1 HOUR ENGLISH LESSON - Learn English with the NEWS And Improve Your Fluency

Welcome to this one. Our English lesson  today you're going to learn English with  

the news. We're going to read two  different news articles together so  

you can learn a lot of advanced vocabulary,  complex, grammar and correct pronunciation.  

Let's get started. Can you guess where  this is, which country this might be?  

Well, this is India and it looks pretty crowded,  doesn't it? And that's what we're talking about in

In this article because China is now the  most populous country in the world. And  

we know that because of our headline, let me  read the headline, India, overtakes China, as  

most populous country. First, let's talk about our  verb here. Overtake, let me share the definition,  

this verb simply means to go past something passed  in the sense of exceed. And you do that by being a

Peter amount. So, quantity or degree. We use this  a lot with Statistics or reporting on numbers  

facts figures. You'll hear this a lot about  sales. For example, Us sales have overtaken  

European sales so sales in the u.s. compared  to sales in Europe. Now I could also use our

Sentence structure here notice the preposition  as I could say the US has overtaken Europe  

as the leader in sales. So, this is the  title that has been achieved. The leader  

in sales and the title goes to the US and  it also suggests that previously Europe,

Is the leader. But now if you're imagining,  they're in a competition or a race Europe  

was ahead, but now the US has overtaken  Europe so it does suggest that element  

of competition between the two as well.  Because previously before this China was  

the most populous and India was a close  second but now, India has overtaken. So

that's the go past part, which is an  important part of this definition. So  

I'll just underline that let's continue on,  India has overtaken China as the world's most  

populous nation according to Bloomberg,  referring to the world population review.  

All right, so we've already discussed overtaken,  and I did use this same verb tense have overtaken.

Is it was plural. They they have notice. Now it's  has because it's India, which is conjugated as it  

singular it has. And the reason why this is in the  present, perfect is because it's a past action.  

So the action is complete,  it's a completed past action,  

but there's a result in the present past action.

With a result in the present, what's  the result in the present now? China  

is the second most populous country,  and India is the most populous country,  

that's the result in the present and that's  why the verb tense is in the present. Perfect,  

let's continue on by the end of 2020  to India's population was one point.

For 17 billion people. So if you have numbers  after the decimal point, you can simply see  

them. As the individual numbers 1.4 17, you don't  have to say one point, 417 that doesn't sound,  

right? So say the numbers as individual  numbers, I'll just write this out for you.

Say the numbers as individual numbers after  the decimal point. And the decimal point is  

this is the same thing as a period. But when  we're referring to numbers specifically,  

we don't call it a period. We call it a  decimal point and that's why when I say  

it out loud, I don't say 1. 417.  You don't say that. You say one,

One point for 17. So let me just  write that. So you understand,  

you say 1.4 17 that is how  you verbalize this number.

Five million more than China. So we could also  say using our overtake, India has overtaken.

China by five million people. The people is  optional because in this context we know we're  

talking about population. So you don't have to  say people if it's obvious, but if you if you're  

ever not sure, just add in the reference point,  India has overtaken China by five million people.

So remember it's India has gone  past or exceeded China and then  

you can have by. If you're talking  about a specific number you could  

also do a percentage I don't know what the  percentage is. So I'll just say zero point

7% you could also have by and then a percent zero  point. Remember that point seven percent percent?  

Let's continue on.

On January 17th, I want you to notice my  pronunciation because even though it isn't  

written as the little th, you know, when you see  the date and it gives you the little th 17th,  

notice what my mouth is doing. My tongue  comes between my teeth and I push out

17th, 17th. That's the pronunciation. Practice  that I know it's a difficult sound for a lot  

of students, but that is how we say the dates  out loud on January, 17th Chinese authorities  

announced that for the first time since the  1960s the country's population will decrease by.

So let's just talk about this number here. We're  

going to see some big numbers in  the billions. Now when you have

Three zeros, it's thousand three  zeros that represents 1850.  

A lot of native speakers will say 850 you  do not need to say and sometimes I say it  

as well but it is not necessary.  It's 850,000 and notice it's not

Not 850 thousands, plural, no, 850,000. Okay,  singular in 2022. Compared to the previous  

year. According to the state statistics  Department of China, 1.14 1 billion people  

live in the country. Now, remember I said,  the number is singular. Write the number

Is singular, but whatever. The  number represents is plural. Now,  

people does not have an S because people is the  plural form of person is an irregular Pearl plural  

form. So we have one person, two people.  So people is the plural. Now, if it

Were something like dollars. You need to add the  S on dollars. 1.14 1 billion is singular and then  

the whatever the number represents in this case  money dollars that's where you add the S but it  

could be for example one point for 1 billion  t-shirts why not t-shirt? So you put the S on

On t-shirts or it could be 1 Point 1 4 1  billion cats and then you put the as on cats.  

