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"Everyone's Vacant School" Project Overview

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology / HTML / -

National platform by MEXT matching municipalities with vacant school facilities and private operators seeking utilization. Provides four functions: aggregation of vacant school information, listing of utilization recruitment, matching events, and case introduction. Managed by lists across 8 regional blocks (Hokkaido, Tohoku, Kanto, Chubu, Kansai, Chugoku, Shikoku, Kyushu).

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This document is part of MEXT Vacant School Facility Utilization Promotion ("Everyone's Vacant School" Project). To get the original, find it by name on the publisher's page.

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Collection compiled: 2023-03-31. For the version and date of each document, check the original itself.

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How to Reuse a Closed School: Survey Counts, MEXT's List of Closed Schools Seeking Uses, the Property Disposal Procedure, and National Subsidies

What a municipality or operator should check in national documents before reusing a closed school: the counts in MEXT's survey and why uses stay undecided, MEXT's list of closed school facilities seeking new uses, the property disposal procedure under the notice of 31 March 2026 (when no procedure is needed, when a report is enough, and when no treasury repayment is due), the national subsidy list as of April 2026, and the contract forms in the 47 casebook cases, with links to articles by use.

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47 Former School Reuse Cases — Success Patterns and Failure Factors from Ministry of Education Data [2026 Edition]

For municipal officials: the 47 cases in MEXT's casebook on repurposing closed schools (March 2023), counted by the uses the casebook assigns and listed in full. The most common use is company or organization facilities (22 cases). Why welfare conversion is chosen, the renovation costs and subsidies in Nishiwaga, Nagaoka and Yokkaichi, and how consensus with residents was built, all read from the casebook.

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How to Repurpose an Abandoned School — A Complete Step-by-Step Guide from Site Selection to Proposal [2026 Edition]

For businesses and municipalities exploring abandoned school reuse. Starting from 8,850 cumulative closures and 1,951 unused facilities, this guide walks through the 7 steps from site survey through policy formulation, property disposition, use-change permits, sounding, proposals and opening, the subsidy programs by ministry, and three failures to avoid before you start, checked against MEXT and other official sources.

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Abandoned School Proposal Design — Selection Flow and Evaluation Criteria [2026 Edition]

A practical guide to the proposal-based operator selection process for abandoned school reuse. Covers the five-step selection flow, evaluation criteria weighting (price vs. quality), 14 required documents, review committee composition, and common pitfalls — for both municipal officials and prospective operators.

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