Inside Asian Gaming

IAG JAN 2020年1月 亞博匯 43 封面故事 In 2017 [Chubu Centrair International Airport] was the eighth busiest in Japan, after the four airports in Tokyo and Osaka combined, and the airports in Fukuoka, Sapporo and Okinawa. 2017年，中部國際機場是日本第八大繁忙 機場，僅次於東京及大阪的四個機場，以及 福岡、札幌和沖繩的機場。 Nagoya Castle 名古屋城 Nagoya City Mayor, Takashi Kawamura, said in January 2019 Nagoya would decide “by summer” on an IR bid, but no such decision has been forthcoming. In September last year Mayor Kawamura’s official position remained that Nagoya was “considering it positively.” On 19 December last year Aichi Governor Hideaki Omura announced a public comment period from 20 December 2019 to the end of March 2020. He says a decision on whether Aichi Prefecture will bid or not will be made in April. It remains to be seen whether any Aichi Prefecture IR bid would be based in Nagoya City or Tokoname City, but as mentioned above Governor Omura expressed a preference for the Tokoname City location as recently as December.