Former mayor Fumiko Hayashi declared Yokohama’s interest in an integrated resort in 2019. But her continued support of the casino project contributed to her downfall at the recent election.<\/p>\n
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The new mayor said at his first policy speech at a local assembly Friday that the city government would immediately halt the ongoing process of bidding for the integrated resort “in response to the voices of citizens opposed to the integrated resort project.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The process itself has been halted because of the coronavirus pandemic, but the government has said it plans to pick the three locations between October and April next year.<\/p>\n
Now that Yokohama is out of the picture, just three prospective hosts remain in the city of Osaka and Osaka Prefecture, Wakayama Prefecture, and Nagasaki Prefecture. Each has teamed up with an international casino operator on their respective bids.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Japan\u2019s second-biggest city, Yokohama, has officially withdrawn its bid to host a casino resort. The city was once a big favorite to be chosen as a location for one of three integrated resorts under government legislation passed in 2018 to legalize casino gaming in Japan. But the writing has been on the wall for Yokohama […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":185388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69069,61],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Yokohama Pulls Out of Race for Japanese Casino License<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n