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Public Facility Management DX: The State of FM System Adoption in Japanese Municipalities
…dium and long term. In 2014, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) asked every municipality to prepare a Comprehensive Plan for Public Facilities Management , and on Octo…
7 Structural Patterns Behind Closed-School Failures — An Operator Bankruptcy in Toho Village and 216 Unused Schools Flagged by the Board of Audit
…o begin closed-school activation and want to internalize the failure patterns before committing resources. Private operators and NPOs : you are evaluating entry into closed-school activation…
How to Build a Park-PFI Revenue Plan — With Simulation Template [2026 Edition]
…varies: some solicitations use a competitive model where applicants propose the amount themselves, while others fix it. In competitive-model solicitations, the amount proposed may affect the…
Financing Public Asset Revitalization — From Green Bonds to SIBs and Hometown Tax
…of proceeds for green bonds. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications' Public Facility Management Promotion Bonds offer a 90% appropriation rate and a 50% local allocation tax off…
How to Think About 'What's Next' After the Comprehensive Management Plan [2026 Edition]
… and case expenditure. Since the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications issued its 2014 guidelines, municipalities across Japan have been developing Comprehensive Public Facility Ma…
Is MEXT's 'Minna no Haiko Project' Actually Useful? — Turning Listed Closed Schools into Real Projects [2026 Edition]
…Example 2: A university coordinates repeated working groups (Nagaoka City, Niigata) The former Shimada Elementary School became an employment support facility for persons with disabilities. …
Park-PFI in 2026: 203-Park Statistics, New Cases, and Policy Outlook
…ue Facilities Work Best in Parks? A Business Model Comparison. Position Within the Broader PPP/PFI Market (2026) Park-PFI is a method specialized for urban parks. The published figures below…
Kamiyama and Green Valley: Population and Migration, the Buildings Used for Satellite Offices, and the College That Turned the Former Kamiyama Junior High School into a Dormitory
…e completed (the ministry's regional ICT use model project); work-in-residence begins October 2010 First satellite office opens (Sansan's Kamiyama lab) December 2010 Kamiyama training school…
Transforming Idle Public Real Estate from Liability to Asset — A Municipal Strategy Guide [2026 Edition]
…es useful supporting evidence when preparing internal proposals and explaining the initiative to elected officials. Success Factors Analysis of facility activation cases across Japan reveals…
Subsidies and Support Programs for Small Concessions — A Complete Guide [2026 Edition]
…ining young people locally Closed school → coworking, startup support hub Migration and business creation KPIs No gathering place for elderly residents Former community center → multi-functi…
Market Sounding for PPP: 8-Item Question Template and Step-by-Step Guide
…ve positioning. The Logic of the Three-Phase Model Kaiseizan Park followed a three-phase sequence: Trial (October 2020) → Pre (spring 2021) → Market (autumn 2021), before finalizing solicita…
Fisheries Port Act Amendment 2024 — How the Fishery Port Facility Utilization System Is Transforming Harbors Through Kaigyo × PPP
… Five Kaigyo Business Categories and Revenue Models Based on the Fisheries Agency's case study collection and the National Federation of Fisheries Cooperatives' typified examples : Category …
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