东京太拥挤日本政府付钱请民众离开搬离_公共英语阅读理解

东京太拥挤日本政府付钱请民众离开搬离

东京和周边的大都会区总人口多达3800万，长久以来在人口统计数据中一直逆势而上，即使日本总人口缩水，东京人口却一直在增加。但这通常是以其他城市为代价的。

Tokyo and the prefectures of Chiba, Kanagawa, and Saitama posted significant population growth in 2017. According to NHK, the number of people moving to Tokyo has exceeded the number moving out for 22 years and counting. Nearly one out of every three people in Japan lives in the Tokyo area.

2017年东京和千叶县、神奈川县、琦玉县都报告了大幅度的人口增长。根据日本放送协会的数据，搬到东京的人数已经连续22年超过搬离东京的人数，而且超出数量还在不断增加。日本近三分之一的人都生活在东京地区。

The government added that as more people leave other major cities such as Sendai and Sapporo in the north of Japan for Tokyo, it will encourage people to relocate to those places, for example through tax benefits.

日本政府还表示，随着更多人离开仙台市、札幌市等北部城市前往东京，政府将通过税收优惠等措施鼓励人们搬到这些地方居住。

One prefecture that saw a population increase last year is the industrial hub of Aichi in central Japan, which experienced an influx of foreign migrant labor. Every prefecture in Japan except for Nagasaki posted a rise in the number of foreigners last year. Only the Okinawa prefecture experienced a population increase due to the number of births exceeding the number of deaths.