Japanese businessman Katsuki Manabe, who owns more than 30 arcades in Tokyo, has invested $30 million in the Park Hotel in downtown Las Vegas and millions more in his Nevada-based Sigma Games, a gaming equipment maker. Japanese investors and tourists are fueling an economic boom in Las Vegas, spending or committing over $800 million dollars. Yoshi Morichika is heading up a 1,270 acre golf and destination resort community for Japanese recreation and electronics giant Cosmo World in nearby Henderson at a cost of $200 million. Japanese businessman Katsuki Manabe has invested $30 million in the Park Hotel in downtown Las Vegas and millions more in his Nevada-based Sigma Games, which makes gaming equipment. The Japanese have been investing heavily in Nevada since the early 1990s.
Japanese investors and tourists are fueling an economic boom in Las Vegas, spending or committing over $800 million dollars. Yoshi Morichika is heading up a 1,270 acre golf and destination resort community for Japanese recreation and electronics giant Cosmo World in nearby Henderson at a cost of $200 million. Japanese businessman Katsuki Manabe has invested $30 million in the Park Hotel in downtown Las Vegas and millions more in his Nevada-based Sigma Games, which makes gaming equipment. The Japanese have been investing heavily in Nevada since the early 1990s.