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Small Concession Platform — Benefits of Membership and How to Use It [2026 Edition]
…Why Did MLIT Create This Platform Until now, PPP/PFI information was scattered across multiple ministries and municipalities, making it extremely time-consuming for private businesses to tra…
The Complete Guide to LABV (Local Asset Backed Vehicle) — Proposing Public Asset Development Without Waiting for Park-PFI Public Calls Through Municipal Land-Contribution LLCs
…ABV, its relationship with existing Japanese PPP/PFI schemes, envisaged applicable targets, and the practical hurdles of implementation. Basic Structure The basic structure of an LABV is typ…
How Local Companies Become PFI Lead Sponsors — Lessons from Yonago Joint Government Building and Date City School Lunch Center Companion-Model Success
…ide-Area PFI) One case featured in the First PPP/PFI Exemplary Case Awards (FY2023, Cabinet Office) is the wide-area PFI for joint government building development by Tottori Prefecture and Y…
5 Park-PFI Success Cases — From Large Urban Parks to Cities of 23,000 Residents [2026 Edition]
…iwa Lease (representative) Daiwa House Group PPP/PFI planning, management, facility development a.ru.ku Publishing Koriyama City Local content, communications, tenant attraction Tokyo Bisou …
The Toyoake Model — How a Population-70,000 City Masters the Priority Review Procedure (The "Private Sector Utilization Projects" Naming Strategy)
…penditure. The Priority Review Procedure for PPP/PFI is an in-house rule, based on the Cabinet Office guidelines , requiring municipalities to "first consider" the possibility of private sec…
The Complete Guide to Water PPP — The FY2027 Grant Requirement and the Level 3.5 Transition
… the grant requirement. The Cabinet Office's PPP/PFI Action Plan (2026 revision) calls public-private partnership for water a priority area and sets a ten-year target of 100 projects each fo…
Selecting PPP Methods by Fiscal Capacity Index — Optimal Solutions Across Five Tiers from 0.3 to Beyond 1.0
… are grant recipients. This indicator shapes PPP/PFI method selection for three clear reasons: 1. Bond issuance capacity : Municipalities with higher fiscal capacity have greater borrowing h…
Fisheries Port Act Amendment 2024 — How the Fishery Port Facility Utilization System Is Transforming Harbors Through Kaigyo × PPP
…ed Articles What to do next When considering PPP/PFI, review the facility conditions and the municipality's rules. # What to check or consider Responsible team or contact 1 Check the project…
7 Small Concession Case Studies — Municipal Approaches to Revitalizing Idle Public Assets [2026 Edition]
…d, even small municipalities unfamiliar with PPP/PFI processes face a lower barrier to entry. The program flow is as follows: MLIT solicits specialist candidates. Consulting firms, community…
What Is PRE Strategy? — How to Think About Activating Public Real Estate [2026 Edition]
…h private engagement (designated management, PPP/PFI, etc.). Decision criterion : Would eliminating or repurposing this facility cause irreplaceable public service functions to be lost? Opti…
PPP/PFI Introduction — The Essential First Read for Municipal Officials [2026 Edition]
…d statistics and case expenditure. The term "PPP/PFI" appears frequently in government documents and news coverage, yet the two concepts are often conflated. A clear definitional foundation …
Public Facility Management Guide: What to Do After Your Management Plan
…provements. → For a foundational overview of PPP/PFI, see Introduction to PPP/PFI — An Overview of Seven Methods . PPP/PFI Overview — Seven Methods PPP/PFI (public-private partnership) encom…
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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