So that's why billion is singular. But  then whatever it represents is plural.

Let's continue on.

According to world population  review, as of January, 18th  

18th. So even though in the spelling it is not  there, I'm going to pronounce that th as of  

January 18th, India's population,  reached 1 point 4 to 3 billion,  

another research organization macro Trends  claims, that India is home to one point.

Point four to eight billion people. So, there is  a slight difference in number between these two  

research organizations, but it's such a small  difference. I'm surprised they even mentioned  

it. It's basically the same number, right?  Let's continue on. China and India are the  

only two countries with populations  over 1 billion 1 billion singular.

Again, if you wanted to, you could add  people, which is plural, 1 billion,  

people over. Another word could be  with populations more than more than,  

or exceeding would be another word. But we  can't use our overtake. Because remember,  

overtake is only used when we're talking about  competition, between two or more and then

One goes past one exceeds so I'm specifying  this because I did say exceed here but overtake  

is specifically if there's some sort of  competition. And in this case there is  

no competition there just stating a fact  of the population of specific countries

The US Census bureau's world, population  clock list, another 12 countries with  

populations exceeding. So notice here, they use  exceeding rather than, with populations over  

or populations more than they're synonyms.  You can choose whichever you'd like exceed  

Probably sounds the most formal I would say  exceeding, 100 million. So let's see is York.

Entry on the list, the u.s. Indonesia, Pakistan  Nigeria, Brazil, Bangladesh, Russia, Mexico,  

Japan Ethiopia, the Philippines and  Egypt. My Country Canada is not on  

the list. We have a very small population. I  actually don't know what the population is,  

so I'm going to Google it right now. So I  just Googled it any guesses on the population.

Of Canada. Mmm Canada's population Canada's  population. Is 38.2 5 million very small,  

right? Considering it's a huge country,  but very small population. So what's  

the population of your country? Feel  free to share in the comments below.

Let's continue on. Okay, here's where we're  getting to some really big numbers if this  

intimidates, you don't worry because it  intimidates, native speakers. I'm sure if  

you saw a big number in your country,  you should probably stop for a second  

to. So I will explain how to know what this  number is. The projected world population on

First. Okay, here we have a difference because  with one, you need St. First fir first,  

the difference between the other one is my tongue  is not going between my teeth. Notice. First 1st,  

January, 1st, January 1st January.

5th, January 5th, that's with five.

Fifth, let me write that  January 5th. And then we have

January 2nd and you just add a sound and second  and then we have one final Choice which is

Third word, these are pretty easy  because you just basically a daddy  

sound on the end. This one, you need  that and then this one you need,  

so practice those, I will see them  one more time for you January 1st.

January 2nd, January 3rd, January 5th. So you  can practice that the projected when something  

is projected, it means you're guessing or you're  estimating what the number will be based on data  

or information. So you don't know, 100%  that, this is what the number will be.

B is the projected number. So the definition  projected, this is an estimate and the estimate  

is calculated based on known information and  notice how specific they are with the projected  

number. That's pretty specific. So we'll see  if that's correct. We actually know what the  

world population is at the time. This video was  recorded, so you can go see if this was true.

Ooh or not. Okay so now I'll read  this number. So first of all,  

what is this? Well, I Will I Know by how  many groups of three there are okay. So

if there are 1 2 3 groups of 3, then I  know this is billion and then this is

Million. Okay, billion million.

And then this is thousand thousand.

And I'm just going to focus on one group. That's  how you make this long number. Very easy to read,  

or understand. You just look at the  individual groupings. So, seven billion,  

nine hundred forty two million 645,000 86.

And the final group you don't say anything after  it, it's just 86. Remember I said we don't need to  

say and so I don't say 942 million, it's  just nine hundred forty two million six  

hundred forty five thousand eighty six so  you can practice write out some random long  

numbers and practice reading them out loud that

Will be helpful. Now, let's take a look at our  next big number so I can tell I have three groups.  

