Members of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) have launched a working group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Japan.- Members of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in the Hokkaido prefectural assembly are to create a working group to study the feasibility of\u00a0Hokkaido applying to host an integrated resort (IR) with a casino.\u00a0The Hokkaido Shimbun says the assembly has scheduled a meeting for December 15, at which IR experts from an accounting agency will contribute insights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Koichi Hagiuda<\/strong>, identified as the chairperson of the LDP policy research council, supports the idea of Hokkaido pursuing an IR. This sentiment was echoed by LDP representatives for Hokkaido in Japan’s parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In October,\u00a0Kenji Koganezawa<\/strong>, the head of the Hokkaido Tourism Organization (HTO) said\u00a0the island was considering plans for an IR<\/a>\u00a0in a bid to bolster tourism and the local economy. Hokkaido decided against bidding to host a casino and IR in 2019, citing environmental concerns. However, Tomakomai City has expressed interest in an IR as part of its regeneration strategy. A public policy plan published in December 2022 promoted a casino-resort policy for 2023-2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The only approved casino resort scheme for Japan so far is in Osaka. In September, the Osaka Prefectural Government\u00a0signed an agreement<\/a>\u00a0with a\u00a0consortium<\/a>\u00a0that includes MGM Resorts International and Orix to develop the IR. Nagasaki has bid to host a resort but its proposal has yet to be approved by central government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Members of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) have launched a working group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":20877,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Members of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party in the Hokkaido prefectural assembly are forming a working group to assess the feasibility of hosting an Integrated Resort (IR) with a casino, signaling a potential reversal of their 2019 decision. This initiative, supported by key LDP figures and the Hokkaido Tourism Organization, aims to bolster regional tourism and economic regeneration. While Osaka's IR is approved, Hokkaido's renewed interest could intensify competition for future licensing opportunities in Japan's nascent casino market.","focusai_entities":"Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Hokkaido prefectural assembly, Hokkaido Shimbun, Koichi Hagiuda, Kenji Koganezawa, Hokkaido Tourism Organization (HTO), MGM Resorts International, Orix","focusai_location":"Japan, Hokkaido, Tomakomai City, Osaka, Nagasaki","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.85), compliance_legal (0.75), operator_casino (0.95), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Hokkaido IR Timeline?","query":"What is the projected timeline for Hokkaido's working group to complete its feasibility study and potentially submit an Integrated Resort proposal to the central government, considering the 2023-2027 public policy plan?"},{"label":"Environmental Impact Mitigation?","query":"Given Hokkaido's prior withdrawal due to environmental concerns, what specific mitigation strategies or revised environmental governance frameworks are being considered to address these issues in a new IR proposal?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[23632],"class_list":["post-777011510","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\/777011510","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=777011510"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777011510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777011531,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777011510\/revisions\/777011531"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777011510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777011510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777011510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}