) as such schemes are known in Japan, taking into the consideration the “foundation policy” of the country’s government on the issue, says Yuriko Koike (pictured in a file photo), governor of the national capital. Her comments came following the confirmation on Friday of the national basic policy on IRs, according to information collated by GGRAsia’s Japan correspondent. In October, a number ...

People watch a tuna auction from the dedicated deck at the Toyosu fish market in Tokyo’s Koto Ward on Nov. 2. (Shinnosuke Ito) Eighteen tourists took in the first public viewing of a tuna auction at Tokyo’s Toyosu fish market in roughly eight months on Nov. 2. The viewings, which were halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, restarted on the day, but ...

The Japanese national government’s delay in its timetable for receiving proposals from cities around the country, for large-scale casino projects or integrated resorts (IRs), could help the cause of the capital Tokyo, several industry commentators have respectively told GGRAsia. Tokyo – which is still hoping to stage next year the postponed 2020 edition of the summer Olympics – has so far not entered ...

Withdrawal of US operators points to dimmer prospects for gambling market Gamblers play slot machines in Las Vegas: High-profile U.S. casino operators Sands and Wynn Resorts have given up plans to expand in Japan, citing regulatory snags. TOKYO — Multiple foreign casino operators are canceling or putting on hold plans to enter Japan, moves that underscore grimmer prospects for a market that many industry insiders ...

IOC president Thomas Bach speaks after the historic decision to postpone the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games IT firm Atos has extended its Worldwide Olympic Partnership deal with the International Olympic Committee for four years, until the end of 2024, guaranteeing continuity in the operations technology underpinning the Olympic Games. Atos’s previous deal was to expire after Tokyo 2020. The extension ...

Yokohama mayor Fumiko Hayashi has stated her belief that the global COVID-19 pandemic was behind the decision by Las Vegas Sands to withdraw from Japan’s IR race, stating at a press conference on Wednesday, “I am not particularly surprised.” While LVS Chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson suggested in the company’s shock announcement on Wednesday that restrictive regulatory requirements were the primary ...

The mayor of Yokohama, Fumiko Hayashi, has confirmed the city has pushed back it the announcement of its integrated resort implementation policy and its request-for-proposal (RFP) application requirements until August. Both had previously been scheduled to be released in June, with the city government opting to delay their publication in the face of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Nevertheless, Hayashi emphasised that Yokohama’s ...

The Tokyo Games were postponed for a year to 2021 in the aftermath of the new coronavirus outbreak. In Summary • Coates said he thought Tokyo could surpass even the reputation of the 2000 Sydney Games, which he helped organise and were described by then IOC chief Juan Antonio Samaranch as “the best Olympic Games ever”. • The bid, centred ...

World Table Tennis (WTT) has reminded cities that bidding is still open to host competitions for its 2021 calendar despite more than 40 already stating their interest. With competitions at all tiers from the Grand Smashes, the largest events of the WTT Series, through to some of the smaller competitions, the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has encouraged cities to ...

The January 2021 to July 2021 application period for local authorities to ask Japan’s central government for the right to host a casino resort “will likely not move for a host of reasons,” suggests a research paper from consultancy firm Global Market Advisors LLC (GMA). GMA also thinks it is “not a matter of if but when” Tokyo will announce ...