Announcement time of Yokohama-shi IR invitation implementation policy To further procrastinate 6:20 on August 20
The city of Yokohama, which is promoting the attraction of IR = integrated resort facilities including casinos, has decided to postpone the publication of the implementation policy, which was postponed this month due to the effect of the new coronavirus.
The city of Yokohama has a policy of attracting IR, including a casino, at Yamashita Pier in the Port of Yokohama, and is in the process of formulating an implementation policy that includes the conditions for public offering of businesses.
Initially, the implementation policy was scheduled to be announced in June, but it was postponed to August due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection affecting the work of staff.
Regarding this, Mayor Fumiko Hayashi of Yokohama City at the press conference on the 19th, in addition to the delay in the formulation of the national basic policy on IR, it is necessary to focus on measures against the now expanding infection. As a result, it was announced that the publication of the implementation policy would be postponed further.
Regarding IR, major American company "Las Vegas Sands" has announced that it will abandon its entry into the Japanese market, and civic groups are also opposed to the invitation.
Mayor Hayashi said, "In the current situation, the opening time will be quite late, but it is one of the important economic activities after the corona is over, and it will be necessary in the future." Emphasized.
The city of Yokohama has not announced when the postponed implementation policy will be announced again.