Inside Asian Gaming

IAG JUN 2021年6月 亞博匯 90 JAPAN “For Nagasaki, an IR bid is a once in a century opportunity,” he said. “We want to be the model of regional revitalization.” As the operator selection processes are well underway, there is much to observe in the activities of the various local governments. INSUFFICIENT DETAIL IN CASINO MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS Toru Mihara, Chairman of the National Council on Gaming Legislation, and attorney Koji Ishikawa discussed the Casino Administration Committee’s draft casino regulations, which were published in early April. “My conclusion is that there was lack of dialogue with the private sector; it’s old-fashioned and nonsense,” Mihara said after revealing he had read through the regulations no fewer than 30 times. “The content is also unsympathetic, lacking in explanation and inconsistent.” As an example, Mihara pointed to one particular regulation which stipulates that gaming chips cannot be removed from the casino floor. “The operator needs to monitor and watch, but it is impossible to check each and every chip of a small amount,” he said. OSAKA IR TO OPEN IN 2027? Although absent from the Japan IR Forum Online after contracting COVID-19, Hiroshi Mizohata, chairman of the Osaka Convention & Tourism Bureau, recorded a session shortly afterwards which was subsequently added to the event archives. Speaking for over an hour on “The role of the World