{"id":8270,"date":"2020-07-20T22:16:50","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T22:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=8270"},"modified":"2026-04-24T03:29:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T06:29:40","slug":"ir-contender-gives-us200000-to-nagasaki-ngo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/ir-contender-gives-us200000-to-nagasaki-ngo","title":{"rendered":"IR contender gives US$200,000 to Nagasaki NGO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The money will go to relief efforts aimed at alleviating the effects of the recent torrential rains and floods in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Japan.- Oshidori International Holdings, one of the main contenders to participate in Nagasaki\u2019s integrated resort (IR) bid, has made a substantial donation to a local NGO to help the recuperation of the area after recent floods. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oshidori has donated US$200,000 to Akai Hane &#8211; Nagasaki Community Chest Association &amp; Social Welfare Corporation for the relief efforts in the Nagasaki prefecture, GGRAsia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The donation was made through Kyushu Oshidori Children\u2019s Foundation, a non-profit body established by Oshidori International in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Hong Kong-based company is one of the main contenders to become the city\u2019s private partner in a bid for one of the three IR licences to be granted in Japan next year. Current Corp and a Japanese unit of Casinos Austria International are believed to be the other main contenders, although it has been speculated that American casino giant, Las Vegas Sands could also <strong><em><a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/las-vegas-sands-could-re-enter-japan-ir-race\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">re-enter the race<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The IR development would be located at Sasebo city, one of the areas impacted by the recent torrential rains and floods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The selection process to choose a private partner for Nagasaki\u2019s IR bid is to <strong><em><a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nagasaki-to-begin-ir-partner-selection-this-month\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">begin at the end of this month.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The money will go to relief efforts aimed at alleviating the effects of the recent torrential rains and floods in the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8273,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Oshidori International Holdings, a key contender for Nagasaki's Integrated Resort (IR) license, has donated US$200,000 to local flood relief efforts in Nagasaki prefecture. This strategic philanthropic gesture, made through its Kyushu Oshidori Children\u2019s Foundation, precedes the imminent selection process for Nagasaki's private IR partner.","focusai_entities":"Oshidori International Holdings, Akai Hane \u2013 Nagasaki Community Chest Association & Social Welfare Corporation, Kyushu Oshidori Children\u2019s Foundation, Current Corp, Casinos Austria International, Las Vegas Sands","focusai_location":"Japan, Nagasaki, Sasebo city, Hong Kong","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.85), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"IR Bid Impact","query":"How might Oshidori's strategic philanthropic donation influence the Nagasaki prefecture's decision-making process for the Integrated Resort private partner selection?"},{"label":"Competitive Landscape","query":"What are the anticipated next strategic moves from competing IR bidders, such as Current Corp or Casinos Austria International, in response to Oshidori's community engagement initiative?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[473,470,1534],"class_list":["post-8270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-ir","tag-japan","tag-nagasaki"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8270","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=8270"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8281,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8270\/revisions\/8281"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}