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Special-Zone Minpaku · application cutoff countdown

Name: Osaka tokku-minpaku · new-application cutoff countdown
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Osaka tokku-minpaku new-application deadline · May 29, 2026

Following the Osaka City regional-plan amendment certified on 2025-11-28, new applications for tokku-minpaku (National Strategic Special-Zone permits) close on May 29, 2026. Only facilities already certified by then may continue operating.

Until cutoff

Applications closed

May 29, 2026

Tokku listings · nationwide

13,125

Of which · Osaka City

5,352

Osaka share of national

40.8%

What's happening

1. 2025-09-30 — Osaka City publishes its plan to phase out the tokku-minpaku scheme. 2. 2025-11-28 — Regional-plan amendment formally certified. 3. 2026-05-29 — Last day for accepting new applications. 4. Already-certified facilities may continue operating; no new entries after this date. Net effect: Osaka's tokku-minpaku stock will shrink as existing certifications attrit naturally. New entrants to the Osaka minpaku market must choose the Ryokan Act or Housing Lodging Business Act (New Act) path instead.

Investor implications

Short term: existing tokku certifications may carry an acquisition premium (scarcity). Mid term: new entrants are limited to the Ryokan Act (stricter fire-safety bar) or Housing Lodging Business Act (180-day annual cap). Long term: Osaka's minpaku supply mix will rebalance. Other tokku zones (Kitakyushu, Niigata) are too small to move national totals materially.

See the 3-regime comparison →Osaka City regulations & supply →

Updated · 2026-05-26 · MaxPaku data collection · Authority: National Strategic Special Zones Act + Osaka regional-plan amendment certified 2025-11-28