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Kaiseizan Park Park-PFI — The Design Philosophy Behind a 500-Point Scoring Rubric and a 19-Year Revenue Model
An in-depth analysis of Koriyama City's Kaiseizan Park Park-PFI project. Examines the 500-point + 8-point incentive evaluation rubric design, the 3-phase sounding structure, the 19-year revenue model, and the 5-company Daiwa Lease JV consortium.
Risk Allocation Design in Public-Private Partnerships — Learning from Failures: 'Who Bears Which Risk'
Most PPP/PFI project failures stem from risk allocation design errors. Drawing on real failures including Thalasso Fukuoka's demand risk transfer collapse and Omihachiman City Hospital's PFI breakdown, this article extracts risk allocation principles and presents practical risk allocation approaches for public asset utilization.
Abandoned School Reuse Failures — Why Repurposed Schools Become Idle Again: Structural Causes of Withdrawal and Business Collapse
According to MEXT surveys, approximately 25% of closed school facilities remain unused. Moreover, even facilities that initially found new uses sometimes return to idle status due to operator withdrawal or business collapse. This article analyzes structural causes of abandoned school reuse failures and identifies preconditions for avoidance.
5 Patterns of Park-PFI Project Failure — Structural Analysis of Contract Termination, Financial Deterioration, and Resident Opposition
While Park-PFI adoption expands across Japan, project failures and stagnation are also emerging. This article analyzes five structural failure patterns — financial deterioration, resident opposition, impact on neighboring businesses, flawed operator selection, and deficient risk allocation — and identifies preconditions for avoidance.
The Zero-Response Sounding Problem — 5 Reasons Private Operators Don't Participate and How to Fix It
Even when municipalities run sounding-type market surveys, some receive no responses or only perfunctory participation. This article analyzes five structural reasons private operators decline to participate and presents concrete design improvements at the sounding planning stage.
Transforming Idle Public Real Estate from Liability to Asset — A Municipal Strategy Guide [2026 Edition]
A comprehensive overview of Japan's idle public real estate problem — 8,850 closed schools, aging public housing, vacant municipal offices, and disused recreation facilities — with activation strategies, available subsidies, and success factors for local governments.
Subsidies and Support Programs for Small Concessions — A Complete Guide [2026 Edition]
A structured overview of subsidies and support mechanisms available for Small Concession projects — including the Leading PPP/PFI Support Program (up to 20 million yen), Social Capital Development Grants, Regional Revitalization Grants, Furusato Foundation, and the Cabinet Office PPP/PFI Advisor Dispatch — with practical application tips.
Market Sounding for PPP: 8-Item Question Template and Step-by-Step Guide
How to design and conduct market sounding for public-private partnerships. Includes an 8-item question template with design rationale, three sounding types, result publication methods, and consulting cost benchmarks.
Small Concession Expert Dispatch Program — How to Access Free Expert Support [2026 Edition]
A complete guide to the Small Concession Formation Support Program's expert dispatch mechanism — covering the 7 participating municipalities, scope of expert work, application process, the incorporated association adoption precedent (Ikeda Town), and preparation steps for future solicitations.
5 Steps to Implementing Small Concession — From Concept to Operator Selection [2026 Edition]
For municipal officials: A guide to the 5 phases of Small Concession project development (momentum-building → facility selection → feasibility study → project plan → solicitation and selection), including estimated timelines, tasks, and costs for each step.
Small Concession Platform — Benefits of Membership and How to Use It [2026 Edition]
A complete guide to the Small Concession Platform established by MLIT in December 2024 — covering its purpose, 1,547 registered members, registration process, three core membership benefits, and practical tips for businesses, municipalities, and individuals.
47 Former School Reuse Cases — Success Patterns and Failure Factors from Ministry of Education Data [2026 Edition]
For municipal officials: the 47 cases in MEXT's casebook on repurposing closed schools (March 2023), counted by the uses the casebook assigns and listed in full. The most common use is company or organization facilities (22 cases). Why welfare conversion is chosen, the renovation costs and subsidies in Nishiwaga, Nagaoka and Yokkaichi, and how consensus with residents was built, all read from the casebook.
READING GUIDE
Choose a starting point.
Follow a short route through the basics, examples and practical steps. Community groups, researchers and students are welcome.
ROUTE 01
For municipal planning
Start with the basics, then move through cases, process and dialogue design.
- What Is Public Facility Management? Challenges, Concepts, and Next Steps
- Sapporo Yurigahara Park Park-PFI LiLiLi — Sapporo's First Case, Community-Led SPV Park Operation
- The Complete Park-PFI Process — A Four-Year Roadmap from Concept to Opening [2026 Edition]
- Market Sounding for PPP: 8-Item Question Template and Step-by-Step Guide
ROUTE 02
For prospective operators
Understand the system, test viability and prepare a proposal.
- What Is a Small Concession? A Complete Guide for Local Government Officials [2026 Edition]
- Higashi Yuenchi URBAN PICNIC — Kobe Sannomiya Redevelopment and Park-PFI After 8 Years of Citizen-Led Social Experiments
- How to Build a Park-PFI Revenue Plan — With Simulation Template [2026 Edition]
- How to Write a Park-PFI Proposal — Working Backward from the Scoring Criteria [2026 Edition]
ROUTE 03
Learn from setbacks
See how projects stall and which conditions to avoid.
- Abandoned School Reuse Failures — Why Repurposed Schools Become Idle Again: Structural Causes of Withdrawal and Business Collapse
- 5 Patterns of Park-PFI Project Failure — Structural Analysis of Contract Termination, Financial Deterioration, and Resident Opposition
- The Zero-Response Sounding Problem — 5 Reasons Private Operators Don't Participate and How to Fix It