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The purpose of this study is to determine the for surrounding environment and living safety of public spaces in Japanese UR rental apartment complexes. The study was conducted by performing literature and field surveys, and the research samples included four UR rental apartment complexes in Japan. The results of the study are as follows. First, Hanahata and Tamadaira sites included many neighborhood facilities within the range of the regional neighborhood units, and Comfort Matsubara had many located throughout the residential neighborhood units. Specifically, at least one supermarket was located within each residential neighborhood unit, and a general hospital was proximate to each residential neighborhood unit for the most part. Second, evacuation safety in the public spaces of living safety was simple because external stairs are part of all residential buildings. In the crime safety, lights and surveillance cameras were installed in bicycle parking lots, and the lights function even during the daytime to keep the space well-lit and thus lower the risk of crime. In the daily safety, bollard-type lighting is installed near the ground to illuminate pedestrian walkways, and dropped-object prevention features are installed at the top of the ground floor entrances to prevent accidents that may be caused by falling objects.