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 is significantly bolstering its responsible gambling infrastructure, planning a 140% increase in psychiatric medical institutions to 60 by FY2025, alongside establishing the Osaka Addiction Treatment Inclusive Support (OATIS). This proactive measure addresses national mandates for local anti-addiction systems, crucial for its proposed JPY1.08tn Integrated Resort (IR) with MGM Resorts International and ORIX. However, the project faces regulatory delays, prompting concerns from MGM's CEO regarding the 2029 operational target.","focusai_entities":"MGM Resorts International, ORIX, Osaka Addiction Treatment Inclusive Support (OATIS), Bill Hornbuckle, GGRAsia","focusai_location":"Osaka, Japan, Nagasaki","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.85), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"IR Project Timeline Impact","query":"How will Osaka's enhanced addiction countermeasures and the national government's prolonged IR approval process impact the projected 2029 opening date and the overall financial viability for the MGM-ORIX consortium?"},{"label":"Regulatory Compliance Efficacy","query":"What specific metrics will be employed to assess the efficacy of Osaka's expanded psychiatric medical institutions and OATIS in mitigating gambling addiction rates post-IR launch, and how will this inform future regulatory frameworks?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[23632],"class_list":["post-777003661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-integrated-resorts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777003661","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\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777003661"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777003661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777003695,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777003661\/revisions\/777003695"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777003661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777003661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777003661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}