Read this earlier today:
>Japan is planning to sweeten the financial incentive for parents who opt to move out of Tokyo as the government attempts to reverse decades of demographic decline, economic migration and the lure of the world’s biggest metropolis.
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>Officials familiar with the plan say the government will try to tempt families to relocate with a generous payment of up to ¥1mn ($7,600) per child if they swap overcrowded [Tokyo](https://www.ft.com/tokyo) for municipalities outside the city and its surrounding prefectures. The figure is more than triple the ¥300,000 on offer under an existing scheme in place since 2019.
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>The increased payment per child is only part of the government’s commitment to encouraging young families to leave Tokyo. Families that relocate are already being offered as much as ¥3mn in one-off financial support and can receive even more if they start a business.
Can’t seem to find any English info though. Has anyone heard of people actually using these subsidies to move and start a business in a different prefecture?
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It’s not much money in the context of a move and setting up a business but the regional draw has been big here since the start of the pandemic as well. Regional areas doesn’t have to mean a two horse town in Shikoku, there’s probably a range of places and scenarios to think through.