honor any ballot referendum<\/a> motion with valid signatory support.<\/p>\nYokohama IR Policy Development<\/b><\/h2>\n
Despite the opposition saying they’ve obtained enough referendum signatures, Hayashi announced the formation of the Yokohama IR Promotion Council late last week. The group is being tasked, according to Inside Asian Gaming<\/i>, with facilitating the exchange of feedback on issues relating to the IR bid.<\/p>\n
The committee is set to hold its first meeting on November 17. Hayashi will be joined on the Council by Kanagawa Prefecture Governor Yuji Kuroiwa, who is independent of a political party. Seats are also afforded to reps from the Kanagawa Public Safety Commission, Yokohama Neighborhood Association, Yokohama Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Yokohama City University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Yokohama residents could face a ballot referendum in the future asking whether they support an integrated resort (IR) casino in the city. Opposition to allowing Yokohama to be one of the three locales with a commercial casino is escalating in Japan’s second- largest city by population. A committee dedicated to expressing the public’s opinion on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":154829,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69069,61],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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