Overview
- City officials decided on September 30 to stop taking new special‑zone minpaku applications across Osaka, with the effective start date to be set by November after notifying operators.
- An enforcement unit dubbed the “nuisance minpaku eradication” team will launch in November to inspect all certified properties and issue improvement orders, business suspensions, or certification revocations for violations.
- Osaka logged 399 complaints last fiscal year tied to special‑zone minpaku, including 196 cases of prohibited one‑night stays, 103 garbage problems, and 87 noise incidents.
- An Osaka Prefecture survey shows 27 of 34 municipalities want to halt new applications; Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura welcomed the city’s pause and said the prefecture will consult the national government.
- Citing limits under current national law, the city will seek legal changes to enable stronger local rules and says any future restart could exclude residential zones and factor in overall lodging capacity.