Potential integrated casino resort move for Kuwana
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Kuwana is considering applying for one of the coming licenses to build and operate a Las Vegas-style integrated casino resort. Kuwana will be vying with three other cities for the license.
Gambling is illegal in Japan, but the coalition government passed legislation in July 2018 that will see a trio of large integrated casino resorts that could be open by the end of the decade. Wakayama Prefecture, Osaka and Nagasaki Prefectures have already selected their preferred operating partners and are preparing to submit their official bids to a panel of federal selectors.
Kuwana, a community of 35,000 people, is considering an integrated casino resort license bid. The northern Honshu city of Shinjo may also be preparing to lodge an official casino license application.
Kuwana is a prefectures and ordinance-designated city that could be given the right to bid for an integrated casino resort license. Katsuyuki Ichimi, who was a senior official with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, is the governor for Mie Prefecture.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism is helping to coordinate the county's integrated casino resort policies. Ichimi's predecessor did not consider entering the race for one of the three licenses in 2019.
