They are able to present their proposals till July 30<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Japan.- The government of Japan announced that the local authorities that want to present proposals for Integrated Resorts<\/a><\/em><\/strong> (IR) licenses can do it from January 4 through July 30, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Japan Tourism Agency announced on Tuesday certain details about the schedule. They suggested the timetable is the subject of public consultation up to December 18 this year. After that, the government is going to confirm the last details for IR proposal submissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to this Tuesday report, it’s known that there are a big number of interested local governments. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the prefectures of Hokkaido, Nagasaki, Osaka, and Wakayama. Also, cities such as Chiba, Nagoya, Osaka, and Yokohama are interested in hosting an IR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These cities and prefectures would have\u00a0until the end of 2020 to establish their implementation policy for such a scheme and select private-sector partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As we already mentioned in our website<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, Osaka showed its ambition to launch a casino resort by 2025. In that year, the city is hosting the World Expo. Even more, Osaka<\/a><\/em><\/strong> will start recruiting operators for the casino project in December. They are able to present their proposals till July 30<\/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 government has established the submission window for Integrated Resort (IR) license proposals from January 4 to July 30, 2021, following a public consultation period concluding December 18. This development signals a critical phase for numerous interested local governments, including Tokyo, Osaka, and Yokohama, as they finalize implementation policies and select private-sector partners, with Osaka notably targeting a 2025 IR launch to coincide with the World Expo.","focusai_entities":"Japan Tourism Agency, Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Hokkaido Prefecture, Nagasaki Prefecture, Osaka Prefecture, Wakayama Prefecture, Chiba City, Nagoya City, Osaka City, Yokohama City","focusai_location":"Japan, Tokyo, Hokkaido, Nagasaki, Osaka, Wakayama, Chiba, Nagoya, Yokohama","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.85), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"IR Proposal Criteria","query":"What specific evaluation criteria, beyond financial commitments and tourism impact, will the Japan Tourism Agency prioritize in assessing Integrated Resort proposals, particularly concerning responsible gambling frameworks and local economic integration?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Impact","query":"How might the ongoing public consultation influence the final regulatory framework for IRs, specifically regarding B2B\/B2C licensing stipulations, operational governance, and potential market entry barriers for international operators?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,28,16338],"tags":[96,29,473,470,707],"class_list":["post-864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-casino-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-asia","tag-casino","tag-ir","tag-japan","tag-osaka"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864","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=864"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21551,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864\/revisions\/21551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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