Hirofumi Yoshimura, the head of the Osaka Innovation party, was re-elected on Sunday as governor of Osaka prefecture, and with a 9.3 percentage-point increase in his share of the vote compared to the April 2019 election. Following his re-election, he gave comment on the Japanese metropolis’ tilt at having an integrated resort (IR) with casino.Hirofumi Yoshimura, the head of the Osaka Innovation party, was re-elected on Sunday as governor of Osaka prefecture, and with a 9.3 percentage-point increase in his share of the vote compared to the April 2019 election. Following his re-election, he gave comment on the Japanese metropolis’ tilt at having an integrated resort (IR) with casino.Some other political groupings in Osaka had made the IR policy an electoral issue. Osaka ku bet (pictured) plans to have United States-based MGM Resorts International and Japanese company Orix Corp as its private-sector partners for the development ku bet of the scheme.The re-elected governor reaffirmed the aim of “targeting to open an IR in 2029″.Mr Yoshimura noted, referring to a project-assessment announcement still in the hands of the national authorities, and which had been flagged as delayed until after the local elections: “Now, we want the government to show the result of the IR examination as soon as possible.”Mr Yoshimura was returned with 2,439,444 votes, 73.7 percent of the vote, compared to April 2019, when he garnered 2,266,103 votes, 64.4 percent of the total.In the latest elections for Osaka prefecture assembly, Osaka Innovation got 55 seats out of the total 88 seats. In April 2019, ku bet it had won 51 out of total 88 seats, according to information collated by ku casino thailand’s Japan correspondent.In Sunday’s poll, Hideyuki Yokoyama – also of Osaka Innovation – was elected as Osaka mayor with 655,802 votes, 64.6 percent of the vote.