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Re:Japanese government offers families 1M yen a child to lea... by actually_a_dog on Tuesday January 03, 2023 @08:03PM (#34240473)
I wouldn’t move cities for that amount. We’re talking about the equivalent of just over $7500 here.
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Re:Japanese government offers families 1M yen a child to lea... by ianai on Tuesday January 03, 2023 @10:19PM (#34241597)
That number seems so low I don’t know who they’re hoping to leave. Or they don’t have a plan in that regard. Real numbers would be like “discounted rail tickets” or some per month stipend for the additional costs. Or maybe it’s just to get homeless people to say they’re leaving.

I’m grasping at straws here.

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Re:Japanese government offers families 1M yen a child to lea... by niij on Tuesday January 03, 2023 @11:26PM (#34242035)
There are around 4,000 homeless people in all of Japan. A country of 125 million. A number so small I doubt it has any impact on the policy whatsoever.

https://tomorrow.city/a/homelessness-in-japan

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