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Small Concession Financing — What Municipalities Paid in the Handbook's Cases, the Caps on the Two Study-Cost Subsidies, and the Interest Subsidy Rate and Term
…ic facility operation projects and wide-area PPP/PFI projects, the rate is one half and the cap in principle ¥5 million. Only study consignments contracted after the date of the grant decisi…
Small Concession Latest Trends [2026 Edition] — One Year of the Platform: Achievements and Challenges
…otion Project , receiving expert dispatches (PPP/PFI consultants, architects, financial specialists, etc.) subsidized by national funds. Target facilities and locations by type : Historic bu…
Latest Trends and Statistics in Abandoned School Revitalization【2026 Edition】
…tructure as a baseline. Small Concession The PPP/PFI Promotion Action Plan (2024 revision) uses Small Concession for public-private projects with a budget under roughly ¥1 billion on nearby …
Three Ways to Solve Urban Park Aging with Private-Sector Involvement [2026 Edition]
…d designated management requires specialized PPP/PFI expertise. Even smaller municipalities can engage consultants using national government support programs (such as national support for pu…
Park-PFI in 2026: 203-Park Statistics, New Cases, and Policy Outlook
…odel Comparison. Position Within the Broader PPP/PFI Market (2026) Park-PFI is a method specialized for urban parks. The published figures below place it within PPP/PFI as a whole. PPP/PFI A…
Park-PFI and the Municipal Assembly — When Ordinance Revision Is Required and How to Explain It [2026 Edition]
…for Money (VFM) — a fundamental principle of PPP/PFI — alongside the obligation to deliver designated park facilities as the "public benefit requirement." Specifically, summarizing in a sing…
Park-PFI vs. the Designated Manager System: Which Should You Choose? [2026 Edition]
…Design Template. For a broader comparison of PPP/PFI frameworks, PPP: 7 Methods Compared is also useful. Parks over 10 hectares rarely fit cleanly into either system alone. The Kaiseizan Par…
Small Concessions vs. Park-PFI: Which Should You Choose? [2026 Edition]
…rism (MLIT) in 2024 to describe "small-scale PPP/PFI projects under JPY 1 billion targeting underutilized public real estate." It is realized through a combination of various methods — the P…
Comparing 7 PPP/PFI Methods: How to Choose Between Park-PFI, Small Concession, and Designated Management [2026 Edition]
Overview of 7 PPP/PFI Methods PPP/PFI is not a single method. The term covers several options that differ in statutory basis, project scale and risk allocation, so "We want to pursue public-…
A Guide for Private Operators on Small Concession — How to Enter the Public Space Business [2026 Edition]
…Concession for Private Operators Traditional PPP/PFI involved project scales in excess of several billion yen, making participation effectively limited to major general contractors and PPP s…
A Park-PFI Feasibility Study Costs 5 to 20 Million Yen. The Six Phases to Settle Before You Commission One [2026 Edition]
…rack Record Number and quality of Park-PFI / PPP/PFI engagements 30–40 pts Technical Proposal Clarity of problem framing and specificity of methodology 30–40 pts Project Structure Qualificat…
Manazuru Town × ENJOYWORKS — A Port Town of 6,000 Chooses Small Concession
…on Program Why Small Concession Conventional PPP/PFI schemes are designed for large-scale projects with budgets in the tens of billions of yen. Idle properties owned by a municipality of 6,0…
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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