Guidebook  for Government  Assets

State  Guest  House  (Source:  Cabinet  Office  website)

Kenrokuen Matsumoto  Castle  (photo  by  Administration  Office  of  Matsumoto  Castle)

December 2020

 

INDEX

1. What  are  Government  Assets?

.01 • 1‐1.  Current  value  of  government  assets

1‐2.  Area  of  national  land

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2.  Effective  use  of  government  assets  including  use  for  disaster  management .04

• 2‐1.  Use  for  the  development  of  nursing  care  facilities

2‐2.  Use  for  the  elimination  of  childcare  waiting  lists

2‐3.  Effective  use  of  administrative  assets

2‐4.  Lease  of  vacant  spaces  in  administrative  assets  to  set  up  childcare  centers

2‐5.  Response  at  the  time  of  a  natural  disaster

2‐6.  Use  of  national  government  officials'  housing  facilities  as  tsunami evacuation  buildings

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3.  Methods  of  selling  off  unused  national  land

4.  Changes  in  the  sales  proceeds  and  the  stock  of  unused  national  land

5.  Information  on  Government  Assets

6.  Local  Finance  Bureaus,  etc.  Across  Japan

7.  Do  You  Know  about  Government  Assets  Day?

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.11 [Cover photographs] State Guest House (official property / administrative asset under the jurisdiction of the Cabinet Office) Matsumoto Castle (official property / administrative asset under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) Kenrokuen (non‐administrative asset under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Finance / lent to Ishikawa Prefecture)

[Photo on the right] Main building of the Ministry of Finance (official property / administrative asset under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Finance)

 

      

        

   

      

   

        

        

         

 

 

 

 

          

                        

    

 

   

       

 

        

   

1. What  are  Government  Assets? Page 01/11 The national government owns a wide variety of assets, including real estate, movables (cash,

desks, vessels, aircraft, etc.) and claims. “Government assets” as referred to by the nationalgovernment are those assets specified in the National Government Asset Act, and include realestate such as land and buildings, some movables such as vessels and aircraft, and stocks andother securities.

(Cash, claims and articles such as desks and chairs are not included in government assets.)

Government assets are classified into “administrative assets” and “non‐administrative assets.”"Administrative assets" are categorized into the following four types: "official properties," such asgovernment buildings; "public properties," such as national government parks, roads and rivers;"imperial properties," such as the Imperial Palace; and "forest management properties," which areused for national forest projects. Each of these assets is managed by the head of the relevantministry or agency that has jurisdiction over them.

Assets other than administrative assets are called "non‐administrative assets." In principle, theMinistry of Finance is responsible for the management and disposal of these assets.

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Non‐administrative assets

Official properties

Public properties

Imperial properties

Forest management properties

Government assets

Administrative assets

National Diet Building

Bandai‐Asahi National Park (Oguninuma Pond)

(Source: Ministry of Environment website URL: https://www.env.go.jp/park/bandai/photo/index.html)

The Shosoin Repository

Yakushima

Assets other than administrative assets (e.g., land formerly used for government buildings, land transferred to the government as in‐kind tax payment, and government‐owned stocks)

Government office buildings, housing facilities for national government officials, penal institutions, etc.

National roads, rivers, national government parks, etc.

The Imperial Palace and other properties used by the Imperial Family

National forests used for national forest projects

1‐1.  Current  value  of  government  assets Prices and quantities of government assets are managed under the GovernmentAsset Register. As of the end of FY2019, the current value of government assetsstood at 109.8 trillion yen, out of which national land was worth 19.3 trillion yen.

Note: The current value of government assets does not include public properties (roads, rivers, etc.) managed under registers other than the Government Asset Register

                   

           

 

        

 

   

   

   

 

   

   

   

          

   

                

 

   

   

      

 

   

 

   

 

   

[Breakdown of government assets: end of FY2019] Imperial properties

Forest management properties0.6 trillion yen 4.2 trillion yen

Public properties 0.7 trillion yen

Other 1.4 trillion yen

Unused national land 0.3 trillion yen

Assets on loan to local governments, etc.

