Japan pays a million for moving out of town (5 photos)

One million yen, that's how much the Japanese government gives a family with a child as a "lifting allowance" if they move from Tokyo to a less populated area.





A once very beautiful house that has fallen into disrepair

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Those who move must live in the new place for five years. One of the family members must also work in the new city or plan to open a new business.

However, no one is in a hurry to go, given that Tokyo is really overpopulated.

Only 71 people moved in 2022, and the following year this number increased slightly to 290. In 2021, 2,381 people moved from the capital region. These are ridiculously small numbers.



One child is already the limit of expectations in a Japanese family

By the way, Tokyo and Moscow are now approximately equal in population (Tokyo is slightly smaller and slightly more densely populated, and that is due to the fact that it is difficult to be a completely unregistered illegal immigrant in Japan).

This is yet another desperate move by the country's government to revive dying suburban areas where buildings are crumbling without supervision. Including historic buildings that no one has the money to maintain.





When people say ghost town, they think of Detroit, but in reality, Japan is full of little Detroits

Tokyo has been growing and villages have been shrinking for 20 years, but the government did nothing until the pandemic. During the coronavirus, thousands of people flocked to the capital in search of work, or rather, the confidence that they can always find work in a big city.

According to government data, the average monthly income of a worker in Tokyo in 2020 was 373,600 yen. In the northern prefecture of Aomori, this figure fell to 240,500 yen, almost half as much, a completely logical relocation.



If its own romance, but a bit like a Khrushchev.

All this is superimposed on the rapid aging of the population and mortality, there are now millions of empty houses in Japan. There is even a special term for this - akiya.

And if there is no population, then schools and hospitals are closed - there is no one to serve.

If nothing changes, by 2040 896 municipalities in the country will disappear, that is about HALF.

In addition, the Japanese have very few children, the reason for this is the high cost of living and the lack of support for childcare.



Sliding walls-doors, just authentic Japan

Oh, it's a pity there are not so many remote jobs, if I were the Japanese, I would go. Old houses, living nature, no crowds - it's beautiful, and everything interesting is on the Internet.