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Shizuoka City Johoku Park Park-PFI — From Suspension by Resident Lawsuit to Whole-Park Redevelopment
…osed facilities were, under Park-PFI (Public Offering Management System), Starbucks Coffee's café and Asobicom (アソビコム, an all-weather indoor children's play facility) as central revenue faci…
Higashi Yuenchi URBAN PICNIC — Kobe Sannomiya Redevelopment and Park-PFI After 8 Years of Citizen-Led Social Experiments
…enchi is an urban park in the Sannomiya area of Chuo Ward, Kobe. Originally a static park with memorial monuments, starting in 2015, the citizen-led social experiment "URBAN PICNIC" was deve…
Hisaya-odori Park (Nagoya) — Structure of Japan's Largest Park-PFI and Independent-Accounting Scheme
…,122 m² . The scheme adopts Park-PFI (Public Offering Management System), established by the June 2017 revision of the Urban Park Act. Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. serves as the representative c…
Recommendation for Small Concession (May 2026 Edition): The Achievement of the Three Steps × Four Cases in the MLIT-Cabinet Office Joint Guide
…ital Development Policy Division and Cabinet Office Private Finance Initiative Promotion Office jointly published "Recommendation for Small Concession: Guide for Utilizing Idle Public Facili…
Public-Private Dialogue and Operator Selection in PPP Projects: An Eight-Step Process from the 2016 Three-Ministry Guide
The Position of the Guide In October 2016, the Cabinet Office, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, and Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism jointly developed …
Five Years of MLIT Hands-On Support: A Framework for Municipal Staff to Realize PPP/PFI Projects Themselves
…ent's structure and summarizes its practical use. Five-Year Support Targets (26 Municipalities) The municipalities and projects that received Hands-On Support (including additions through FY…
Regional Platforms and Smooth Public-Private Dialogue: Nine Lessons from MLIT's Three-Year Effort
…n sounding on regional platforms, and held exchanges with municipal mayors. In January 2020 (Reiwa 2), MLIT compiled the lessons obtained through these activities and published "Points for S…
VFM Simplified Calculation Model: How Municipal Staff Evaluate PPP/PFI Feasibility at the Internal Review Stage
…traints bring municipalities to the question of whether to introduce PPP/PFI methods. To determine quantitatively which option lowers fiscal burden — having the municipality implement the pr…
Public Facility Management DX: The State of FM System Adoption in Japanese Municipalities
… not statistically established market rates. Use estimates and comparable records appropriate to the target facility, location and business when preparing a project plan. Distinguish these a…
Closed School Reuse Trends in 2026: The MEXT Survey Breakdown, Why Uses Stay Undecided, Hearing from Residents, and National Programs
…MEXT Survey Shows MEXT tracks the number and use of closed schools in its Survey on the Utilization of Closed School Facilities. It covers public elementary, junior high, compulsory educatio…
Information Asymmetry in Japan's Traditional Townhouse Market — Connecting Individual Purchase to Public Asset Activation
…t migrants carry" — documents the experience of a woman in her thirties (originally from Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture) and her husband, who purchased a traditional Japanese house in the mount…
Small Concession Case Study: The Reproducibility of Fukuchiyama's Zero-Burden Public Model
…stem under the PFI Act (the Act on Promotion of Private Finance Initiative) to small-scale projects with a project value below ¥1 billion. It is not a standalone statute. Rather, it function…
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