2.0 trillion yen

Assets provided as facilities for the United States Forces Japan (USFJ) 2.8 trillion yen

Note: Totals may not match due to figures being rounded down.

Investments in incorporated administrative agencies, etc.

Official properties

19.5 trillion Non‐administrative yen

77.9 trillion yen

assets 84.6 trillion

Administrative assets

25.2 trillion

Government assets

109.8 trillion yen

yen yen

 

           

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[Breakdown of national land: end of FY2019]

                   

 

 

 

        

 

    

 

            

   

    

 

 

 

       

         

     

                      

   

     

 

Administrative assets

Value Type Breakdown

(trillion yen)

Defense facilities 4.1

Airport facilities (Tokyo 0.9 International Airport, etc.)

Diet facilities 1.1

Correctional institutions 0.3 (prisons, etc.) Official

Court facilities 0.4

Other 4.9

Sub‐total 11.9

Shinjuku Gyoen National Public Garden, Showa Kinen Park, 0.6

etc.

Imperial Imperial Palace, etc. 0.6

Forest National forest projects 1.0

management

Total A 14.3

Non‐administrative assets

Breakdown Value

(trillion yen)

Land provided to the USFJ (Yokota Air Base, Yokosuka Naval Base, Iwakuni Air Base, etc.)

2.0

Land on loan to local governments, etc. (Yoyogi Park, Osaka Castle Park, etc.) 2.0

Unused national land 0.3

Other (mountains, wasteland, etc.) 0.5

Total B 4.9

Total (A + B) 19.3

Note: Totals may not match due to figures being rounded down.

1‐2.  Area  of  national  land National  land  measured  8.767  million  hectares,  accounting  for  about  one  quarter  of  Japan’s  total land  area.

The greater part of it (approx. 97%) consists of forest management properties (national forests)which is used for national forest projects. Forest management properties (national forests) plays animportant role in the conservation of national land and the protection of the natural environment.Some land areas in this category are registered as world heritage sites, such as Shiretoko,Ogasawara Islands, and Shirakami‐Sanchi.

National land 8.765 million ha (23.1 %)

3.190 million ha (8.4%)

Privately owned land 19.800 million ha (52.3%)

Roads, rivers, etc. 6.040 million ha

(15.9 %)

Total land area 37.795 million ha

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119,000 ha (1.36%) 2,000 ha (0.14%) : 1,000 ha (0.02%)

Non‐administrative assets 101,000 ha (1.1%)

Total area 8.767 million ha

Administrative assets 8.665 million ha (98.8%)

Forest management properties 8.531 million ha (97.3%)

  

 

              

         

                       

          

                                                    

                                

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[Ratio of national land to Japan’s total land area] [Breakdown of national land (area)]

(as of the end of FY2018) (end of FY2019)

Note : Based on data from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

Note 1: The above data do not include public properties (roads, rivers, etc.) managed under registers (such as the Road Register and the Register of Current River Conditions) other than the Government Asset Register

Note 2: Totals may not match due to figures being rounded down.

National  land  areas  registered  as  world  heritage  sites

Note: The percentage above represents the proportion of national forests in the total land area of each world heritage site.

 Shiretoko (94%)    Ogasawara Islands(81%)

 Shirakami‐Sanchi(100%)

 2. Effective  use  of  government  assets  including  use  for  disaster  management Page 04/11

Government assets are common property of the people. In addition to improvingthe nation’s fiscal condition through their sale, the Ministry of Finance has beenmeeting community and social needs by promoting their effective use incoordination with local communities. These assets are also used for disastermanagement and assistance for affected people.

2‐1.  Use  for  the  development  of  nursing  care  facilities Based on the Urgent Policies to Realize a Society in Which All Citizens are Dynamically Engaged

(November 2015), with the aim of realizing the goal of “no one forced to leave their jobs fornursing care” by the early 2020s, the Ministry of Finance intends to make further use of nationalland by lending land at reduced rents (at discounts of up to 50% for a 10‐year period from thestart of the loan) through the fixed‐term land lease arrangement, in order to help facilitate thedevelopment of nursing care facilities in urban areas where securing land is difficult.

