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context: Aren’t the Japanese trying to get people to move out of cities? >
  
  Yes, but the predicted peak of Tokyo population was 2020 so this is still a surprise.
  Almost all developed nations have negative population growth without immigration. Japan is very strict on immigration and it's deadly a great place to visit, but not live. >
  
  It's a perfectly fine place to live if you live as a Japanese person.  Worse if you expect to live an American lifestyle. >
  
  Americans and Euro get some tolerance, but if you brown/black they are some of the most bigoted folks you can ever meet. >
  
  Those ads encouraging people to drink beer must be working.