OSAKA — Construction of Japan’s first integrated resort has begun in Yumeshima, an artificial island in Osaka Bay, as hopes mount for the area to become a leading tourist destination in western Japan.
A groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday was attended by executives from project operator Osaka IR and construction companies Obayashi and Takenaka, as well as Osaka’s Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura and Mayor Hideyuki Yokoyama.