Effective  period:  New  lending  agreements  made  through  the  fixed‐term  land  lease  arrangement  that  determines  a  lessee  between  January  1,  2016  and  March  31,  2026

Target  areas:  Tokyo,  Kanagawa,  Saitama,  Chiba,  Aichi,  Osaka,  Hyogo  and  Fukuoka  Prefectures  (8  prefectures)

Target  facilities:  Homes  for  the  elderly  requiring  special  care,  including  those  with  annexed  day‐care  nursing  facilities,  etc.

A  nursing  care  facility  in  Nerima  Ward,  Tokyo,  which  utilized  the  fixed‐term  land  lease  arrangement  (opened  in  October  2019)

2‐2.  Use  for  the  elimination  of  childcare  waiting  lists The Plan to Accelerate the Elimination of Childcare Waiting Lists (April 2013) includes an

initiative to develop nursery schools using national land. Based on this initiative, the Ministry ofFinance is actively taking measures such as selling national land through preferential sales andleasing national land under a fixed‐term leasehold.

The Plan for Child Rearing with Security (June 2017)includes an initiative to make use of national land,urban areas, post offices, and unused classrooms inschools. Based on this initiative, the Ministry ofFinance promotes the conversion of the use ofnational land that is currently lent with no charge assites of urban parks and provides it as nursingcenters spaces so that more children can beaccepted.

A nursery school‐type center for early childhood education and care in Shibuya Ward, which is located on national land within the urban park (opened in October 2017; Tokyo Metropolitan Yoyogi Park)

                    

     

     

     

     

            

     

     

         

         

     

  Page 07/122‐3.  Effective  use  of  administrative  assets Page 05/11

The Ministry of Finance actively provides information concerning available administrative assets(government office buildings and housing facilities for national government officials) andinformation concerning the systems for leasing out these assets and granting permission for theiruse in order to promote their use by local communities, with the aim of optimizing the use ofadministrative assets to make more profit therefrom.

In accordance with the principle that administrative assets, including those under the jurisdictionof respective ministries and agencies, should be assigned first to official use and public use, theMinistry of Finance provides information concerning available administrative assets to localgovernments, and then if no application for use is filed from local governments, it publishes theinformation on public real estate websites to solicit prospective users.

From the perspective of promoting the effective use ofadministrative assets, the Ministry of Finance has revisedthe rules for the period of permission for use inconsideration of the purposes of use and needs ofindividual assets and the time required to recoupinvestment costs, so that the period of use can be setflexibly to the extent that does not interfere with thefunctions and undertakings of the national government(the period of permission for use is revised from "one yearin principle and five years at the maximum" to "five yearsin principle and ten years at the maximum").

A parking space company is granted permission to use the visitor parking spaces of the Fukuoka Government Office Building when the government office is closed.

2‐4.  Lease  of  vacant  spaces  in  administrative  assets  to  set  up  childcare  centers In "Japan’s Plan for Dynamic Engagement of All Citizens" (decided by the Cabinet on June 2,

2016), the government aimed at promoting the expansion of childcare arrangements by furtherutilization of government‐owned sites. Accordingly, from the perspective of enhancing theeffective use of government assets, the Ministry of Finance leases out vacant spaces inadministrative assets (e.g., government office buildings and housing facilities for nationalgovernment officials) to local governments and other entities in order to set up childcarecenters.

<Achievements> As  of  the  end  of  March  2020,  21  Hoiku‐Mama  projects  (childcare  services  provided  by  caretakers  certified  by local  governments)  were  carried  out  nationwide  using  vacant  spaces  in  housing  facilities  for  national  government  officials.

