為什么日本經(jīng)濟(jì)很糟糕？

@dcdx8966
I’ve worked in large Japanese and American companies here. Japanese companies enjoy the theatrics of being in an office and the focus on the processes. They don’t work hard, they work LONG. There is little care for the results and instead will just be there 12 hours a day to be in pointless meetings and going out to smoke every 10 minutes.

我在日本和美國的大公司都工作過。日本公司喜歡辦公室里的形式主義，注重流程。他們不是努力工作，而是工作時(shí)間長。沒人太在乎結(jié)果，只是每天待12小時(shí)，參加沒意義的會議，然后每10分鐘出去抽根煙而已。

@darkfool2000
Japan had overextended itself and suffered for it, but given its demographic situation, Japan's current existence seems like the best case scenario for countries whose demographics are declining.

日本曾經(jīng)過度擴(kuò)張并為此付出了代價(jià)，但考慮到它的人口結(jié)構(gòu)，日本現(xiàn)在的狀態(tài)似乎是人口下降的國家的最佳情況。

@Ningbo574
GDP cannot tell the whole story. As long as ordinary Japanese people have enough food and clothing, prices are stable, and unemployment is low, that is enough. The so-called lost decade is just the perspective of others. Do Japanese people need to care about it?

GDP不能說明全部。只要普通的日本人有足夠的衣食，物價(jià)穩(wěn)定，失業(yè)率低，那就夠了。所謂的“失去的十年”只是外人的看法。日本人需要在意嗎？

@urathore12
As an American living in Japan, I don't really care to travel anywhere else. The public service infrastructure is better than anywhere else in the world. Maybe it is the economic metrics that are outdated. Quality of life of the average citizen in Japan is heads and shoulders over the rest of the world. Obesity is not an issue as nutritious food is affordable and healthy habits are not eclipsed by corporate lobbying. Japan has maintained quality in its production and sustained its precious culture by being stingy on immigration. My family loves it here and we wouldn’t change a thing. Maybe I’m missing something...

作為生活在日本的美國人，我不太想去別的地方旅行，因?yàn)槿毡镜墓卜?wù)基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施比世界上任何地方都好?；蛟S是經(jīng)濟(jì)指標(biāo)過時(shí)了，日本普通公民的生活質(zhì)量遠(yuǎn)超其他國家。肥胖不是問題，因?yàn)闋I養(yǎng)食品價(jià)格合理，健康的習(xí)慣也沒有被企業(yè)游說所掩蓋。日本通過嚴(yán)格控制移民保持了生產(chǎn)質(zhì)量，延續(xù)了寶貴的文化。我的家人在這兒很開心，我們不想改變?nèi)魏螙|西。可能我漏了什么……

@mamba5488
I’m Japanese, I think the biggest problem is the declining birthrate and aging population.
Due to the declining birthrate that has continued since the 1970s, the proportion of people aged 65 and over in Japan exceeds 30% now.
This is a historically high percentage, and it will rise to 40% by 2040.
In the process, a lot of wages are forcibly collected as social security costs, making life harder for the people than ever before.

The burden of社會保障成本 on the younger generation is becoming heavier, and as a result, the number of people unable to marry is rapidly increasing.

The aging population is creating a negative feedback loop that leads to a declining birthrate.
The rapid aging trend is particularly noticeable in East Asia, and regions with mature economies will probably face the same problem in a few years.

我是日本人，我覺得最大的問題是出生率下降和人口老齡化。
自1970年代以來日本的出生率持續(xù)下降，現(xiàn)在日本65歲及以上人口占比超過30%。
這是史上最高比例，到2040年將升至40%。
在這個(gè)過程中，大量工資被強(qiáng)制征收作為社會保障費(fèi)用，讓人們的生活比以往任何時(shí)候都更艱難。
年輕一代的社會保障負(fù)擔(dān)越來越重，結(jié)果是無法結(jié)婚的人數(shù)迅速增加。
人口老齡化形成了一個(gè)導(dǎo)致出生率下降的負(fù)反饋循環(huán)。
這種快速老齡化趨勢在東亞尤其明顯，經(jīng)濟(jì)成熟的地區(qū)可能幾年后也會面臨同樣的問題。
@佳歡錢

People who say growth doesn’t matter argue that they live well now. But the point is stagnation is not healthy or sustainable. You now live well doesn’t mean your offspring can do so. You are yourself, but the country is about every generation. The effects will only play out decades later...

那些聲稱"增長無關(guān)緊要"的人，總以當(dāng)下生活富足為據(jù)。但關(guān)鍵在于——停滯既不健康也不可持續(xù)。你這一代活得滋潤，不代表子孫后代也能如此。個(gè)人可以安于現(xiàn)狀，但國家的發(fā)展關(guān)乎千秋萬代。這些后果，往往要數(shù)十年后才會顯現(xiàn)……

@stanley408
It’s so refreshing and beneficial to watch a video like this as a Chinese person. Over the past 15 years, the Chinese have been busy with real estate speculation, and young people are forced to bear lifetime loans from banks. This has caused weak domestic demand and dragged the economy into a situation Japan has been facing for years. Humans never took a lesson from history.

