Tokyo is so overcrowded, Japan is paying families $10K per child to move
Japan is offering Tokyo-area families 1 million yen per child to move to the countryside to revitalize rural areas.
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Million yen per child to leave Tokyo – Japan’s offer to families
Government boosts incentives to lure people to ‘unfashionable’ regional areas hit by ageing, shrinking populationsJapan’s government is offering ¥1m ($7,500) per child to families who move out of greater Tokyo, in an attempt to reverse population decli…