Hoiku‐Mama project carried out using a housing facility for national government officials

Project location Number of project

operators Miyagi Prefecture: Sendai City 2 Yamagata Prefecture: Yamagata City 1 Tokyo Metropolis: Kiyose City 1 Kanagawa Prefecture: Yokohama City, Sagamihara City, Yokosuka City 5

Aichi Prefecture: Nagoya City 4 Osaka Prefecture: Osaka City 1 Kyoto Prefecture: Kyoto City, Uji City 2 Hyogo Prefecture: Kobe City, Nishinomiya City 3 Fukuoka Prefecture: Fukuoka City 2

Total 21

 2‐5.  Response  at  the  time  of  a  natural  disaster Page 06/11

After a natural disaster occurs due to an earthquake or typhoon, the Ministry of Finance offers national government officials' housing facilities and unused national land free of charge as evacuation sites for disaster victims and sites for placing debris. If an alarm is issued by the Japan Meteorological Agency or there is otherwise a high probability of occurrence of a disaster, such facilities and land can be used for stopgap measures prior to the occurrence.

Unused  national  land  that  was  leased  free  of  charge  to  Saka  Town,  Aki‐gun,  Hiroshima  Prefecture,  as  a  place  to  put  earth  and  sand  that  flowed  into  the  town  due  to  the  torrential  rain  in  July  2018

             

               

 

          

 

    

               

   

 

 

                                        

Process for offering national government officials' housing facilities

Local finance bureau (local finance office), ministries and agencies

(3) Lease out the(1) Provide information on available housingfacilities (Note)

(2) Applyfor use facilities free of

charge, grantpermission for use

Local government

(4) Lease

Disaster victims

Note: Information on available housing facilities is provided by the relevant local finance bureau or local finance office in a centralized manner.

2‐6.  Use  of  national  government  officials'  housing  facilities  as  tsunami  evacuation  buildings With the aim of saving the lives of residents from a tsunami with force beyond expectations, the Ministry of Finance has been working in cooperation with responsible local governments to designate national government officials' housing facilities as tsunami evacuation buildings and hold evacuation and disaster drills with local residents using the designated housing facilities. [Tsunami  evacuation  buildings]   Facilities  located  in  areas  with  the  potential  for  tsunami  flooding,  where  local  

residents  and  other  affected  people  can  find  shelter  temporarily  or  in  an  emergency.

                    

National government’s joint housing facility in Wakayama (Wakayama City/Kinki Local Finance Bureau)

                    

An evacuation drill making use of the national government’s joint housing facility

                  

            

                  

          

                  

   

                

 

         

                

               

                

            

                         

 

                           

 

                

            

           

3. Methods  of  selling  off  unused  national  landIn accordance with the principle of assigning unused nationalland first to official use or public use in consideration of their value as common property of the people, the Ministry of Finance accepts applications for use from local governments and sells off unused national land to them, and if no application for use is filed, it sells off unused national land through general competitive bidding.

In recent years, the Ministry of Finance selects methods according to characteristics of individual properties, aiming to promote the effective use in response to the needs of community and society.

Specifically, the Ministry of Finance employs district plan‐based general competitive bidding and two‐stage general competitive bidding, and in order to meet the needs of future generations, it also employs a fixed‐term land lease of properties for which the government reserves ownership and properties to be used in fields associated with security for people such as childcare and nursing care.

   

      

         

      

      

                      

Unused national land

Sale through general competitive bidding

Sale to the applicant local

government, etc.

If an application is

filed

If no application is filed

Accept applications from local governments, etc. for acquisition (period of acceptance: 3 months)

* Information on general competitive biddingis in Bidding Guides distributed at localfinance bureaus, etc., and is also posted innewspapers and on the websites of localfinance bureaus, etc.

