FOCUS: Pandemic could take shine off moving to Tokyo for work

Tokyo's population has swollen over the years as young people from the regions have been drawn to the big city, but the tide may be turning as perceptions of work and urban life change in light of the coronavirus pandemic.A 2019 report on internal migration by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications showed that among people moving to Tokyo, those aged between 18 and 29 numbered around 250,000 -- accounting for more than half of the 470,000 total.For young people not originally from the metropolitan area, the most popular reason for moving to the capital was to take up a place at…READ FULL ARTICLE