All this while Kyodo seems to again be high as a kite.
Japan's top government spokesman Hirokazu Matsuno said at a press conference Wednesday he would "refrain from commenting on the situation of individual local governments" but stressed that "IRs are an important initiative for Japan to become a developed tourist destination.
Casinos themselves can only make up under 5% of the total land space of an IR so the rest needs to be filled with hotels, arenas, concert halls, theatres, etc.
The Japanese IRs were never intended for ordinary people, wandering in off the street in their lunch break, but for the very rich.
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