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Characteristics

‐National land located in areas where many children are on childcare waiting lists ‐National land located in urban areas where it is difficult to secure sites to build nursing facilities

‐Achievement of policy measures (elimination of childcare waiting lists, no forced separation from a nursing care job)

Purpose Methods

Giving priority to local governments in: ‐ selling off national land ‐ leasing out national land under fixed‐term land leasehold

‐Large‐scale national land the use of which is expected to revitalize the local economy though systematic town planning

‐Right to site obtained through transfer of rights in redevelopment projects

‐ District plan‐based general competitive bidding (*1) ‐ Two‐stage general competitive bidding (*2) ‐ Discretionary contracts with local governments in response to the needs of the local community

‐ Trust ‐ Exchange

‐Scarce national land with high utility

‐ Concluding fixed‐term leasehold agreements in response to the needs of community and society, while reserving ownership

‐Contribution to the local community (revitalization of the local economy)

‐Optimization through the effective use of government assets

‐Response to the needs of future generations

*1: General competitive bidding to be held after a local government makes a city planning decision to adopt a districtplan for the area that includes national land through consultation with the Ministry of Finance.

*2: General competitive bidding to be held after the Ministry of Finance solicits proposals on the use of national landfrom prospective purchasers and allows only those that pass the screening to participate in the bidding

Note: If no application for use is filed, the Ministry of Finance holds a general competitive bidding to sell off national land.

          

      

   

       

      

      

    

 4. Changes  in  the  sales  proceeds  and  the  stock  of  unused  national  land Page 08/11

Unused national land, classified as non‐administrative assets, is sold by local finance bureaus,etc.

By selling off unused national land that doesn't need to be retained as government assets, theMinistry of Finance strives to secure fiscal revenues, while promoting the effective use of such land in response to the needs of community and society

Non‐statutory public assets (local roads, waterways, etc.)

Assets that have lost function *2

Assets that have function

*1

Transferred to municipality without

consideration

Managed by national government;

demarcated and sold

[Former Non‐Statutory Public Assets]

                            

      

      

 

   

           

【土地売払代の推移（財務省一般会計）】

決算額（復興財源）

決算額（一般財源）

予算額

692 516 668 456 307

413

1,121

191

13 0

1,058 1,070 890

706 240

1,106

1,638

859

470

307

0

500

1,000

1,500

2,000

2,500

[Changes in the sales proceeds of unused national land (general account of the Ministry of Finance)]

Closing amount (reconstruction revenue resources)

Closing amount (general revenue resources)

Budget amount

(100 million yen)

End FY2015 End FY2016 End FY2017 End FY2018 End FY2019                 

                          

    

               

               

                                    

平成27年度末 平成28年度末 平成29年度末 平成30年度末 令和元年度末

台帳価格（億円）

【未利用国有地のストック推移（財務省一般会計）】

1,486 1,323 1,422 1,300 1,057

1,364 1,143 610 649 568

1,707 1,767

1,593 1,339 1,740

4,558 4,234

3,626 3,288 3,366

0

1,000

2,000

3,000

4,000

5,000

6,000

7,000

End FY2015 End FY2016 End FY2017 End FY2018 End FY2019

[Changes in the stock of unused national land (general account of the Ministry of Finance)]

Registered value (100 million yen)

Assets planned to be used by local governments, etc. Assets planned to be sold through general competitive bidding Assets with special circumstances (those located within a district of a land rezoning project, those requiring fixing of boundaries, etc.) Total

     Former Non‐Statutory Public Assets

Former non‐statutory public assets are public assets that have lost their function as local roads or waterways and are not currently used for public purposes. They are under the management of the national government. In cases where a former local road or waterway is currently being used as a site for a dwelling, etc., it is sold

to the user. For queries concerning demarcation and procedures for purchasing former non‐statutory public assets,

please contact your closest local finance bureau, local finance office or local finance branch office.

                                  

                  

                              

       

     

[Originally (farmland)] [Rezoned for residential land]

Local road Former Former local road

Waterway waterway Field

Field Dwelling

*1 “Public assets that have function” are those that arecurrently used for public purposes such as local roads or waterways.

*2 “Public assets that have lost function” are those thathave lost their function as local roads or waterways and are not currently used for public purposes.

        

 

 

 

5. Information  on  Government  Assets Page 09/11

The Ministry of Finance and local finance bureaus, etc. disclose a variety of information on government assets through their website and other means.

