{"id":777012966,"date":"2024-02-07T08:42:01","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T11:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777012966"},"modified":"2026-04-22T13:15:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T16:15:32","slug":"nagasaki-considers-filing-appeal-over-ir-rejection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nagasaki-considers-filing-appeal-over-ir-rejection","title":{"rendered":"Nagasaki considers filing appeal over IR rejection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nagasaki Prefecture is still seeking details on why its IR proposal was rejected. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Japan.- Nagasaki Prefecture is contemplating the possibility of an appeal against the rejection of its plan to develop an integrated resort (IR) in Sasebo city by Japan&#8217;s national authorities.\u00a0According to GGRAsia, deputy governor\u00a0<strong>Yuko Baba<\/strong>\u00a0noted the possibility during a meeting of the prefectural assembly&#8217;s general affairs committee on February 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under Japan&#8217;s Administrative Appeal Act, Nagasaki Prefecture has three months from the national authorities&#8217; announcement on December 27 to submit an administrative appeal. Baba mentioned that the prefecture is evaluating whether to proceed with IR plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last month,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nagasaki-asks-for-explanation-of-ir-rejection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the prefecture sought clarification from the Japan Tourism Agency<\/a>\u00a0regarding the decision to reject its plan but no response has been received. It had <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/japan-only-2-locations-submit-ir-proposals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">submitted its IR District Development Plan<\/a>\u00a0alongside Osaka in 2022, aiming to partner with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nagasaki-chooses-casinos-austria-as-ir-partner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Casinos Austria International Japan<\/a>\u00a0and to open its IR by 2027. The expected total cost for the development was to be\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nagasakis-ir-costs-rise-by-25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">JPY438.3bn (US$3.8bn)<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nagasaki Prefecture is still seeking details on why its IR proposal was rejected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":777009718,"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 Prefecture is evaluating an appeal against the national authorities' rejection of its JPY438.3bn (US$3.8bn) integrated resort (IR) proposal for Sasebo city. The prefecture, which partnered with Casinos Austria International Japan, is seeking clarification from the Japan Tourism Agency regarding the December 27 decision.","focusai_entities":"Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan's national authorities, GGRAsia, Yuko Baba, Japan Tourism Agency, Osaka, Casinos Austria International Japan","focusai_location":"Japan, Nagasaki, Sasebo, Osaka","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.85), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.8)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"IR Appeal Precedent?","query":"What are the historical precedents and success rates for administrative appeals against national regulatory rejections of major infrastructure projects in Japan, particularly within the gaming or tourism sectors?"},{"label":"Capital Market Impact?","query":"How might the ongoing regulatory uncertainty surrounding the Nagasaki IR project, including the potential appeal, impact investor sentiment and capital allocation for future integrated resort developments in Japan?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,154],"tags":[24010,14017],"class_list":["post-777012966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-legislation-news","tag-casinos-austria-international","tag-integrated-resort"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777012966","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=777012966"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777012966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777012999,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777012966\/revisions\/777012999"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777009718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777012966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777012966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777012966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}