An information processing apparatus includes a controller that acquires, from vehicle dispatch centers that each manage an operation plan for a specific area, the operation plan for each area, determines, based on the acquired operation plans, whether a period of time exists, in non-adjacent first and second areas, during which there is a surplus of vehicles in the first area and a shortage of vehicles in the second area, and generates, when the period of time is determined to exist, a vehicle movement plan such that a surplus vehicle in the first area is lent to a vehicle dispatch center that manages an operation plan for an area between the first and second areas, and a vehicle dispatch center in the second area borrows a vehicle from the vehicle dispatch center that manages the operation plan for the area between the first and second areas.