{"id":8364,"date":"2020-07-22T22:24:29","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T22:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=8364"},"modified":"2026-04-24T03:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T06:25:10","slug":"nagasaki-admits-ir-process-could-be-delayed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nagasaki-admits-ir-process-could-be-delayed","title":{"rendered":"Nagasaki admits IR process could be delayed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The news comes after the central government confirmed the IR basic policy guidelines won\u2019t be ready by July 26 as expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Japan.- Without a deadline for the release of basic policy guidelines for the selection of private partners for integrated resorts (IR), the Nagasaki request-for-proposal (RFP) process could also be delayed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Central government authorities admitted this week that the IR basic plan for the developments would not be released on July 26 as originally stipulated. Publication of the plan has been <strong><em><a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/japans-ir-policy-no-longer-expected-this-month\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">extended without a fixed deadline<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, with the government expected to add measures related to Covid-19 safety protocols and to limit contact between officials and potential private partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a result, Nagasaki Governor Hodo Nakamura says the prefecture\u2019s RFP process may be delayed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to IAG, the Governor said: \u201cI have not yet received any information that the area certification application period of January to July 2021 has changed at all, but I have also heard some reports that it may be delayed. We still do not have any accurate information, so we must begin the operator recruitment procedure while we watch to see if the [national] operator recruitment period will change.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The prefecture is still working to launch the <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\">process by the end of July<\/a><\/em><\/strong>. The Nagasaki bid is one of the most advanced, while others such as Osaka&#8217;s have already been delayed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Japan\u2019s central government is for now maintaining its original schedule to grant three IR licences in 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The news comes after the central government confirmed the IR basic policy guidelines won\u2019t be ready by July 26 as expected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Japanese central government has indefinitely postponed the release of its Integrated Resort (IR) basic policy guidelines, initially expected by July 26. This regulatory delay is likely to impact prefecture-level Request for Proposal (RFP) processes, specifically threatening Nagasaki's timeline for selecting private partners, despite the government's stated intent to still grant three IR licenses in 2021.","focusai_entities":"Nagasaki, Osaka, Hodo Nakamura","focusai_location":"Japan","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.85), operator_casino (0.95), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"IR Policy Impact","query":"What specific governance framework adjustments or new regulatory compliance measures, particularly related to public health, are anticipated to be included in the revised IR basic policy guidelines?"},{"label":"Licensing Timeline Risk","query":"How does the indefinite postponement of national IR policy guidelines affect the central government's stated objective of granting three IR licenses within 2021, and what contingency plans are being considered?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338,158],"tags":[473,470,1534],"class_list":["post-8364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","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\/8364","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=8364"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21213,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8364\/revisions\/21213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}