So I know I have million and then thousand  and then remember the final one is nothing  

73 million. Seven hundred seventy two thousand six  hundred thirty four. So that's the amount of the

the increase and remember that's the world  population but this is just projected which it  

means it's an estimate and as a percentage  that's 0.94% and this is calculated from  

New Year's Day 2022. During January 2020 34.3  bursts and 2.0 Das are expected worldwide. Every

I can't. So here is another example where the  whatever you're calculating is plural. So we have  

bursts. That's why it has an S because there's  more than one right? And Des if it was just one,  

we wouldn't have the plural. And you would  say, one death, one death, there was one death

this month. For example, there were two deaths  that us this month. So practice the numbers and  

the plurals, I hear lots of mistakes from  students with both of those and they're  

expected. You could also use projected  because it's just an estimate based on  

known information. So you could say that as  well, worldwide. Every second, every second

So, that's our article. You  learned a lot of big numbers,  

a lot of data and statistics. I hope you  found it interesting. Now, what I'll do is,  

I'll read the article from start to finish and  you can follow along with my pronunciation.

India overtakes China, as most populous country,  India has overtaken China as the world's most  

populous nation. According to Bloomberg,  referring to the world population review  

by the end of 2020. To India's population  was one point four one, seven billion people  

five million more than China on  January 17th, Chinese authorities, and

Announced that, for the first time since the 1960s  the country's population will decrease by 850,000  

in 2022, compared to the previous year.  

According to the state statistics Department of  China, 1.14 1 billion people live in the country.  

According to world population review,  as of January 18th, India's population,

One point four to three billion. Another  research organization macro Trends claims.  

That India is home. To one point four to eight  billion people China. And India are the only two  

countries with populations over 1 billion, the  US Census bureau's world, population clock list,  

another 12 countries with populations  exceeding, 100 million the u.s. ended

Anisha, Pakistan, Nigeria Brazil,  Bangladesh Russia, Mexico,  

Japan Ethiopia, the Philippines and Egypt.  The projected world population on January  

1st. 2023 is 7 billion. Nine hundred  forty two million. Six hundred forty  

7086 an increase of 73 million seven hundred  seventy two thousand six hundred thirty four

Or or 0.94% from New Year's Day 2022,  

during January 2020, 34.3 Burrs and 2.0  dots are expected worldwide. Every second,  

amazing job with that article. Now we're going  to move on to the next article. Feel free to  

take a pause, get a cup of tea if you like, and  let's continue on today, we're talking about

about Tokyo. So let me read the headline.  Tokyo is so crowded. The government is  

paying families to leave. Now you have a  visual image of the word crowded so you  

can understand what. This adjectives means  crowded is when you have a space and there  

are many people. Many many people in  that space. So you can see this space  

right here and there are many people. So  that's what the whole city of Tokyo looks.

When we say crowded. So this is our adjectives.  Now, notice there is a part of this adjectives  

that's necessary for grammar to form the  sentence correctly. And that is our verb  

to be because you need to say something  Tokyo, this city. The restaurant, the mall,  

for example, something is crowded. So if you're  referring to more than one thing, for example,

The stores there are multiple stores. Those  stores were crowded, what verb tense is that  

in the stores were crowded. So, I have  my verb to be conjugated with my subject,  

which is plural the stores. They and what  verb tense is this? Well, this is, of course,  

the past simple. So I could say the stores were  crowded yesterday, which means there were many

people in those stores.

So, what about your city is your city crowded?  You can share that in the comments to practice  

that new word, your new adjectives.  Now, notice the pronunciation crowded  

crowded. So we have those two syllables  crowded crowded. Let's continue on.

Japan is offering to pay families to  move out of its overcrowded capital  

in an effort to revitalize Countryside  towns and boost the falling birth rate,  

okay? So Japan, of course, they're talking  about the government of Japan will give you  

money if you leave Tokyo. So that's what move  out of you. Move out of a location. So when you

Include the noun, you need the preposition of and  that simply means leave but leave permanently.  

We use this with

Kids, when they become adults and they leave  their parents home to have their own home. So,  

you might say, I moved out when I was  

19 years old. So I left my parents home  permanently, I moved out, you don't have  

to use this just with your parents home. You  could use this with any home you're currently in.

N. So the location you're currently in, no matter  what? That location is, you can use this. For  

example, next month, I'm moving out. So it could  just be out of my current residence and I'm  

leaving it permanently. Now, if notice I didn't  include the location if I include the location,  

I need the preposition of next month. I'm  moving out of my apartment and I'm moving.

Moving.

Into a condo or a house, for example. So, that's  when you go to your new location, you move into  

a house. So you have your article and when you  include the noun, you need the preposition of.  

