Charm Offensive<\/strong><\/h2>\nRegional and city governments are required to partner with one private casino operator via an open tender process before submitting a joint integrated proposal to central government.<\/p>\n
So far, eight municipal and regional governments have either committed to or expressed interest in submitting a bid, including Osaka, Yokohama, Tokyo, Wakayama, Prefecture and Nagasaki Prefecture.<\/p>\n
They\u2019re currently being courted by numerous international operators, all desperate to buy a piece of what could quickly become the second-biggest casino market in the world.<\/p>\n
The government is asking that prospective integrated resorts include a hotel larger than existing luxury hotels in Tokyo, a convention space capable of accommodating 3,000 people, and a casino floor that represents no more than three percent of the entire facility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Japan\u2019s Hokkaido prefecture has dropped out of the bid to secure one of the country\u2019s three casino licenses, citing environmental concerns. The news will be a blow to Connecticut casino operator Mohegan Sun, which last month showed its commitment to partnering with the prefecture on a resort project by opening an office in the city […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":121126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69069,61],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Hokkaido Pulls Out of Japanese Casino Race Citing Environmental Angst<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n