Yokohama Mayor-elect Takeharu Yamanaka (pictured) said Sunday evening that the Japanese city would not bid for a casino resort bid, Kyodo News reported. “Yokohama will soon issue an official statement clarifying that it will not bid for an integrated resort (IR) bid because these complexes are known in Japan,” the media quoted him as saying.
Mr. Yamanaka, a former professor at Yokohama City University, won Sunday’s election for Yokohama mayor with 33.59 percent of the vote, GGRAsia’s Japan correspondent reported. He ran with support from the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party, as well as from the Japanese Communist Party and the Social Democratic Party.
Among the other seven candidates were Hachiro Okonogi, a senior Liberal Democrat running as an independent, and incumbent Fumiko Hayashi, who is seeking a fourth term.
Yokohama is the capital of Kanagawa Prefecture, and the country’s second most populous city after Tokyo. Turnout of more than 3 million Yokohama voters was 49.05 percent, up from 37.21 percent in the previous mayoral election in 2017.
Local authorities completed the filing period of a Request for Proposal (RFP) for commercial partners in June on the tilt towards obtaining the casino complex.
Genting Singapore, the operator of Singapore casino arena Resort World Sentosa, and Melco Resorts and Entertainment, the casino operator that operates stadiums in Macau and the Philippines, have been identified as the two contenders for the event. A decision on the winning offer is expected in the coming months.
According to local media reports, Mr. Yamanaka, 48, is described as a strong opponent of IR policy. He suggested that the waterfront property, designated as a casino complex in Yokohama, would be “better used to build hotels, concert halls and other facilities.”
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