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Changes in work styles caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have made it less important for companies to have offices in the city. Yokohama was the most popular destination for companies relocating from Tokyo.
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Pandemic prompts companies to flee central Tokyo

Relocations skyrocket more than 20% in FY2020

KENJI ASADA and AIKO MUNAKATA, Nikkei staff writers | Japan

TOKYO -- The COVID-19 pandemic may be helping to halt a trend that many had thought irreversible: the concentration of Japanese businesses in central Tokyo.

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