• zephyreks@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    The declining population argument doesn’t really work because, while the country as a whole is bleeding population, everyone still wants to live and work in Tokyo.

    • BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      Tokyos population has been stagnant for a decade and has declined for the last few years. That means everyone doesn’t actually want to live and work there, since there aren’t enough people moving there to keep the population growing.