policy on integrated resorts due to Covid-19 pandemic<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, but Yokohama seeking to maintain a dialogue with possible operators to keep its intended bid alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\nYokohama mayor Fumiko Hayashi has said that the municipal administration remains interested in moving forwards as soon as possible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mayr said: \u201cThe revitalisation of tourism and the MICE industry is indispensable for the long-term advance of Yokohama\u2019s economy, but shouldn\u2019t we also be examining the direction of these businesses in the post-coronavirus era?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Last month, Yokohama city government indefinitely postponed publication of its own IR implementation policy due to uncertainty over the national government\u2019s policies and timelines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The city still expects to move forward with its integrated resorts bid, and intends to maintain dialogue with investors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9823,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Yokohama intends to proceed with its Integrated Resort (IR) bid and maintain dialogue with investors, despite national delays in Japan's basic IR policy due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The municipal administration emphasizes the importance of tourism and MICE for economic revitalization, while also considering post-pandemic business directions. Yokohama's own IR implementation policy remains postponed pending national clarity.","focusai_entities":"Fumiko Hayashi, Yokohama, Japan","focusai_location":"Japan, Yokohama","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (0.95), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Yokohama's Governance?","query":"What specific governance frameworks is Yokohama proposing to mitigate regulatory uncertainty given the national policy delays for Integrated Resorts?"},{"label":"Impact on B2C Licensing?","query":"How might the prolonged national policy delay impact the competitive landscape for B2C licensing and the financial viability of prospective IR operators in Japan?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,28,161,16338,158],"tags":[12436,23632,470],"class_list":["post-9821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-casino-news","category-daily-news","category-east-asia-news","category-slider-home","tag-casinos","tag-integrated-resorts","tag-japan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9821","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=9821"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9827,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9821\/revisions\/9827"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}