{"id":777007502,"date":"2023-07-21T06:22:47","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T09:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777007502"},"modified":"2026-04-22T19:49:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T22:49:28","slug":"japan-still-no-sign-of-decision-for-nagasaki-ir-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/japan-still-no-sign-of-decision-for-nagasaki-ir-plan","title":{"rendered":"Japan: still no sign of decision for Nagasaki IR plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nagasaki&#8217;s governor says he has &#8220;no visibility&#8221; on when the national government will decide on the prefecture&#8217;s IR proposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Japan.- The governor of Nagasaki,\u00a0<strong>Kengo Oishi<\/strong>, has expressed uncertainty over the timeline for the national Japanese government&#8217;s decision on the prefecture&#8217;s bid to host an integrated resort. During a regular media briefing on Wednesday (July 19), Oishi said he had &#8220;no visibility&#8221; into the examination at the government level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The evaluation of Nagasaki&#8217;s proposal is being led by the Japan Tourism Agency and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism. There has been no sign of progress since the assessment panel&#8217;s last meeting on June 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nagasaki\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/japan-only-2-locations-submit-ir-proposals\" target=\"_blank\">submitted an IR District Development Plan<\/a>\u00a0alongside Osaka last year, aiming to partner with\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nagasaki-chooses-casinos-austria-as-ir-partner\" target=\"_blank\">Casinos Austria International Japan Inc<\/a>\u00a0and open its IR by 2027. However, while Osaka&#8217;s proposal has been approved, there&#8217;s no news on Nagasaki&#8217;s. The delay in approval makes a 2027 opening unlikely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nagasaki&#8217;s governor says he has &#8220;no visibility&#8221; on when the national government will decide on the prefecture&#8217;s IR proposal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":17674,"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's governor, Kengo Oishi, has indicated a lack of clarity regarding the national government's decision timeline for the prefecture's Integrated Resort (IR) proposal. This delay, contrasting with Osaka's approved bid, casts doubt on Nagasaki's projected 2027 IR launch in partnership with Casinos Austria International Japan Inc.","focusai_entities":"Kengo Oishi, Japan Tourism Agency, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism, Casinos Austria International Japan Inc","focusai_location":"Japan, Nagasaki, Osaka","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Impediments?","query":"What specific regulatory or political impediments are causing the prolonged review of Nagasaki's IR District Development Plan, particularly in contrast to Osaka's expedited approval?"},{"label":"Casinos Austria Impact?","query":"How will the indefinite delay in Nagasaki's IR approval impact Casinos Austria International Japan Inc.'s capital expenditure planning and its strategic positioning within the Japanese market?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[23632],"class_list":["post-777007502","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\/777007502","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=777007502"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777007502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777007505,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777007502\/revisions\/777007505"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777007502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777007502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777007502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}