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80 Years On: Tokyo Prospers While Local Revitalization Still Insufficient

Tokyo, Aug. 17 (Jiji Press)–After its devastation in World War II, Tokyo saw a rapid population inflow in the 1960s on the back of Japan’s strong economic recovery, and some 14 million people now live in the Japanese capital. Meanwhile, the Japanese government in fiscal 2015 started to work on a comprehensive strategy for local revitalization to help stem depopulation in regional areas and…

80 Years On: Tokyo Prospers While Local Revitalization Still Insufficient

Tokyo, Aug. 17 (Jiji Press)–After its devastation in World War II, Tokyo saw a rapid population inflow in the 1960s on the back of Japan’s strong economic recovery, and some 14 million people now live in the Japanese capital. Meanwhile, the Japanese government in fiscal 2015 started to work on a comprehensive strategy for local revitalization to help stem depopulation in regional areas and…

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