Yukio Fujiki, chairman of the Yokohama Harbor Resort Association, has launched the Yokohama Future Concept Conference, an organisation aiming to support an anti-casino mayor ahead of the mayoral election on 22 August
Yukio Fujiki, chairman of the Yokohama Harbor Resort Association, has launched the Yokohama Future Concept Conference, an organisation aiming to backing an anti-casino city manager beforehand of the mayoral election on 22 August.
During the first conference, Fujiki criticised Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga for supporting integrated resort (IR) projects and stated that Yokohama does non want to rely on casinos. The conference testament likely bear another case in mid-July, one time an appropriate anti-casino mayoral prospect is selected.
Some members of the public, known as the Kanagawa Citizens Ombudsman, are also speaking out against the IR project, reports Asia Gaming Brief.
The radical argues that building a casino inwards Yamashita Wharf, the proposed location for the Yokohama IR, would undermine public welfare. Fujiki echoed the sentiment and said: “Yamashita Wharf is a ‘diamond’ of the earth. It is a station that will tell the fate of what Yokohama and Nippon testament fare for the future.”
However, non all of Yokohama is against the IR project. Chairman of Yokohama Chamber of Commerce and Industry Takashi Ueno verbalised his reinforcement for the gambling casino development, adding that it could follow vital for the city’s economy. He also stated he testament funding a pro-casino mayor.
Yokohama reportedly has foursome potential IR partners: Genting Singapore, Melco Resorts, Sega Sammy Holdings and Shotoku. Sega Sammy late revealed it is provision to partner with a strange society to draw more Chinese customers, and thusly has "shifted stance to take the participation as a minority.”
Analysts also neglect Shotoku as a possible IR partner because the gambling casino requires laboured investment, with doubts over whether the operator possesses the requisite finances. That leaves Genting and Melco as 2 likelier partners for the Yokohama IR.