The Japanese government is offering families 1 million yen, or $7,500, per child for leaving the city of Tokyo. Efforts to depopulate will help reverse the declining populations in other regions of the country. Japan Times reported that this monetary support is an increase from 300,000 yen, approximately $2,200, and will be implemented in April next year. Nearly 1,300 municipalities are participating in this federal effort, including Tokoyo’s neighboring areas like Saitama, Chiba and Kanagawa. The goal is to help relocate 10,000 people to rural areas. Recipients will need to...

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 ($7,700) 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 they’re still attending high school. It’s not...

Hundreds of protesters marched through Tokyo on Friday toward the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games — chanting for organizers to “go to hell” for holding the event despite the pandemic, videos show.

Just an hour before the Games started, a mass of people had gathered in Harajuku, the main shopping district in Tokyo, with police shutting down a major roadway as the marchers set off, the Washington Post said.

The International Olympic Committee announced its rules for political protest for the upcoming 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, and some popular forms of athlete protest have been banned, according to The Hill.

While athletes will be allowed to say what they want during interview and news conferences outside the Olympic Village, and on social media, they won't be able to protest in the village, on the field of play, or during medal ceremonies.