Population influx into Tokyo area decelerates in pandemic-hit 2020

An influx of people into Tokyo and three neighboring prefectures slowed down in 2020, apparently influenced by a high number of coronavirus cases reported in the Japanese capital, government data showed Friday.While people moving into Tokyo still outnumbered those leaving by 31,125, down 51,857 from the previous year, the surplus is the smallest since 2014 when a survey under the current format was first conducted.Together with Chiba, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures, the inflow of people to the metropolitan area surpassed outflow by 99,243, the figure dropping from 148,783 in the previous …READ FULL ARTICLE