The Toyoake Model — How a Population-70,000 City Masters the Priority Review Procedure (The "Private Sector Utilization Projects" Naming Strategy)
Toyoake City in Aichi Prefecture, with a population of approximately 70,000, established its Priority Review Procedure in FY2018 — a notable achievement given that the formulation rate among municipalities with populations between 50,000 and 100,000, the band Toyoake belongs to, stood at 17.3% as of the end of March 2025. This article examines the naming strategy of calling it 'Private Sector Utilization Projects' instead of 'PPP/PFI', the three-part organizational design (Private Utilization Promotion Office, Review Committee, Project Advisor), the lower-than-national project cost thresholds, the institutional incorporation of designated manager renewals, and the stepwise rollout of comprehensive facility management outsourcing.