Japan offering money to make families exit Tokyo?

Japan plans to boost financial support to households to move away from the capital to combat depopulation in other areas of the country, according to multiple local media reports. Eligible families in the Tokyo metropolitan area will be able to receive 1 million yen ($7,700) per child starting in the fiscal year 2023 if they move to a disadvantaged local area - more than triple the 300,000 yen incentive in place, the reports said.
The incentives highlight the challenges that Japan is facing with its low birth rate and long life expectancy. Rural areas have seen rapid depopulation as the young move away for opportunities in cities, leaving the localities dotted with empty homes. The hiked support for kidscomes on top of a flat 1 million yen that families can get for moving. Under the new proposal, a home with two children could receive 3 million yen in support if they left the Tokyo area.
Japan's national government began the initiative to attract people to regional areas in 2019, allowing households who have lived in the central Tokyo metropolitan area for five years to apply for support funds if they move.
Families can continue to work remotely at their current job which would allow them to apply for even more financial support.