The potential payoff is a surge in visitors and visibility, but there is also the burden of higher operating expenses and the pressure to draw big crowds.
Even though occupancy was decent and the night clubs and restaurants were busy, the tables and slots weren't taking in enough to offset the cost of operating the place — the burden of debt service, high property taxes, bad leases with the tenants, and an expensive arrangement for power and light.
Without the burden of paying for healthcare, startups can operate more leanly and reinvest those dollars into growing their businesses.
But, as Szechenyi explained, Article 9 has cast a long shadow, so JSDF units have to operate under the burden of a lot of complex and sometimes arcane rules, which limit Japan's role as a partner, even in absolutely non-combat reconstruction roles.
And the recent High Court case ruled that the legislation under which Customs and Excise operates wrongly reverses the burden of proof.
The idea is to get groups of GP practices co-operating and sharing the burden of extended opening.
But, he noted, "we could have millions of dollars coming into the operating budget, which eases the burden of other revenue streams — mainly tuition and other fees.
