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Recommendation for Small Concession (May 2026 Edition): The Achievement of the Three Steps × Four Cases in the MLIT-Cabinet Office Joint Guide
What Small Concession Is In May 2026, MLIT Policy Bureau Social Capital Development Policy Division and Cabinet Office Private Finance Initiative Promotion Office jointly published "Recommen…
Public-Private Dialogue and Operator Selection in PPP Projects: An Eight-Step Process from the 2016 Three-Ministry Guide
…onsignment, public facility operating right (concession) method etc. Private operators handle the development and operation of public facilities PFI projects with revenue facility annexation…
Five Years of MLIT Hands-On Support: A Framework for Municipal Staff to Realize PPP/PFI Projects Themselves
…hods like Park-PFI, DBO, public housing, and small concessions are mixed, showing that Hands-On Support has covered a wide range of types. Four Difficulty Levels by Project Type As an output…
Regional Platforms and Smooth Public-Private Dialogue: Nine Lessons from MLIT's Three-Year Effort
…cilities that can charge users, also examine concession requirements Departments responsible for each facility 4 Compare applicable methods using project cost, facility type and expected use…
MLIT's Priority Review Regulation: 10 Billion Yen Threshold, 8 Methods, 3 Review Stages, Four Listed Project Categories
… facilities Public facility operating right (concession) / Comprehensive private consignment / O (Operate) Private operator handles design, construction or manufacturing, and operation etc. …
How to Conduct Market Sounding: A Six-Step Procedure from MLIT's Guidance for Municipalities
…cilities that can charge users, also examine concession requirements Departments responsible for each facility 4 Compare applicable methods using project cost, facility type and expected use…
VFM Simplified Calculation Model: How Municipal Staff Evaluate PPP/PFI Feasibility at the Internal Review Stage
…cilities that can charge users, also examine concession requirements Departments responsible for each facility 4 Compare applicable methods using project cost, facility type and expected use…
Public Facility Management DX: The State of FM System Adoption in Japanese Municipalities
…, and IBM Maximo are increasingly in use. In smaller municipalities of tens of thousands of residents, Excel- or Access-based ledgers, and in many cases paper-based management, remain the st…
Closed School Reuse Trends in 2026: The MEXT Survey Breakdown, Why Uses Stay Undecided, Hearing from Residents, and National Programs
…0%) Not done 3,580 (49.6%) 3,850 (53.9%) The small concession guidebook issued in May 2026 lists questionnaires, hearings, workshops and briefings as ways to get residents' views, and sugges…
SCPF Newsletter 2026-06 Public Call Review — Small Concession Trends in the Last 3 Months
…ive Promotion Office jointly established the Small Concession Platform (SCPF) in December 2024, and its operating secretariat distributes newsletters to members on roughly a monthly cadence.…
Information Asymmetry in Japan's Traditional Townhouse Market — Connecting Individual Purchase to Public Asset Activation
…he sister article Traditional Townhouses and Small Concessions addresses the B2B view of "municipal ownership plus private operation," the present article centers on the information asymmetr…
Small Concession Case Study: The Reproducibility of Fukuchiyama's Zero-Burden Public Model
Small Concession in the Institutional Landscape Small concession is the operational framework that applies the public facility operating-right system under the PFI Act (the Act on Promotion …
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