Japan's unique take on population density: offers 1 million per child to leave Tokyo

Photo: Japan streets

  • Govt offering 1M yen to move out of greater Tokyo, relocation fee incentive to be introduced by April '23
  • The idea is to encourage people to move to the less populated areas
  • This policy is applicable to 1,300 municipalities
  • The government hopes to move 10,000 people from Tokyo to rural areas by 2027 under this, which was started in 2019.
  • Households who have lived in central Tokyo for 5 years or more are eligible.

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