{"id":7866,"date":"2020-07-06T21:09:05","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T21:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=7866"},"modified":"2026-04-24T03:53:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T06:53:54","slug":"nagasaki-to-begin-ir-partner-selection-this-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nagasaki-to-begin-ir-partner-selection-this-month","title":{"rendered":"Nagasaki to begin IR partner selection this month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Authorities say they expect to begin the process to choose a private partner for a future integrated resort by the end of July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Japan.- Nagasaki\u2019s prefecture has announced it plans to begin the process to select a private partner for its future integrated resort (IR) by the end of July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officials from the Tourism, Promotion and Transportation Measures Special Committee have said that the proposal stage should be complete by the end of August in order to keep the process on schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The prefecture hopes to make its final selection of an operator by February 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nagasaki is aiming to host one of the three initial IR licences to be granted in Japan, although nationally the process is liable to <strong><em><a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/japan-could-delay-ir-licence-process\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">be delayed<\/a><\/em><\/strong> due to the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em><a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/operators-confirm-interest-in-nagasaki-ir\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Potential partners for the Nagasaki IR<\/a><\/em><\/strong> so far include Oshidori International, Current Corp and a Japanese unit of Casinos Austria International.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities say they expect to begin the process to choose a private partner for a future integrated resort by the end of July.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7868,"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 anticipates initiating the selection process for a private partner for its Integrated Resort (IR) by late July, aiming to finalize an operator by February 2021. This development is part of Japan's broader IR licensing initiative, though national timelines may face pandemic-related delays. Potential partners include Oshidori International, Current Corp, and Casinos Austria International.","focusai_entities":"Nagasaki, Oshidori International, Current Corp, Casinos Austria International","focusai_location":"Japan","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.85), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (0.95), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"IR Licensing Impact","query":"What specific regulatory compliance challenges might arise from the proposed accelerated timeline for partner selection, particularly given potential national delays due to the coronavirus pandemic?"},{"label":"Operator Selection Criteria","query":"Beyond financial capacity, what are the key governance and operational experience criteria Nagasaki Prefecture is prioritizing in its evaluation of potential IR private partners like Oshidori International or Casinos Austria International?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338,158],"tags":[473,470,1534],"class_list":["post-7866","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-nagasaki"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7866","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=7866"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7866\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21211,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7866\/revisions\/21211"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}