{"id":9838,"date":"2020-09-09T21:26:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-09T21:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=9838"},"modified":"2026-04-24T01:58:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T04:58:55","slug":"suncity-opens-wakayama-ir-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/suncity-opens-wakayama-ir-office","title":{"rendered":"Suncity opens Wakayama IR office"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The new location will serve as a base for the company\u2019s Japanese team and will have a public cafe and venue for community events.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Japan.- Suncity Group has offered a preview of new offices in Wakayama, Japan, which will open to the public on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The casino and resort operator has expressed its interest in participating in this city\u2019s bid for one of three integrated resort (IR) licences Japan plans to issue in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the new office, visitors will be able to view scale models and videos of the firm\u2019s concept for the future resort in the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although Wakayama has <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wakayama-delays-operator-decision-until-2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">postponed the process<\/a> <\/em><\/strong>to select a private partner for its bid, Suncity has <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/suncity-signs-sponsorship-deal-with-japanese-club\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pressed on<\/a><\/em><\/strong> to establish itself as a brand in the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This new office measures 354 square meters will serve as base for its Japan team. It will also offer a public cafe and an event venue where Suncity plans to host seminars addressing gambling addiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Suncity has committed to represent Japanese culture and natural heritage in its IR project, for which it&#8217;s assigned a budget of between US$3.9 billion and US$4.5 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It says the IR would have 2,600 hotel rooms and villas, restaurants and a sky lounge, spas, an exhibition venue, indoor sports facilities and would offer boat tours to nearby coastal towns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Along with Suncity, the only other known potential private partner for Wakayama\u2019s IR bid, it Canada-based Clairvest Group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new location will serve as a base for the company\u2019s Japanese team and will have a public cafe and venue for community events.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9840,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Suncity Group has opened new offices in Wakayama, Japan, as part of its strategic commitment to secure one of Japan's forthcoming Integrated Resort (IR) licenses. This move, despite Wakayama's delayed partner selection process, establishes a local brand presence, showcases the firm's US$3.9-4.5 billion IR concept, and includes community engagement initiatives like gambling addiction seminars. The Group is competing with Clairvest Group for the bid.","focusai_entities":"Suncity Group, Clairvest Group","focusai_location":"Japan, Wakayama, Canada","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.95), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.85), journalist_researcher (0.9), marketing_crm (0.75)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Suncity's IR GGR Projections?","query":"What is the projected Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) contribution of Suncity's proposed Wakayama IR to the Japanese market, and how does this forecast align with the broader economic impact assessments for the region?"},{"label":"Responsible Gambling Framework?","query":"How will Suncity Group's proposed responsible gambling initiatives, particularly the addiction seminars, integrate with and potentially influence Japan's evolving regulatory compliance and governance frameworks for Integrated Resorts?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,161,16338,167],"tags":[473,470,23702],"class_list":["post-9838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-daily-news","category-east-asia-news","category-news-region","tag-ir","tag-japan","tag-suncity-group"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9838","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=9838"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9838\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9852,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9838\/revisions\/9852"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}