Yokohama City and Economic Organization Full-scale IR Attraction Opponents Launch New Organization 18 November at 18:44
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In Yokohama City, which aims to attract casinos and other IR = integrated resort facilities, the city established a special department for attracting tourists from this month, and a local economic organization also established a promotion council on June 6 to encourage the attraction. On the other hand, citizens who oppose the casino are aiming to launch a new group on the evening of the 6th and conduct a referendum, and movements to attract IR are in full swing.
In August, the city announced the policy of attracting IR including casinos for the first time in local governments in the Tokyo metropolitan area, and a related budget of 260 million yen was passed by the city council.
The city set up a new specialized department “IR Promotion Office” consisting of 25 employees on the 1st of this month to promote the invitation. In the future, we will devise the implementation policy of the city for the public recruitment of businesses.
On the 6th, nine economic organizations such as the local Yokohama Chamber of Commerce and Industry established the “IR Yokohama Promotion Council” in an effort to help attract IR. The council hopes that the increase in tourists by attracting local residents will revitalize the local economy, and will hold events to consider the necessity of IR.
“The creation of a new industry is indispensable to maintain the vitality of the local economy, and IR introduction is an effective way to maintain the vitality of the local economy. I want to build it. "
On the other hand, there are many voices of concern over the attraction of citizens, such as an increase in gambling addiction, worsening security, and adverse effects on the port image.
Also, Yukio Fujiki, chairman of “Yokohama Port Transport Association”, a port operator group that puts warehouses at Yamashita Pier, which is a candidate site for IR, said, “Gambling afflicts many people. "I will protect you and not let you go to the stadium." He has consistently shown the opposite attitude and does not respond to eviction from the wharf.
Under these circumstances, citizen groups and others who have continued opposition will establish a new group on the night of the 6th and begin preparations for signing activities in order to conduct a referendum to ask whether or not to attract IR.
On the other hand, the city will hold a briefing session in all 18 wards of the city from next month, and Mayor Hayashi will show the appeal of IR and countermeasures for gambling, and ask for understanding, but how will you face the opposite voice? Correspondence is questioned.