{"id":72119,"date":"2018-03-06T15:00:46","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T23:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=72119"},"modified":"2018-03-06T13:42:49","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T21:42:49","slug":"japanese-casinos-unpopular","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/japanese-casinos-unpopular\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Integrated Resorts Still Hugely Unpopular Among Japanese Populace"},"content":{"rendered":"

Japan\u2019s impending integrated resorts have been a long-cherished dream of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe<\/a> \u2013 part of his grand plan for economic growth and increased tourism. But the general populace isn\u2019t quite so sure.<\/p>\n

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Three Japanese casino licenses? Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is a big fan of integrated resorts, the populace less so. Meanwhile, the minority coalition Komeito Party is cautious about numbers. (Image: Reuters)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And they still aren\u2019t, according to the latest polls.<\/p>\n

While the Integrated Resorts Implementation Bill has strong backing in the Diet (Japanese parliament), the latest survey by the Kyodo news agency puts support for casinos at a measly 26.6 percent. Over 65.1 percent, meanwhile, said they were outright opposed to casinos, while the rest were unsure.<\/p>\n

That 2:1 ratio has been consistent with almost all polling on casinos going back several years. The numbers have barely budged an inch.<\/p>\n

Lost in Translation <\/strong><\/h2>\n

According to Edward Tracey, CEO of Hard Rock Japan, it\u2019s a problem of perception.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur research shows that there\u2019s no literal translation of \u2018integrated resort\u2019 in Japanese,\u201d he said at the recent International Casino Exhibition in London.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cIf you say \u2018integrated resort,\u2019 they think \u2018casino,\u2019 and that has certain connotations that refer back to the pachinko social problems. It doesn\u2019t get to the difference between a big box gambling house and an integrated resort. So our job is to help educate the public right now and that\u2019s what we\u2019re spending a lot of our time doing.\u201d<\/p>\n

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According to Asia Gaming Brief<\/em>, only two polls have shown significantly different results, in both cases when more specific questions were asked, and more information related to the potential impact on local communities was provided.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

A January poll conducted by the Nagasaki Shimbun<\/em> newspaper found a majority of the public were in favour of building an integrated resort at the Huis Ten Bosch theme park because they felt it would have a positive effect on the local economy.<\/p>\n

The area was hit hard by Japan\u2019s nineties economic slump and has never quite recovered. The theme park filed for bankruptcy in 2003.<\/p>\n

Komeito Calls for Three Licenses<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Meanwhile, a poll in February by the Nippon Research Center, commissioned by Las Vegas Sands Corp, found a majority of respondents said they would like to see something like Marina Bay Sands in Japan, after they had been given extensive information on the Singapore resort.<\/p>\n

Whether they will ever see a LVS resort in Japan depends on how many licenses lawmakers ultimately make available and which developers impress, and promise to invest, the most during the bidding process.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, the Buddhist-influenced Komeito Party, a minority partner with Abe\u2019s Liberal Democrat Party in the ruling coalition, said it wanted no more than three licenses.<\/p>\n

“For Komeito, I think it will be extremely hard to go higher than three,” Komeito casino panel member<\/a> Kiyohiko Toyama told Bloomberg<\/em> this week.<\/p>\n

“If it goes well we could increase it a bit,\u201d he added. \u201cKomeito is not saying three should be the limit forever, but let\u2019s try three to start with.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Japan\u2019s impending integrated resorts have been a long-cherished dream of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe \u2013 part of his grand plan for economic growth and increased tourism. But the general populace isn\u2019t quite so sure. And they still aren\u2019t, according to the latest polls. 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