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Public Asset Management FAQ for Municipal Officials — 30 Essential Questions Answered
…comparable records appropriate to the target facility, location and business when preparing a project plan. Distinguish these assumptions from cited statistics and case expenditure. Q1. What…
Three Types of Sounding — Market, Pre, and Trial: How to Use Each【2026 Edition】
…ators when considering the revitalization of public facilities or the design of public-private partnership projects. Conducted before formal procurement (proposals or bids), sounding enables…
PFI Act vs Park-PFI — Comparing Legal Basis, SPCs, and Project Terms【2026 Edition】
…ilities in the development and management of public facilities. Its scope spans roads, schools, hospitals, prisons, water utilities, and airports. Major Scheme Classifications The PFI Act en…
Small Concession vs Park-PFI — A Deep Dive into the Differences【2026 Edition】
…Initiative (PFI Act, 1999), specifically the public facility operating rights (concession rights) introduced by the 2011 amendment (Article 2, Paragraph 7). This right grants a private opera…
Small Concession in Hokkaido — Strategies for Utilizing Vast Land and Idle Facilities
…comparable records appropriate to the target facility, location and business when preparing a project plan. Distinguish these assumptions from cited statistics and case expenditure. Hokkaido…
Public-Private Partnerships in the Kansai Region — Latest PPP/PFI Trends in Osaka, Kyoto, and Hyogo
… Organization) . This dual structure ensures public character as an urban park while securing business viability through placemaking inside and outside the park. Implications of Post-Expo 20…
PPP Contract Design After COVID — New Standards for Force Majeure and Demand Risk Clauses
… Risk mitigation mechanisms such as banding (public compensation when demand falls below a defined range), minimum revenue guarantees, and revenue-linked concession fees were virtually absen…
Anjo City × Deloitte Tohmatsu — Legal Constraints and Scheme Design for a Historic Park Kominka
…comparable records appropriate to the target facility, location and business when preparing a project plan. Distinguish these assumptions from cited statistics and case expenditure. Honshoji…
Small Concession Latest Trends [2026 Edition] — One Year of the Platform: Achievements and Challenges
…riodically to the registered email address), publication of member announcements on the website, and publication of member case studies on the website. Participation in the working groups is…
Traditional Townhouses and Small Concessions — Why 4 of 7 Projects Involve Kominka [2026 Edition]
…titute an intangible value that no new-build facility can replicate. In tourism marketing, the framing of "a restaurant in a former domain elder's residence" or "a guesthouse that was once a…
Park-PFI and the Municipal Assembly — When Ordinance Revision Is Required and How to Explain It [2026 Edition]
…The implementation process for Park-PFI (the Public Solicitation Management System) involves assembly participation at multiple stages. One of the most common oversights among staff is faili…
Small Concessions vs. Park-PFI: Which Should You Choose? [2026 Edition]
…comparable records appropriate to the target facility, location and business when preparing a project plan. Distinguish these assumptions from cited statistics and case expenditure. The 10 p…
READING GUIDE
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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