Japan offers families 1 million yen a child to leave crowded Tokyo
International Desk
The Japan government is set to offer families one million yen a child to leave the capital Tokyo to combat depopulation of the country's rural areas, a report said. Under the scheme, a family with three children will get three million yen to leave Tokyo, India Today reported.
The government is aiming to shift 10,000 people out of Tokyo to rural areas by 2027, the Guardian reported. In 2021, the government supported 1,184 families, while it was 290 in 2020. The amount offered was 300,000 yen in previous years. The new scheme will come into effect from April.
Besides the one million yen compensation, families living in the central Tokyo metropolitan area for over five years will also get support funds for children. Additional support would also be provided if the families want to start a business in the local area, the report said.
