Japan to pay Tokyo families to move out of the city

Starting this month, the Japanese government is offering a new incentive to get families in densely populated Tokyo to move out to less populated areas: 1 million yen — about $7,600 — per child. The World’s Bianca Hillier speaks with people in one countryside village who say they could use the population boost.

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