Real Estate Donation Consultations Increase 10-Fold in 2 Years as Asset Utilization Needs Expand. Free Event Explaining the New Public Trust System to be Held on April 21!
The Senboku Community Foundation will hold a free event on April 21 to explain the new public trust system starting in April 2026, aiming to utilize dormant real estate and assets for local social problem-solving.
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The Senboku Community Foundation (located in Sakai City, Osaka; Representative: Michihiro Horaku), a public interest incorporated foundation that creates mechanisms for regional financial circulation, has seen a 10-fold increase in consultations regarding real estate donations over the past two years. Amid growing concerns about how to utilize assets, and in response to the enforcement of the new public trust system in April 2026, the foundation will hold an event to consider the social utilization of personal assets.
Michihiro Horaku
Attention Gathers on Asset Utilization as Heirless Inheritances Exceed 100 Billion Yen
As property entering the national treasury as "inheritances without heirs" exceeds 100 billion yen annually, options to utilize assets to solve social issues are beginning to attract attention.
The background to this is the acceleration of the declining birthrate, the aging population, and the increase in single people, leading to more cases where there is no family to inherit the property. Real estate, in particular, incurs management costs even after reverting to the national treasury, creating social issues such as being left abandoned as vacant houses or dilapidated land.
Under these circumstances, local activities continue to face funding shortages and an increase in vacant houses, leading to a recent surge in consultations from people wanting to utilize their real estate for society. While interest in legacy giving—entrusting assets after death—is rising, the mechanism of public trusts, which utilizes assets during one's lifetime, is not yet widely known, and its future spread and utilization are highly anticipated.
Real Estate Donation Consultations Rise 10-Fold, Public Trust Briefing Session to be Held
Amid an increase in consultations regarding legacy giving and inheritance, the Senboku Community Foundation has seen a roughly 10-fold surge in the past two years in consultations regarding the donation of real estate, such as vacant houses and forests. While there are growing voices saying, "Rather than having it taken by the state and abandoned, I want my assets to be useful to the community where I was born and raised," the reality is that many also struggle because they do not know how to donate.
In addition to this increase in consultations, taking the opportunity of the enforcement of the new public trust system in April 2026, a free briefing session, "New Public Trust Kick-off Event," targeting citizens considering the social utilization of their personal assets, will be held on April 21. Under the conventional system, non-monetary assets often involved complex procedures and it was difficult to find a place to consult, posing a hurdle to their utilization.
A public trust is "a mechanism that allows the use of funds to be determined by contract during one's lifetime, ensuring that they are used for the designated purpose," and under the new system, real estate, forests, and farmland can now be handled as trust assets. By utilizing this mechanism, dormant non-monetary assets can be managed as financial resources to solve local social issues such as welfare, education, and environmental conservation.
At the event, Michihiro Horaku, Representative Director of the Foundation and actively involved as a contact point for donation consultations, will take the stage. Through an interview format with a trust bank representative, he will explain the significance of the new system and key points on how to utilize it in an easy-to-understand manner.
Promoting Public Trusts as a Consultation Hub for Asset Utilization
The Senboku Community Foundation has built a track record of establishing funds based on donations and connecting them to grants for local organizations. As the secretariat of the Kansai Public Trust Network, the foundation plans to continue strengthening activities that support the regional circulation of assets through the popularization of the new public trust system and the provision of information.
Comment from the Representative Director
"There are many people who have given up because they couldn't find a place to consult about donations, or who are worried about 'whether their assets can actually be useful.' The new public trust system has great potential to connect the intentions of such people to the future of the community. We hope this event will serve as a first step in considering the social utilization of assets."
The "New Public Trust Kick-off Event" is free to attend and is scheduled to be held in a hybrid format, both in-person and online.
《Event Overview》
Date & Time: Tuesday, April 21, 2026, doors open at 3:00 PM, scheduled to end at 5:00 PM
Venue: Kwansei Gakuin Umeda Campus, Osaka Umeda (Hybrid format planned)
Secretariat: Senboku Community Foundation
Email: info@semboku-fund.org
Phone Number: 072-320-8704
*For event details and attendance requests, please contact the secretariat (Person in charge: Horaku / Hozumi).
