G3 INSIGHT - LAND-BASED GAMING Japan Te Nagasaki IR bid Yokohama’s exit from the Integrated Resort licensing
process leaves Wakayama, Osaka and Nagasaki each with the potential to win one of the three remaining licences. While Osaka is the front runner ahead of its smaller regional competitors, G3 speaks to Ken Hirata, Vice Governor of Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, about the prefecture’s
prospects and why it is so important for Nagasaki to secure a licence for the future prosperity of the region.