Ministry  of  Finance  website URL https://www.mof.go.jp/national_property/

The Ministry of Finance’s Japanese website has a “Government Assets” （国有財産）link on its front page. The linkedpage includes the “Government Asset Report”（国有財産レポート）cont aining updates on the administration ofgovernment assets, as well as detailed statistical data such as the current value of government assets. The webpage also contains reports submitted to the Diet as well as press releases concerning government assets. From the “Government Assets”（国有財産） page on the Ministry of Finance’s Japanese website, you can access “theGovernment Asset Information Disclosure System”（国有財産情報公開システム） . Click “Search”（調べる） to viewthe information on specific government assets, including the location, registered size, registered value, and map information, for each government asset.

Government  Asset  Information  Disclosure  System URL https://www.kokuyuzaisan.mof.go.jp/info/

E‐mail Newsletter on Government Asset Information （国有財産物件情報メールマガジン）The Ministry of Finance began distributing its E‐mail Newsletter on Government Asset Information in June

2014. The Ministry provides updated information on scheduled sales of government assets at local finance

bureaus, etc. across Japan, in a timely manner through email.

Front page “Search”（調べる） : Information on specificgovernment assets

Local  finance  bureau  websites URL https://www.mof.go.jp/about_mof/zaimu/zaimu.htm

The Japanese websites of each local finance bureau, etc. also have a “Government Assets”section, where a variety of information is posted, including assets for which the relevant bureau, etc. has commenced general competitive bidding, the results of those bids, and notices concerning requests for acquisition of assets for official or public use.

（国有財産）

(LIFULL) URL https://www.homes.co.jp/akiyabank/pres/all/   (at home) URL https://kokuyuzaisan.akiya‐athome.jp/

Information on government assets put up for general competitive biddings or sales to first‐comers by local finance bureaus is posted on the dedicated pages of public real estate websites.

       Public Real Estate (PRE) websites

           

           

 

             

 

             

           

 6. Local  Finance  Bureaus,  etc.  Across  Japan Page 10/11 ○ The Ministry of Finance and local finance bureaus, etc. are responsible for the management and disposal of non‐

administrative assets (excluding non‐administrative assets belonging to a special account, etc.) as well as for theoverall coordination of managing and disposing of government assets by individual ministries and agencies.*The management of administrative assets is conducted by the ministries and agencies that have jurisdiction overthe assets.The Ministry of Finance has ten local finance bureaus (including one branch bureau) across Japan, and 40 localfinance offices and 13 branch offices located in the areas under the jurisdiction of the respective local financebureaus. In Okinawa Prefecture, the Okinawa General Bureau of the Cabinet Office performs the operations of alocal finance bureau.

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Hokkaido  Local  Finance  Bureau           Phone:  (011)709‐2311 Sapporo  Joint  Government  Building  No.  1, Kita  8‐jo  Nishi  2‐chome,  Kita‐ku,  Sapporo‐shi,  Hokkaido 060‐8579 http://hokkaido.mof.go.jp/

Tohoku  Local  Finance  Bureau              Phone:  (022)263‐1111  Sendai  Joint  Government  Building  B,  3‐3‐1  Honcho,  Aoba‐ku,  Sendai‐shi,  Miyagi 980‐8436 http://tohoku.mof.go.jp/

<Mascot of the Tohoku Local Finance Bureau> Zaicchi

Kanto  Local  Finance  Bureau                 Phone:  (048)600‐1111  Saitama  Shintoshin  Joint  Government  Building  No.  1, 1‐1,  Shintoshin,  Chuo‐ku,  Saitama‐shi,  Saitama 330‐9716 http://kantou.mof.go.jp/

Hokuriku  Local  Finance  Bureau            Phone:  (076)292‐7860  Kanazawa  Shinkanda  Joint  Government  Building, 4‐3‐10  Shinkanda,  Kanazawa‐shi,  Ishikawa 921‐8508 http://hokuriku.mof.go.jp/