《Michihiro Horaku Profile》
Born in Kawachinagano City, Osaka in 1982. Representative Director of the Senboku Community Foundation, Co-Chairman of the Japan Community Foundation Association. As a coordinator for NPOs and civic activities, he has worked on creating interactive spaces and numerous local projects. He established the community foundation "Senboku Community Foundation" and works to create mechanisms where "warm money" circulates within the community. Promoting a "self-sustaining autonomous model" as a new community building model for Senboku New Town.
Michihiro Horaku
Attention Gathers on Asset Utilization as Heirless Inheritances Exceed 100 Billion Yen
As property entering the national treasury as "inheritances without heirs" exceeds 100 billion yen annually, options to utilize assets to solve social issues are beginning to attract attention.
The background to this is the acceleration of the declining birthrate, the aging population, and the increase in single people, leading to more cases where there is no family to inherit the property. Real estate, in particular, incurs management costs even after reverting to the national treasury, creating social issues such as being left abandoned as vacant houses or dilapidated land.
Under these circumstances, local activities continue to face funding shortages and an increase in vacant houses, leading to a recent surge in consultations from people wanting to utilize their real estate for society. While interest in legacy giving—entrusting assets after death—is rising, the mechanism of public trusts, which utilizes assets during one's lifetime, is not yet widely known, and its future spread and utilization are highly anticipated.
Real Estate Donation Consultations Rise 10-Fold, Public Trust Briefing Session to be Held
Amid an increase in consultations regarding legacy giving and inheritance, the Senboku Community Foundation has seen a roughly 10-fold surge in the past two years in consultations regarding the donation of real estate, such as vacant houses and forests. While there are growing voices saying, "Rather than having it taken by the state and abandoned, I want my assets to be useful to the community where I was born and raised," the reality is that many also struggle because they do not know how to donate.
In addition to this increase in consultations, taking the opportunity of the enforcement of the new public trust system in April 2026, a free briefing session, "New Public Trust Kick-off Event," targeting citizens considering the social utilization of their personal assets, will be held on April 21. Under the conventional system, non-monetary assets often involved complex procedures and it was difficult to find a place to consult, posing a hurdle to their utilization.
A public trust is "a mechanism that allows the use of funds to be determined by contract during one's lifetime, ensuring that they are used for the designated purpose," and under the new system, real estate, forests, and farmland can now be handled as trust assets. By utilizing this mechanism, dormant non-monetary assets can be managed as financial resources to solve local social issues such as welfare, education, and environmental conservation.
At the event, Michihiro Horaku, Representative Director of the Foundation and actively involved as a contact point for donation consultations, will take the stage. Through an interview format with a trust bank representative, he will explain the significance of the new system and key points on how to utilize it in an easy-to-understand manner.
Promoting Public Trusts as a Consultation Hub for Asset Utilization
The Senboku Community Foundation has built a track record of establishing funds based on donations and connecting them to grants for local organizations. As the secretariat of the Kansai Public Trust Network, the foundation plans to continue strengthening activities that support the regional circulation of assets through the popularization of the new public trust system and the provision of information.
Comment from the Representative Director
"There are many people who have given up because they couldn't find a place to consult about donations, or who are worried about 'whether their assets can actually be useful.' The new public trust system has great potential to connect the intentions of such people to the future of the community. We hope this event will serve as a first step in considering the social utilization of assets."
The "New Public Trust Kick-off Event" is free to attend and is scheduled to be held in a hybrid format, both in-person and online.
《Event Overview》
Date & Time: Tuesday, April 21, 2026, doors open at 3:00 PM, scheduled to end at 5:00 PM
Venue: Kwansei Gakuin Umeda Campus, Osaka Umeda (Hybrid format planned)
Secretariat: Senboku Community Foundation
Email: info@semboku-fund.org
Phone Number: 072-320-8704
*For event details and attendance requests, please contact the secretariat (Person in charge: Horaku / Hozumi).
《Michihiro Horaku Profile》
Born in Kawachinagano City, Osaka in 1982. Representative Director of the Senboku Community Foundation, Co-Chairman of the Japan Community Foundation Association. As a coordinator for NPOs and civic activities, he has worked on creating interactive spaces and numerous local projects. He established the community foundation "Senboku Community Foundation" and works to create mechanisms where "warm money" circulates within the community. Promoting a "self-sustaining autonomous model" as a new community building model for Senboku New Town.