Greater Tokyo sees net population inflow for 22nd year
Jiji -- Jan 30
The number of people who moved into the greater Tokyo area exceeded that of people moving out by 119,779 in 2017, marking a net population inflow for the 22nd straight year, the internal affairs ministry said Monday.

The net inflow into the eastern Japan area--Tokyo and the three neighboring prefectures of Saitama, Chiba and Kanagawa--increased 1,911 from the previous year. In 2016, the inflow fell for the first time in five years.

An official of the ministry's Statistics Bureau said that young people aged 15 to 29 accounted for most of the inflow into the greater Tokyo area in 2017, suggesting that the migration of young people to the region continued for university study and work.

Meanwhile, the Osaka and Nagoya areas suffered net population outflows for the fifth consecutive year, with drops of 8,825 and 4,979, respectively.

The Osaka area is composed of the western prefectures of Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo and Nara, and the Nagoya area comprises the central prefectures of Gifu, Aichi and Mie.

News source: Jiji