Japanese families to be paid to leave Tokyo

The Japanese government is giving families an incentive to move out of greater Tokyo and into the country’s regions.

They are offering $11,000 per child, on top of the pre-existing $3500 relocation fee, to repopulate declining towns and villages.

The…

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Republicans will have to ‘make more concessions’

After no decisive result from three separate attempts to vote for an in-house speaker, Republicans will have to “make more concessions”, says University of Sydney Political Scientist Simon Jackman.

Mr Jackson said “fringe groups” inside the Republican…

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