So Japan will give you money if you leave Tokyo,  if you move out of Tokyo, because it's not just

Crowded, it's overcrowded. So when you add  the prefix over this implies too much, too  

much of the adjectives or of the noun or whatever  follows because I could use a verb. For example,  

I slept, I slept very simple, right? I slept

Now, if I add, I overslept  it means I slept too much.

I slept too much. So I could say,

I,

Worked yesterday, which is neutral in Emotion.  I worked yesterday, I overworked yesterday. So  

now this neutral sentence, I worked yesterday.  It becomes more of a - I overworked yesterday,  

I worked too much.

So by adding over to our adjective crowded.  It's saying it's too crowded, too crowded.

Too crowded.

So it's in this case for the adjectives  it's simply a way of intensifying that  

adjectives too crowded Capital Tokyo  is of course, the capital of Japan  

in an effort to that's just saying  the reason why in an effort to,  

in order to revitalize Countryside towns. So  it Countryside town is just a town outside.

Side of a major urban area so  maybe you have to drive 30, 40,  

50 minutes outside of the city  to get to the countryside town.

So Revitalize, this implies  that the countryside Towns. Now  

are not very vibrant. Vibrant vibrant means  there's a lot of activity. There's a lot of  

Life there, there's a lot of people living there.  There's a lot of work there. There's a lot of  

activities there, a lot of community there. So,  in the past, the towns were vibrant, very Lively.

People move to the major capitals, the major  cities urban areas. So now those towns are not  

vibrant, not lively, so they have to revitalize.  So bring that vibrancy, bring that aliveness back,  

so, too.

Bring the vibrancy back. Remember, vibrancy is  just that energy, the aliveness within a town  

and boost falling birth rate. So  the birth rates are going down,  

they're falling, right? They're  going down. So to boost them,  

simply means to increase them. So it's saying  to try to get people to have more kids, right?

Right? Because if the birth rate is  falling and you want to boost it,  

how do you do that by having more kids?

So this means to increase to increase to  boost. Okay, let's continue on starting  

in April families. In the Tokyo, metropolitan  area, including those headed by single parents  

will be eligible to receive 1 million yen  per child if they move to less populated  

areas across the country. According to a  spokesperson from the central government.

All right, so starting in  of course this will begin  

in April. Notice our Jaren verb here, starting in

So, that is a nice way to begin your  sentence. Alternatively, you could say,

The, what are they saying? This  is all just say the new plan.

The new plan to give families money to leave.  Tokyo the new plan will start in April,  

so this is using it in the the  future simple. And then I can  

just take my Jaren verb to mean the same  thing. So, this is the future simple.  

I have my Will and then my base verb  start. So we have will + base verb.

But notice here, I have my Jaren  verb, which is a nice Advanced way  

to form this sentence Jaren  verb. And I ing starting in April

Okay, those headed by this isn't a very  common vocabulary word that you'll use in  

your speech. I imagine but  it simply means families.

That have one parent. So, a single parent  family is a family with only a mother,  

or only a father. So that  is a single-parent family,  

single-parent family. So, let me write this  for you. Of course, this is very common and  

the reason may be because of divorce. So the  the couple divorced they're no longer together.

Together or perhaps, there was a death,  one of the parents died. So a single  

parent family or household. Sometimes  they call that a household, a family,  

only a mother, or only a father, but not  both, okay. So only a mother, or only a father

And headed is just another way of saying  that parent leads the family. They're  

in charge of the family so you can  understand what headed by means. So,  

for example, you might see this more  in a business context, the company.

Was headed by a woman was led by so to  be headed by is another way of saying  

to be led by now notice, this is in the  passive form and that's why I'm using  

my verb to be and it's in the Ed Forum to  be headed by. I could see a woman headed  

the company a Woman Led the company,  but honestly this is not very common.

I'm just explaining  

for the sake of this article but I would suggest  using led by because it's a lot more common

so, I'm just going to put led by

Let by okay.

So to be eligible, to be eligible to  do something, it simply means that  

you are able to because you meet a specific  criteria. So, in this case, what's the criteria

You must live in Tokyo so far. From what  we know this is the only criteria you must  

currently live in Tokyo and be willing to  move to a small town, a Countryside town.  

So that is the eligibility criteria, so that's  the noun form. So if you're applying for maybe a

Iza in another country. You want to know  what's the eligibility criteria? You're  

applying for a loan. You're applying for a  mortgage? What's the eligibility criteria?

