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Comparing Closed School Reuse by Use: Survey Counts, Contract Forms in the 47 Casebook Cases, and the Building Standards Act by Use
…XT Survey MEXT's survey counts the main uses of closed schools that are in use, separately for school buildings and gymnasiums. Multiple answers are allowed; the current survey counted schoo…
A Guide to Repurposing Closed Schools for Welfare Operators: Leasing, Building Checks, Subsidies, Designation Standards and Cases [2026 Edition]
…School for Welfare Conversion to welfare and medical facilities stands at 735 cases (7.1%) . How many of those are rent-free or low-cost is not tallied in the survey. Rent varies by municipa…
Operating Public Facilities Through Disability Welfare Reimbursements — The Stability of Statutory Revenue [2026 Edition]
Disability Welfare Reimbursements as Statutory Revenue When evaluating private sector activation of public facilities, revenue stability is one of the most critical criteria. Attracting priv…
Abandoned Schools × Welfare Facilities in Kyushu — Nagasu Town and CTI Engineering's Initiatives
Current State of Abandoned Schools in Kyushu School closures from FY2004 to FY2023, by prefecture: Kumamoto 282, Kagoshima 262, Oita 204, Fukuoka 191, Nagasaki 185, Miyazaki 101, and Saga 76…
Closed Schools × Childcare (Nurseries & After-School): Floor-Area Standards, Grant Shares, and Cases from Mihara, Saikai and Yokkaichi
…ural facilities at 1,206, these are an order of magnitude smaller. Conversion for children remains a thin field. Before turning classrooms into nursery rooms or an after-school club, check t…
Abandoned School Use Change and the Building Standards Act — Renovation Requirements for Welfare Facility Conversion [2026 Edition]
What Is a Change of Use Under the Building Standards Act, a "change of use" refers to altering the intended purpose of a building. Converting an abandoned school into a welfare facility cons…
After-School Day Services × Closed Schools: Fee Units, Facility and Staffing Standards, Designation Requirements and Building Checks [2026 Edition]
… who are enrolled in schools under Article 1 of the School Education Act (other than kindergartens and universities) or in specialised or miscellaneous schools (for the latter, only those th…
Is MEXT's 'Minna no Haiko Project' Actually Useful? — Turning Listed Closed Schools into Real Projects [2026 Edition]
Municipal officials : you are deciding whether to list your closed school, or you listed it and got no response. This guide shows how to apply to be listed and which fields the list carries.…
Subsidies for Closed School Reuse: All 6 Ministries Covered [2026 Edition]
…for closed school facilities, sorted by type of new use. In the list as of April 2026, the responsible agency column names the Japan Sports Agency, the Agency for Cultural Affairs, the Child…
Park-PFI Succeeds Even in Municipalities of 23,000 — Strategies for Small-Scale Local Governments [2026 Edition]
…rd, however, contradicts this assumption. As of 31 March 2026, 203 parks nationwide have adopted Park-PFI . That list includes Onuma Fishing Park in Atsuma Town (Hokkaido), Oboshi Park in Fu…
47 Former School Reuse Cases — Success Patterns and Failure Factors from Ministry of Education Data [2026 Edition]
Current State of Former School Utilization From FY2004 through FY2023, a cumulative total of 8,850 schools have been closed . By fiscal year, closures have not reached 450 in any year since …
How to Repurpose an Abandoned School — A Complete Step-by-Step Guide from Site Selection to Proposal [2026 Edition]
…ion keeps adding to Japan's cumulative count of closed school buildings. According to MEXT data, the cumulative total of closed schools from FY2004 through FY2023 reached 8,850 schools . MEX…
READING GUIDE
Choose a starting point.
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