2021: Japan IR – Crunch time
Owning and operating an integrated resort in Japan remains the undisputed holy grail of the global gaming industry. But introducing a totally new IR industry to Japan has been a rocky road with more twists than an Agatha Christie novel...
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In safe hands
IAG sits down with Dr Naoyuki Nishimura, chairman of the Recovery Support Network, to discuss his work assisting pachinko players with a gambling problem. Japan is on its way to developing its first IRs. One of the primary demands accompanying...
A spirit of social responsibility
Inside Asian Gaming meets the owners of three local SMEs at Broadway Macau to find out how partnering with Galaxy Entertainment Group has helped them reach dizzying new heights. According to an old Chinese proverb, “Give a poor man a...
Taxation tremors
IAG takes a deeper look at how Japan’s tax system for IRs will work when it comes to taxing local residents, after the government recently revealed foreigners will be exempt from paying tax on winnings. The general framework for taxation...
10 years ago
Inside Asian Gaming celebrates its 16th year in 2021, and since our launch back in 2005 we’ve compiled an enormous library of articles covering the Asian Gaming Industry. In this new regular feature from IAG, each month we will look...
Creating an RG culture beyond the boardroom
In the fourth installment of a new collaboration between IAG and the Responsible Gambling Council, RGC Managing Director and Director of the Centre for the Advancement of Best Practices, Janine Robinson, discusses the importance of imbedding RG into a company’s...
Sheldon Adelson: Supercharged by Asia
[Ed: The gaming world was met with the sad news of the passing of Las Vegas Sands Chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson overnight (Las Vegas time). Read our obituary of the visionary gaming figure who singled-handed changed our industry, and...
Still a chance for Hokkaido?
IAG takes a look at recent developments in Hokkaido which may be positioned to rejoin Japan’s regional IR race following delays to the national development schedule as a result of COVID-19. A year has passed since Hokkaido pulled out of...