Eligibility criteria and that's just  the verb form is to be eligible.

So it's possible that you're  not eligible for some reason  

and they could say sorry, you're not eligible.  

So this is our verb to be and then I'm just making  it - sorry you're not eligible for this loan.

Okay, so the eligibility criteria is they  must be willing to move to less populated,  

so this could be another way of saying  less crowded areas. Crowded populated is  

just referring to the population. Right?  How many people live in a specific area?  

That's the population. So less populated  area. That is an area with less people.

Oh,

less populated area is an area  with fewer people living there.

So I'm not at this point, I'm not  sure if you need to have children  

right now because it says that  they will receive money per child,  

it doesn't say that they will receive  money for themselves as the parent. So  

maybe the eligibility criteria is you must have  a child and be willing to leave. I'm not sure.

Okay. Let's continue on the incentives.  Apply to children aged under 18. Yes. Now  

we have our answer. So I know that  eligibility criteria, this money is  

not available for the adults. It's for families  with children, which makes sense the incentives,  

apply to children aged under 18. So that is  part of the eligibility criteria because you

Can't be 19 or dependents 18 and over if they're  still attending High School. Okay. So you can be  

19. If you're attending high school, maybe  you started high school late. Your birthday  

is late in the year or you had to repeat  a year. So if you're still in high school,

All right, the incentive. And in this case,  an incentive is a noun. This is a noun.

And I know it's a noun because I have my article  here, right? The incentive and is conjugated in  

the plural. So this is a noun, and an incentive  is something such as a reward. In this case,  

it's a financial reward, it doesn't have  to be Financial, it could be something like  

a company car or an extra vacation  day. So it's just a reward. Some

Ward, that will influence your  behavior. So a reward offered to  

you to get you to do something specific.  So that's alright that out for you.

A reward offered to you to get you to convince  you influence you to do something specific  

without the incentive. Why would I leave  Tokyo and move to a small town. There's  

No incentive there's no incentive with  the incentive. I might think well $7000

Eight thousand dollars, that's a lot of money  and that's per child. If I had four kids,

I don't know, that's quite a lot of money,  right? That could go a long way in a small town.

So let me show you how I use that in the - because  I said, why would I move to a small town? There's  

No incentive for me to move to a small town. So  without the financial reward without receiving  

this money, there's no incentive for me to  move to a small town. So this is used a lot in

In workplace situations because I might say  well there's no incentive for me to work late  

I don't receive extra money if I work late. So  why would I? So that's why companies will give  

you bonuses or give you something like a prize,  a free lunch. If you do something specific,  

that's the incentive but you might complain all.  There's no incentive for me to do something.

So, that's a good noun for  you in a workplace situation,  

especially if you are a manager or a leader  because you want to incentivize your team.

All right. Let's continue on. It's not  the first time. The government has try  

to use Financial incentives. Remember I  said that an incentive is just a reward,  

it's not always Financial. It could be a extra  vacation day or a free phone, for example,  

or it could simply be something simple like  a plaque that you put on your wall. That

Says great job could be something like  that but now they're specifying Financial  

incentives so it's just an adjective to give  more information about what type of incentive.  

It's not the first time the government  has tried to use Financial incentives to  

encourage people to leave. Remember, that's  the purpose of an incentive to try to get  

people to do something. Encourage is another  way of simply saying to get it some more.

Formal way of saying to get people to leave but  this plan is more generous at three times the  

amount currently offered, okay? So they're  saying right now the incentive is almost  

8,000 so before it was what 2600 or  so. So it was three times less than

It is now so you have a with seventy seven hundred  divided by 3. I don't know what that is. You can  

let me know and that was the three times less so  if the incentive was only let's say twenty five  

hundred dollars maybe that that wasn't enough to  actually incentivize someone. It wasn't enough the

The incentive was too small, so they increased  it, they increased it by three times.

Let's continue on for decades, people across  Japan have migrated to its Urban centers seeking  

job opportunities. Tokyo is the country's most  populous city with roughly 37 million residents.  

So in this case, when you say most populous is  not actually saying it's crowded, is just saying  

the city with the most people. So

Member population. Populous, it's the  number of people who live in a city now,  

maybe 37 million isn't crowded, because it could  be that the geographical space is so big. That  

37 million can comfortably live in that space.  So just because something is highly populated,

It, it doesn't necessarily mean it's  crowded. Remember crowded has to be when  

there's a small space or not small any size  of space and a lot of people in that space.

