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Japan – Yokohama delays IR Implementation Policy for two months

Due to the focus on preventing the spread of COVID-19, the Japanese city of Yokohama city is delaying its Implementation Policy for two months to August 2020.

The policy will outline the size of the IR, its concept and its security measures.

Yokohama Mayor Fumiko Hayashi said: “As a city, I would like to make efforts toward the schedule, especially since the national government has not changed its own policy.”

Applications for IR certification with the national government are stilling running from January to July 2021.

Several big name international operators have laid out Yokohama. Japan-based Sega Sammy Holdings has released an artistic impression of the integrated resort it wants to build on the Yokohama waterfront along with two new local partners.

The group has already announced a Strategic Business Alliance with UK architecture Foster + Partners. Adding to this deal Sega Sammy has now announced two more partnerships, one with with marketing company Katana to promote its ‘Japanese-style IR business plan aiming for increased business success rates’ and one with Japanese restaurateur Kyoto Kitcho.

Las Vegas Sands의 글로벌 개발 전무이사인 George Tanasijevich는 요코하마를 목표로 하는 통합 리조트가 싱가포르의 Marina Bay Sands처럼 도시 스카이라인의 상징적인 부분이 되어야 한다고 말했습니다.

Genting Singapore has said it is ‘engaged in the ongoing request for concept (RFC) by Yokohama city.’

Caption: Sega Sammy’s blueprint for Yokohama