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Japan Innovation Party’s Mikio Shimoji Resigns From Diet Amid 500.com IR Corruption Scandal

January 8, 2020

The former Minister for Postal Service Privatization and Diet member of the Japan Innovation Party, 58-year-old Mikio Shimoji, has resigned from the party after admitting to receiving JPY 1 million from Chine...

Internal 500.com Memo Indicates JPY 5 Million Provided To Five Lower House Representatives In Pursuit Of Japan IR

January 6, 2020

China’s 500.com, a company interested in Japan’s integrated resort industry, has been accused of handing over JPY 3 million to Tsukasa Akimoto, the House of Representatives Member and Deputy Minister for IR i...

Rakuten Wallet Enables Loyalty Points Conversion into Crypto

December 24, 2019

Rakuten Wallet, the crypto wallet and trading platform of the Japanese financial services giant, on Tuesday announced that it had enabled users to convert Rakuten Group’s loyalty points to digital assets. Pe...

Osaka Announces IR Implementation Policy Draft, RFP To Launch This Year

November 22, 2019

Osaka prefecture and city has announced its implementation policy draft, stipulating the conditions required of operators for an IR in Yumeshima and outlining plans to launch its Request for Proposal process ...

Galaxy Has Responded To Eight Japan Requests For Concept Or Information: Francis Lui

November 21, 2019

Galaxy Entertainment Group Vice Chairman Francis Lui says the company has already responded to the Requests for Concept (RFC) or Requests for Information (RFI) of eight Japanese prefectures and cities, and is...

Tokyo IR Bid Looking More likely As Japanese Government Points To 2021 For IR Application Period

November 20, 2019

The Japanese government has announced that the period for accepting IR certification applications will run from 4 January 2021 to 30 July 2021. The schedule takes into consideration the time it will take for...

LVS Says Yokohama IR Should Be “Iconic Like Marina Bay Sands”

November 11, 2019

Las Vegas Sands Managing Director – Global Development, George Tanasijevich, says any integrated resort the company builds in Yokohama should become an iconic part of the city skyline and a major contributor ...

Sega Sammy Set To “Activate” Japan IR Bid By March

November 6, 2019

Japanese gaming and entertainment company Sega Sammy Holdings says it plans to activate its bid to develop an integrated resort in Japan in the second half of its financial year, ending March 2020. The updat...

Line Launches Its Crypto Exchange in Japan

September 18, 2019

Japanese messaging giant Line on Tuesday launched its much-anticipated crypto exchange BitMax in Japan. This came only weeks after LVC Corporation, Line’s blockchain arm, received a license from the Financia...

Yahoo Japan-Backed Crypto Exchange Confirms Launch on May 30

May 27, 2019

Taotao, the cryptocurrency exchange owned by Yahoo! Japan, has confirmed it will be launching its trading service on May 30, according to its official Twitter account. The new platform began accepting pre-re...