Liberal Democratic Party attaches great importance to Japanese casinos despite the sudden resignation of Prime Minister Suga
The legalization of Japanese casino resorts is unlikely to be affected by the sudden resignation of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.
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Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will resign as his term expires by the end of September 2021.However, this resignation is unlikely to increase the odds of a casino coming to Japan.
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (72) announced on September 9 that he would not aim for reelection this fall.Mr. Suga became leader of the Liberal Democratic Party a year ago this month after Shinzo Abe resigned for health reasons.
Mr. Suga has been defeated one after another recently.Japan's Summer Olympics were very unpopular throughout Japan, and the candidates who supported Mr. Suga were reversed in the Mayor of Yokohama election, proving that poll data suggesting Mr. Suga's unpopularity was valid.
私はコロナウイルス対策に専念したいので、自民党役員会で党首選に出馬しないことを伝えた」と菅は記者団に明かした。"両方を両立させることはできず、どちらかに集中すべきだと判断した。"Prime Minister Abe is responsible for passing a bill in parliament permitting three integrated resort (IR) casinos.Prime Minister Abe thought that Japan's tourism industry had to be more diversified.Mr. Suga took over that mission.
Liberal Democratic Party defeat
In the Mayor of Yokohama election, Mr. Takeharu Yamanaka, a data scientist who is studying the vaccine efficiency of coronavirus, was elected.Yamanaka has no political experience, but has supported the city's voters for his concerns about the pandemic and his opposition to the city of Yokohama, Japan's second largest city, to bid for casino licenses. I got it.
Independent Yamanaka was elected by defeating Hachiro Okonogi of the Liberal Democratic Party recommended by Mr. Suga in the pre-election forecast.Mr. Kokonoki served the central government of Japan as a member of parliament from 1993 to this year.
In an exit poll, the majority of Yokohama citizens said their opposition to the casino affected the vote.Yamanaka said he would withdraw Yokohama's candidacy for one of the three casino licenses.
Casino potential
At the same time as the result of the Mayor of Yokohama election, the Liberal Democratic Party lost power in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election held in July.At that time, Mr. Suga conceded that he would meet with LDP executives and the Tokyo branch to "analyze the results" of the defeat.
Despite the frustration of Mr. Suga and the Liberal Democratic Party, game industry observers do not expect the Japanese casino legalization process to go a long way.The general view is that no matter who succeeds Mr. Suga, the new LDP president will take over bringing the casino industry to Japan.
Inside Asian Gamingの上村慎太郎記者（東京）は、「今回の代表選で誰が勝っても、自民党のIR政策の方向性に大きな影響はなく、変化は限定的だと考えられる」と述べています。With Mr. Suga's retirement, the Liberal Democratic Party will set up a committee to consider candidates for leader.The candidate will be Japan's next prime minister.
There are also reports that Prime Minister Abe is preparing to return to politics again.
"It is widely understood that Prime Minister Abe, who has regained his health, is preparing to re-enter the board," Koichi Nakano, a professor of political science at Sophia University, told the South China Morning Post. "There are some clear tips. He is increasing his presence on social media and increasing his personal activity," he said.
The 66-year-old Prime Minister Abe has served twice, the first term from 2006 to 2007 and the second term from 1 to 2012.
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