According to the Nikkei business newspaper, Japan is offering families $7,500 per child to leave Tokyo and satisfy one of three requirements.
In an effort to stop the population decline in the regions, the Japanese government is offering families who relocate outside of greater Tokyo with 1 million yen ($7,500) per child.
According to Japanese media sources, the incentive will be implemented in April as part of a formal initiative to revitalise declining towns and villages. It is a significant increase over the previous relocation fee of 300,000 yen.
Policymakers believe more should be done to encourage people to start new lives in "unfashionable" parts of the country that have been hit by ageing, shrinking populations, and the migration of younger people to Tokyo, Osaka, and other major cities, even though Tokyo's population fell for the first time last year, a trend partially attributed to the coronavirus pandemic.
Families residing in the 23 "core" wards of Tokyo, o...
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