Let's continue on, but this migration  pattern combined with Japan's rapidly aging,  

population has left rural towns with  fewer and fewer residents as well as  

millions of unoccupied homes. So the  migration pattern, this is just the  

fact that people are leaving small towns  and going to the larger Urban centers May

Only the Capital City's,  

the major cities so that's why they  need to revitalize the small towns.

So rapidly aging population. Rapidly  of course, is something that happens  

very quickly. So Japan's population  is aging very quickly. So you have  

to change this sentence structure a little  bit, but it means very quickly. Of course,

So we already know there are fewer and fewer  residents in those rural Towns now. Unoccupied  

homes. Well, I think this is obvious,  hopefully, but when you have an occupied  

home but then if you put an uninformed of it  as a prefix then it means not in in this case  

so not occupied. So if it's not occupied,  it means nobody is living there. Nobody is.

Is living there. Another term is vacant. Vacant is  

nobody living there. You see this?  A lot with hotels, hotels will say

No Vacancy, which means there's no space because  they can't means there's nobody living there. Now,  

in a hotel, you don't live there. You  just stay there because it's temporary,  

but if there's No Vacancy, it means there's  no space because vacant means space. So,  

there is space, nobody is living there or for

Tells it would be staying there.

Living is permanent, and staying is temporary.  

And that's why we use stay with  hotels and live with your home.  

So, that's unoccupied homes, and that's for hotel  hotel. So, No Vacancy means, no rooms available.

Let's continue on. Meanwhile, in major cities,  space has rapidly run out and prices have  

skyrocketed. Tokyo is consistently one of  the world's most expensive cities to live in  

ranking. Fifth globally in 2022. So we already  looked at rapidly. Remember this is an adverb,  

so it comes before. Our verb space, has rapidly,  run out. So to run out, this is a phrasal

Verb to run out.

And this is when you no longer  have something specific,  

so another way of saying it is to have zero  to have zero. So for example, I could say

We ran out of ink. So let's say I'm trying  to print a document and I can oh no we ran  

out of ink. This means we have zero  ink. We use this a lot with time.  

So you might say actually this is a  very good one. So think of it in this  

context of time we couldn't discuss  the proposal because we ran out of

of time. So we have zero time, that's what it  

just means when you get 20. So you no  longer have time. We ran out of time.

So a space has run out. There's none left their  zero space. Right prices. Have skyrocketed,  

I think the image of this skyrocketed.  So the price was here, let's say  

a hundred thousand dollars. It's skyrocketed to  500 thousand dollars. So it increased quickly

That's what I would say.  Skyrocketed increased quickly.  

I think a lot of people are seeing  this with house prices, right now,  

A lot of people are seeing this with grocery  prices, the price of groceries has skyrocketed

And it is an an increase in price, but quickly,  

increase. Now, you could put  something specific the price

of milk has skyrocketed so you can use  a general category groceries or you can  

use a specific item notice, the pronunciation,  skyrocketed rocketed, skyrocketed skyrocketed,

So that could be one of the reasons why  you accept the incentive, the financial  

incentive and you move out of Tokyo into one of  the smaller towns to revitalize that small town.

And that is the end of our article, a lot of  great vocabulary grammar and pronunciation in  

this article. So now, what I'll do is I'll  read the article from start to finish so  

you can focus on my pronunciation and  practice along with my pronunciation.

Tokyo is so crowded. The government  is paying families to leave.  

Japan is offering to pay families to  move out of its overcrowded capital  

in an effort to revitalize Countryside  towns and boost the falling birth rate  

starting in April families, in the Tokyo,  metropolitan area, including those headed,  

by single parents will be eligible to receive 1  million yen, seven thousand seven hundred dollars,

Per child if they move to less populated  areas across the country. According to a  

spokesperson from the central government,  

the incentives, apply to children aged under 18 or  dependents 18 and over. If there's still attending  

high school it's not the first time the government  has tried to use Financial incentives to encourage  

people to leave. But this plan is more generous  at three times the amount currently offered.

For decades people across Japan have migrated  to its Urban centers seeking job opportunities.  

Tokyo is the country's most populous city  with roughly 37 million residents, but this  

migration pattern combined with Japan's rapidly  aging, population has left rural towns with  

fewer and fewer residents, as well as millions of  unoccupied homes. Meanwhile in major cities space,

Has rapidly run out and prices have  skyrocketed. Tokyo is consistently one  

of the world's most expensive cities to  live in ranking. Fifth globally in 2022.

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