Population influx into Tokyo slows sharply in 2020 amid pandemic

The inflow of people into Tokyo exceeded the outflow by only 7,537 in fiscal 2020, compared with 83,455 in the previous year, amid the coronavirus pandemic, government data showed Tuesday.For the first time in nine months, the number of people moving to Tokyo outnumbered those moving out in March, when the fiscal year ended, according to the data released by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.In the reporting month, the inflow exceeded the outflow by 27,803, but the figure was much lower than the 40,199 reported a year earlier.The ministry attributed last month's rise in th…READ FULL ARTICLE