Japan provides households 1 million yen a toddler to depart crowded Tokyo

The Japanese authorities is about to supply households a million yen a toddler to depart Tokyo. The quantity provided was 300,000 yen in earlier years.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Jan 6, 2023 14:27 IST

Passersby sporting protecting face masks are seen on the road in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo: Reuters)

By India Today Web Desk: The Japan authorities is about to supply households a million yen a toddler to depart the capital Tokyo to fight depopulation of the nation’s rural areas, a report stated. Under the scheme, a household with three kids will get three million yen to depart Tokyo.

The authorities is aiming to shift 10,000 individuals out of Tokyo to rural areas by 2027, the Guardian reported. In 2021, the federal government supported 1,184 households, whereas it was 290 in 2020. The quantity provided was 300,000 yen in earlier years. The new scheme will come into impact from April.

Besides the a million yen compensation, households residing within the central Tokyo metropolitan space for over 5 years may also get assist funds for youngsters. Additional assist would even be offered if the households wish to begin a enterprise within the native space, the report stated.

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Although Tokyo’s inhabitants fell for the primary time final yr, policymakers in Japan consider extra must be achieved to decrease the town’s inhabitants density and encourage individuals to begin new lives in “unfashionable” elements of the nation which were hit by ageing, shrinking populations and the migration of youthful individuals to Tokyo, Osaka and different massive cities.

Apart from cash, the federal government can also be highlighting different advantages akin to the supply of “eligible men” in Otari village and quick access to childcare.

In 2021, the variety of births totalled 8,11,604, the bottom since information have been first saved in 1899. By distinction, the variety of centenarians stands at greater than 90,500 – in contrast with solely 153 in 1963.

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Jan 6, 2023