Tokai  Local  Finance  Bureau                  Phone:  (052)951‐1772 3‐3‐1  Sannomaru,  Naka‐ku,  Nagoya‐Shi,  Aichi 460‐8521 http://tokai.mof.go.jp/

<Image character of the Tokai Local Finance Bureau> Zaimu‐kun, Zaiko‐chan

<Image character of the Chugoku Local Finance Bureau> Chuzai‐kun

<Mascot of the Kyushu Local Finance Bureau> Nyankyu

Kinki  Local  Finance  Bureau                   Phone:  (06)6949‐6390 Osaka  Joint  Government  Building  No.  4, 4‐1‐76  Otemae,  Chuo‐ku,  Osaka‐shi,  Osaka 540‐8550 http://kinki.mof.go.jp/

<Mascot of the Kinki Local Finance Bureau> Kinki CATs

Chugoku  Local  Finance  Bureau    Phone:  (082)221‐9221 Hiroshima  Joint  Government  Building  No.  4,  6‐30  Kami‐Hacchobori,  Naka‐ku,  Hiroshima‐shi,  Hiroshima 730‐8520 http://chugoku.mof.go.jp/

Shikoku  Local  Finance  Bureau             Phone:  (087)811‐7780 Takamatsu  Sunport  Joint  Government  Building,  South  3‐33  Sunport,  Takamatsu‐shi,  Kagawa 760‐8550 http://shikoku.mof.go.jp/

Kyushu  Local  Finance  Bureau              Phone:  (096)353‐6351  Kumamoto  Joint  Government  Building  A, 2‐10‐1  Kasuga,  Nishi‐ku,  Kumamoto‐shi,  Kumamoto 860‐8585 http://kyusyu.mof.go.jp/

                          

       

Fukuoka Local Finance Bureau Phone: (092)411‐5095 Fukuoka Joint Government Building, 2‐11‐1 Hakataeki‐Higashi, Hakata‐ku, Fukuoka‐shi, Fukuoka 812‐0013 http://fukuoka.mof.go.jp/

          

                  

Finance Department, Okinawa General Bureau Phone: (098)866‐0091 Naha Second Joint Government Building No. 2, 2‐1‐1 Omoromachi, Naha‐shi, Okinawa 900‐0006 http://www.ogb.go.jp/zaimu

                                      

                                                

~ Be wary of national land sale scams! ~ Lately, there have been numerous reports of scams trying to sell national land. If you ever have any doubt at all, please contact your closest local finance bureau, local finance office or local finance branch office immediately for advice.

                        

 

                    

           

 7. Do  You  Know  about  Government  Assets  Day? Page 11/11

Drawing of land survey following the land tax reform (collection of the Akita

Prefectural Museum)

As a result of this establishment of private land subject to the imposition of land tax, the scope of state‐owned land (national land) became clear, and this led to the formation of the concept of government assets in real estate. The Ministry of Finance has designated November 7—the day on which the decree was issued

by the Grand Council of State—as “Government Assets Day.”

Land tax revision map (collection of the Tax Historical Materials Room, Tax Research and Archives Center, National Tax College)

Under the Meiji Government, which had formed under the Meiji Restoration, a survey of land across the country was undertaken for the purpose of levying a land tax pursuant to the Land Tax Reform Ordinance of 1873. The start of government assets in real estate goes

back to the time of the Meiji Restoration. Certificates of land title were issued for land

confirmed as being privately owned, and standards for distinguishing between state‐owned land and privately owned land were clarified i n t he “Revised Classificationof Land Names” as part of the decree issued by the Grand Council of State on November 7, 1874.

If  you  have  comments  or  requests  concerning  the  management  of  government  assets,  please  share  them  with  us  via  the  following  website:

Ministry  of  Finance  website  (Feedback  to  the  Ministry  of  Finance) https://www2.mof.go.jp/enquete/ja/index.php

Government  Asset  Information  Office,  Financial  Bureau,  Ministry  of  Finance 3‐1‐1  Kasumigaseki,  Chiyoda‐ku,  Tokyo  100‐8940.  Phone:  03‐3581‐4111  (Extension:  5978)