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Re:Japanese government offers families 1M yen a child to lea... by chaorace on Tuesday January 03, 2023 @01:03PM (#34235154)
I think the goal is injecting bodies into the surrounding economies, rather being an attempt to substantially reduce the population of Tokyo proper.

-10,000 is trivial compared to 13 million, but even +20 to a nearby farming community is substantial (then multiply that impact by x500).

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