Japan is offering families the equivalent of $10,000 Cdn per child if they move out of Tokyo.
Japan saw a record decline in the number of children born in 2022, which is exacerbating the population decline in the country’s rural areas.
Past incentives meant to reverse the trends have been ineffective, so it's set to boost the money it offers families to 1 million yen per child if they move from the Tokyo region to almost anywhere else in Japan for at least five years. "My husband is from outside of Tokyo, but because of his job, it's hard to move," said Kurokata, a hospital worker and mother of a toddler.Japan's demographic crisis hitting harder outside Tokyo
Cities and towns in Japan's countryside are aging and shrinking the fastest, which is depleting their tax base, shuttering schools and leaving many municipalities on the brink of extinction.The incentive program started in 2019, and initially offered families in Greater Tokyo about $3,000 per child to move to any of about 1,300 participating municipalities, which are on the hook for half the cost, according to Kyodo News.
"If companies offer a new, flexible system [e.g. allowing more people to do remote work], workers will react and decide to move out of Tokyo," said Kondo.
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