JForrest English : Tokyo is so crowded the government is paying families to leave

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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.

I overslept = I slept too much

I worked yesterday

I overworked yesterday = I worked too much

revitalize - bring the vibrancy back 

boost - to increase

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 

starting (Gerund) - The new plan will start in April = Future simple = will + base verb

Single-parent family/household - only a mother or only a father but not both

The company was headed by a woman. (to be headed by = to be led by)

be eligible - eligibility criteria = to be eligible

less-populated area = area with fewer people living there

The incentives apply to children aged under 18, or dependents 18 and over if they're still attending high school.

incentive -  a reward offered to you to get you to do something specific

Why would I move to a small town. There's no incentive for me to move to a small town

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.

populous - of people who live in a city

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.

rapidly - very quickly

vacant = nobody is living (permanent)/staying (temporary) there

Hotel - No vacancy (No rooms available)

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.

To run out = no longer have something specific / have zero.

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

We ran out of ink = we have zero ink

skyrocketed - increased quickly

The price of groceries has skyrocketed

The price of milk has skyrocketed