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National Subsidy Programs for Vacant School Utilization

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology / PDF / approx. 3 MB

List of national subsidy programs for vacant school facility conversion and renovation. Organizes subsidy menus from multiple ministries including MEXT (school facility environment improvement grants), MIC (depopulation area countermeasure bonds), and MLIT (social capital development comprehensive grants). Used for determining applicability by renovation purpose (welfare, education, tourism, industry).

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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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Subsidies for Closed School Reuse: All 6 Ministries Covered [2026 Edition]

Japan's main national subsidy programs for reusing closed schools, checked against MEXT's list as of April 2026 and each ministry's rules and documents. Covers program names, subsidy shares, caps and eligible applicants for MAFF, MLIT, MIC, the Cabinet Office, MHLW and the Children and Families Agency, plus MEXT's property disposal procedure and what to check when combining programs.

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Closed School Renovation Costs: Breakdown by Cost Item and Case Examples [2026 Edition]

Closed school renovation costs broken down by structure, interiors, building services, fire safety equipment and accessibility. Covers the conditions under which a Yubari City conversion came in at about one-third of new construction, renovation costs for welfare, childcare and other cases in MEXT's case collection, and what subsidies leave the operator to pay.

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Abandoned School × Welfare Facility Revenue Model — Estimating Type B Employment Support Fees and Facility Costs [2026 Edition]

An estimate of the finances of opening a disability welfare service facility in a closed school, using Type B continuous employment support as the example. Covers the base fee tiers from June 2026, the special rule for newly designated facilities, the rule on paying user wages, how to work out the facility cost difference, and cases in Nishiwaga (Iwate), Nagaoka (Niigata) and Yuni (Hokkaido), all checked against MHLW, MEXT and other primary sources.

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