More people left Tokyo than moved into the bustling Japanese capital in recent months, a trend that experts believe will continue with the rising adoption of telecommuting.
This comes as the pull of over-concentrated Tokyo loosens with the capital being the epicentre of Japan's Covid-19 outbreak. The city has a rolling seven-day average of 170 daily new cases as of yesterday.
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