大阪・長崎が申請　ＩＲ計画、年内にも認定

　カジノを含む統合型リゾート施設（ＩＲ）をめぐり、観光庁は２７日、大阪府と長崎県が整備計画を申請したと明らかにした。申請期限は２８日だが、他に提出を予定する自治体はなく、事実上出そろった。政府は今後、有識者らでつくる委員会で審査し、認定地域を決める。政府は認定時期を明らかにしていないが、２地域は今秋ごろを想定。関係者も「年内には決まるだろう」との見通しを示している。
　上限は３カ所だが、２カ所とも決まるとは限らず、１カ所も認定されない可能性もある。審査はＩＲのコンセプトや規模、経済波及効果、ギャンブル依存症対策などを評価。政府は２０３０年に▽訪日外国人旅行者数を６０００万人▽訪日客による消費額を１５兆円―に増やす目標を掲げており、両計画が達成に寄与するかも見極める。（2022/04/27-17:54）

Osaka and Nagasaki prefectures have each submitted a plan to host a casino-featuring integrated resort to the Japanese government, the Japan Tourism Agency official said Wednesday.
   Wednesday is the deadline for applying to obtain government approval for IR development plans. No other local government has announced an intention to host an IR.
   The government will decide which areas to approve after having applications examined by a committee of experts.
   The government's decisions on Osaka, western Japan, and Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, are expected to be around autumn this year, although it has not made clear the timing of the decisions. "Decisions are likely to be made by the end of this year," a source familiar with the matter said.
   While the government plans to select up to three IR locations across the country, it is not certain that the government will approve both the plans of the two prefectures.