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Sapporo Yurigahara Park Park-PFI LiLiLi — Sapporo's First Case, Community-Led SPV Park Operation
…ays + events. Sapporo City applied Park-PFI (Public Offering Management System) to this park and selected the special purpose company 'YURIGAHARA PARK FUTURE LAB' as the certified plan submi…
Public-Private Dialogue and Operator Selection in PPP Projects: An Eight-Step Process from the 2016 Three-Ministry Guide
… jointly developed the "Operational Guide on Public-Private Dialogue and Operator Selection Processes in PPP Projects." The joint development by three ministries holds significance. By havin…
SCPF Newsletter 2026-06 Public Call Review — Small Concession Trends in the Last 3 Months
…on Platform (SCPF) in December 2024, and its operating secretariat distributes newsletters to members on roughly a monthly cadence. As of this article's publication (June 2026), the most rec…
Information Asymmetry in Japan's Traditional Townhouse Market — Connecting Individual Purchase to Public Asset Activation
…cture, and to re-read it through the lens of public asset activation — closed schools, former offices, former government buildings, municipally-owned kominka, and the broader akiya (vacant h…
Small Concession Case Study: The Reproducibility of Fukuchiyama's Zero-Burden Public Model
…s the operational framework that applies the public facility operating-right system under the PFI Act (the Act on Promotion of Private Finance Initiative) to small-scale projects with a proj…
Park-PFI in 2025: Reviewing the Year's Awards and Regional Application Patterns
…comparable records appropriate to the target facility, location and business when preparing a project plan. Distinguish these assumptions from cited statistics and case expenditure. The 10 p…
MLIT's Small Concession Guidebook Explained — Three Walls, VFM Exemption, and Contract Risks [May 2026 Release]
…comparable records appropriate to the target facility, location and business when preparing a project plan. Distinguish these assumptions from cited statistics and case expenditure. The Soci…
Water PPP After the Osaka Expo — Two 'First-in-Japan' Cases, Wide-Area Consolidation, and the 2027 Deadline Municipalities Now Face
… to 13 October 2025. During the same period, public-private partnerships in water and sewerage moved one after another in Osaka Prefecture. For water supply, Osaka City procured the renewal …
How to Brief the Assembly — Explanation Templates and Anticipated Questions for PPP/PFI Adoption
…bly resolution may be required for long-term public property lending or transfer Concession project implementation : Assembly resolution is required for public facility operating rights esta…
Operator Bankruptcy Response in PFI and Designated Manager Projects — Municipal Risk Management
…comparable records appropriate to the target facility, location and business when preparing a project plan. Distinguish these assumptions from cited statistics and case expenditure. Operator…
Optimal PPP/PFI Method Selection by Municipality Size — From Under 50,000 to Designated Cities
…comparable records appropriate to the target facility, location and business when preparing a project plan. Distinguish these assumptions from cited statistics and case expenditure. PPP/PFI …
PFI Act Amendment Trends — Key Points of the 2024 Revision and Impact on Municipalities
…comparable records appropriate to the target facility, location and business when preparing a project plan. Distinguish these assumptions from cited statistics and case expenditure. The PFI …
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