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Hard Rock International still committed to IR plans in Japan

January 5, 2022

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino project updates, Japan

Hard Rock International may have been busy acquiring the Mirage Hotel & Casino in Nevada recently, but they are still working to create a venue overseas. The company reiterated its commitment to Japan and p...

Genting Singapore Limited to fully dissolve Japanese subsidiaries

Adam Morgan

December 29, 2021

Casino proposals, Casino News, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, Japan, Licenses, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

Asian casino operator Genting Singapore Limited has reportedly detailed that it will be winding up its eight-strong club of Japanese subsidiaries after earlier abandoning its campaign to bring a gambling-friend...

Casinos Austria International refines Nagasaki Prefecture plans

Adam Morgan

December 14, 2021

Casino proposals, Casino News, Latest Casino and Gambling News, New Hotels, Casino project updates, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, Japan, Licenses, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

In Japan and Casinos Austria International has reportedly released an updated draft of just what its envisioned Las Vegas-style integrated casino resort for Nagasaki Prefecture may look like and feature. Acc...

Local campaign threatening Nagasaki Prefecture casino bid

Adam Morgan

December 3, 2021

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Casino proposals, Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, Japan, Licenses, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

In Japan and a group of citizens opposed to the campaign to bring an integrated casino resort to Nagasaki Prefecture has reportedly submitted a petition calling on the local government to halt the entire effort...

Kuwana to potentially join Japan’s integrated casino resort race

Adam Morgan

November 26, 2021

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Casino proposals, Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, Japan, Licenses, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

In Japan and the central Honshu city of Kuwana has reportedly expressed an interest in potentially securing one of the nation’s coming trio of licenses to build and operate a Las Vegas-style integrated casino r...

Wakayama Prefecture postpones resident integrated casino resort briefings

Adam Morgan

November 22, 2021

Casino proposals, Casino News, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Casino project updates, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, Employment & Careers, Japan, Licenses, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

In Japan and Wakayama Prefecture has reportedly postponed a series of briefings that were due to be held from later this week so as to allow the local population to ask questions regarding the jurisdiction’s en...

Sega Sammy Holdings Incorporated may start looking to iGaming

Adam Morgan

November 16, 2021

Casino proposals, Casino News, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, Japan, Licenses, Online Gambling News, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

After losing out on the race to bring an integrated casino resort to its home nation and Japanese gaming conglomerate Sega Sammy Holdings Incorporated has reportedly announced that it may now start investigatin...

Wakayama residents petition for a referendum regarding casino bid

Sadonna Price

November 16, 2021

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Industry News, Japan

Residents within the Wakayama feel they should have a say in whether or not the prefecture adds an integrated resort. A petition campaign is currently in the works, as residents feel this issue is a major one a...

Orix Corporation makes pricey Osaka integrated casino resort pledge

Adam Morgan

November 8, 2021

Gaming Law & Legislation, Casino proposals, Casino News, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, Japan, Licenses, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

In Japan and local financial services firm Orix Corporation has reportedly committed to spending at least $2.4 billion on the integrated casino resort it is looking to bring to the city of Osaka. According t...

New Japanese Prime Minister extolls the benefits of coming integrated casino resorts

Adam Morgan

October 13, 2021

Casino proposals, Casino News, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, Japan, Licenses, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

Only a week after being officially appointed as the latest Prime Minister of Japan and Fumio Kishida (pictured) reportedly told parliamentarians that the nation’s coming trio of integrated casino resorts will s...

Nagasaki Prefecture asks chosen casino operating partner for more information

Adam Morgan

October 11, 2021

Casino proposals, Casino News, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, Japan, Licenses, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

In Japan and officials in Nagasaki Prefecture have reportedly asked the consortium being led by European casino operator Casinos Austria International to provide more information on its precise structure and pr...

Japan’s Casino Management Board regulator asks for more money

Adam Morgan

October 5, 2021

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Casino proposals, Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, Japan, Licenses

In Japan and recently-established regulator for the nation’s coming casino industry has reportedly asked the federal government for extra money so that it may hire additional staff and more effectively oversee ...

Casinos Austria International Japan announces details of Kyushu/Nagasaki IR

Sadonna Price

October 4, 2021

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino proposals, Japan

The process of bringing casinos to Japan continues, as potential operators are starting to release proposal ideas for venues. On October 1, Casinos Austria International Japan (CAIJ) provided details on its pla...

Caesars Entertainment Incorporated re-enters Japanese casino license race

Adam Morgan

September 30, 2021

Gaming Law & Legislation, Casino proposals, Casino News, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, Japan, Licenses, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

American casino operator Caesars Entertainment Incorporated has announced that it has joined the consortium looking to win permission to bring a Las Vegas-style development to Japan’s Wakayama Prefecture. Th...

Casino friend Fumio Kishida in line to be the next Prime Minister of Japan

Adam Morgan

September 30, 2021

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Casino proposals, Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Japan

In Japan and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party has reportedly selected long-time political figure Fumio Kishida (pictured) to succeed the unpopular Yoshihide Suga as the Asian nation’s next Prime Minister. ...

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Hard Rock International still committed to IR plans in Japan

Genting Singapore Limited to fully dissolve Japanese subsidiaries

Casinos Austria International refines Nagasaki Prefecture plans

Local campaign threatening Nagasaki Prefecture casino bid

Kuwana to potentially join Japan’s integrated casino resort race

Wakayama Prefecture postpones resident integrated casino resort briefings

Sega Sammy Holdings Incorporated may start looking to iGaming

Wakayama residents petition for a referendum regarding casino bid

Orix Corporation makes pricey Osaka integrated casino resort pledge

New Japanese Prime Minister extolls the benefits of coming integrated casino resorts

Nagasaki Prefecture asks chosen casino operating partner for more information

Japan’s Casino Management Board regulator asks for more money

Casinos Austria International Japan announces details of Kyushu/Nagasaki IR

Caesars Entertainment Incorporated re-enters Japanese casino license race

Casino friend Fumio Kishida in line to be the next Prime Minister of Japan

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