Inside Asian Gaming

2021 年 8月 IAG JAPAN 67 Japan journalist Shintaro Kamimura, the result of this election will either make or break Yokohama’s IR plans, with a gaggle of anti-IR candidates having declared their intention to bury the city’s bid should they win office. That’s a shame, according to Yokohama native and Managing Director of Japan-based consultancy Bay City Ventures, Joji Kokuryo, who believes the real focus should be on the city’s socio-economic concerns. “It’s unfortunate that IR has become the main discussion topic when as a city – and it’s one of the biggest cities in Japan – there are a lot of other issues at hand,” Kokuryo says. “With all of this for and against IRs, what has been lost are the original reasons Yokohama wanted to develop an IR in the first place. There is a financial Resorts World Sentosa has proven hugely successful for Genting Singapore. リゾートワールド・セントーサはゲンティン・シンガポールにとって大きな成功であることを証明している。 It comes as no surprise that Genting has placed the Yokohama IR bid under its Singapore subsidiary. ゲンティンが横浜IRライセンス獲得を 目指す活動を、シンガポールの子会社 の下に置いていることは何ら驚くこと ではない。 日本