Tag Archives: Japan
Japan – S&P Global Ratings schat de uitgaven van MGM in Japan op tussen de 2 miljard en 2.5 miljard dollar
S&P Global Ratings is van mening dat de kosten van MGM Resorts voor zijn geïntegreerde resort in Yumeshima, Osaka, Japan, dat het in 2029 hoopt te openen, tussen de 2 en 2.5 miljard dollar kunnen liggen. Het consortium onder leiding van MGM Resorts en ORIX heeft eerder gezegd dat het veel zal uitgeven in Osaka om succes te garanderen in de race om...
Japan - Swintt sluit een distributieovereenkomst met slotstudio opgericht door NatsumeAtari
Swintt and Samurai Studio have entered an agreement to distribute games via the SwinttStudios partnership programme. Rolled out earlier this year, SwinttStudios is an initiative developed by the Malta-based company that allows boutique software providers to develop and distribute games within the existing Swintt framework. The programme enables partners to focus mainly on the design…
Japan – Casino's Oostenrijk en MGM gaan de Japanse casinorevolutie leiden
Casinos Austria International and MGM look likely to lead the birth of casino gaming in Japan with both the Nagasaki and Osaka prefectures submitting their area development plans for their respective casino bids to the national government. With Wakayama withdrawing from the race, Japan will only see two casinos in the first wave rather…
Japan – Special prefectural committee gives approval for casino project in Wakayama
A special prefectural committee has given its approval to the Wakayama Prefectural Government for Clairvest and Caesars Entertainment’s plans for a Wakayama Marina City-based world-class integrated resort (IR) in Japan. The plan is to build an IR at Wakayama Marina City, covering 569,000 sq. m. with the gaming floor taking up 38,000 sq. m. There…
Japan – ‘Long-stay tourism’ the goal for Japan’s Integrated Resort casinos
The Japan Casino Regulatory Commission has reiterated that the goal of Integrated Resort casino in Japan is to generate ‘long-stay tourism.’ Its approach to casino regulation was updated on its official website with four sections detailed: Concept/Approach to Casino Regulations, Overview of Casino Regulations, Summary of Casino Regulations and Measures against Adverse Effects, and Main…
Japan – Casino's Oostenrijk breidt de voorgestelde voetafdruk van Nagasaki uit met een kostprijs van 3.08 miljard dollar
Casinos Austria International Japan en de prefectuur Nagasaki hebben meer details gepubliceerd over de casinoblauwdruk voor Sasebo City in het themapark Huis Ten Bosch, die in april ter overweging zal worden overgedragen aan de Japanse regering. Dankzij de plannen is de voetafdruk van het project vergroot tot 320,000 m², waarbij het vloeroppervlak van de…
Wil Japan nog steeds casino’s?
A scramble to submit bid applications has reversed polarity. Now the most coveted licences in the world have run into serious head-winds. How did it get to this? G3 speaks to gaming consultant Jonathon Strock, who spent six years investigating a bid for France’s Barriere Group in Wakayama, Japan. He assesses the bidders, the reasons…
Nagasaki: economische motor voor regionale groei en welvaart
Yokohama’s exit from the Integrated Resort licensing process leaves Wakayama, Osaka and Nagasaki each with the potential to win one of the three remaining licences. While Osaka is the front runner ahead of its smaller regional competitors, G3 speaks to Ken Hirata, Vice Governor of Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, about the prefecture’s prospects and why it…
Japan – De nieuwe premier van Japan steunt het casino-initiatief
Fumio Kishida, Japan’s new Prime Minister, has spoken out for the first time about casinos in Japan saying they are a vital step in transforming tourism in the country. Responding to questions from Kiyomi Tsujimoto, Deputy Representative of the Constitutional Democratic Party, on the viability of Integrated Resorts casinos, he said: “It is an important…