作為一個(gè)中國人，看到這種視頻真讓人耳目一新，受益匪淺。過去15年，中國人忙于房地產(chǎn)投機(jī)，年輕人被迫背負(fù)銀行的終身貸款。這導(dǎo)致了內(nèi)需疲軟，把經(jīng)濟(jì)拖入了日本多年來面臨的困境。人類從來沒有從歷史中吸取教訓(xùn)。

@saifulizhan
This is actually true. I once worked in a Japanese company in my country. Reluctant to try new ideas, old-fashioned concepts, rigid company policies, red tape etc. My company had always Japanese CEOs since the 80s. At one time an ‘outsider’ Singaporean CEO was elected just before Covid. He had new ideas. Made bold moves that worked. Invest more on brand recognition through bold publicity stunts. However, the Japan HQ didn’t like it. They didn’t renew his contract. He was the reason why the company survived during Covid. Now the company is back to ‘boring’ business ways.

這確實(shí)是真的。我曾在我們國家的一家日本公司工作，他們不愿嘗試新想法，觀念老舊，公司政策僵化，官僚作風(fēng)嚴(yán)重。從上世紀(jì)80年代起，我們公司一直有日本CEO。疫情前有一次選了個(gè)“外來”的新加坡CEO，他有新想法，能夠采取大膽的舉措，通過大膽的宣傳噱頭投入更多品牌認(rèn)知，效果很好。他是公司疫情期間存活的原因，但日本總部不喜歡這樣，沒有續(xù)他的合同，現(xiàn)在公司又回到了“無聊”的生意模式。

@huleboermannhule44
While the Japanese economy in GDP terms fell a lot, for most people in Japan this is not so bad. The focus on GDP growth ignores the good parts of Japan as a country. Today there is quite affordable housing in most cities, excellent public transport, and cheap high-quality food. While the Japanese working culture is a bit too much, for many people in Asia, being able to work in Japan is seen as a great opportunity.
With some modifications, I think the Japanese economy is showing how a country can have high standards of living without having a constantly growing GDP.

雖然日本經(jīng)濟(jì)在GDP方面下降了很多，但對大多數(shù)日本人來說，這沒那么糟。過于關(guān)注GDP增長忽略了日本作為一個(gè)國家的優(yōu)點(diǎn)。日本現(xiàn)在大多數(shù)城市的房價(jià)相當(dāng)合理，公共交通極佳，高品質(zhì)的食物很便宜。雖然日本的職場文化有點(diǎn)過頭，但對亞洲很多人來說，能在日本工作是個(gè)大機(jī)會。
稍作調(diào)整，我覺得日本經(jīng)濟(jì)展示了如何在GDP不持續(xù)增長的情況下保持高生活標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。

@turrustam
In 2019-2022 I had a chance to work for Rakuten project and then back to my country but I can say that now I really wanna back to Japan, live and raise my kids there... I see many countries that they are so much focused on GDP but real situation is so bad...

2019-2022年我有機(jī)會為樂天項(xiàng)目工作，之后回了國，但現(xiàn)在我真的想回日本，在那兒生活、養(yǎng)孩子……我見過很多非常專注于GDP，但實(shí)際情況很糟的國家。

@undeux
There are no homeless people in the statistics of the Japanese government. This is because poverty among Japanese people means that even young people will commit suicide if they lose their job. Washington’s sanctions against Japan since 1933 have had no effect on those in power in Japan. This unfortunate pattern of good, ordinary citizens becoming victims continues in the same way during and after the war, and even today.

日本政府的統(tǒng)計(jì)里沒有無家可歸者，這是因?yàn)槿毡镜呢毨б馕吨词鼓贻p人失業(yè)也可能自殺。華盛頓自1933年以來對日本的制裁對日本的當(dāng)權(quán)者沒有影響，這種善良的普通公民成為受害者的不幸模式在戰(zhàn)時(shí)、戰(zhàn)后還在延續(xù)，至今如此。

@herr.schmidt
So in Europe they did the opposite: “Saving” the banks, quantitative easing, and mass immigration. Leading to high inflation, high crime rates, housing crisis, and a collapsing pension system.
Rising taxes and crony capitalism Europe did the same, together with reducing the quality of school education so that everyone can feel good.
The government is the problem, not the solution.

歐洲反其道而行之：他們“救”銀行、量化寬松、大規(guī)模接收移民，這導(dǎo)致高通脹、高犯罪率、住房危機(jī)、養(yǎng)老金體系崩潰。
稅收上升和裙帶資本主義在歐洲也一樣，他們還降低了學(xué)校教育的質(zhì)量，讓每個(gè)人都“感覺良好”。
歐洲的政府是問題而不是解決方案。

@shosc16
Fortunately there is a new generation of younger Japanese that are challenging the traditional norms - when it comes to work, social, and more. We see a lot of it in the arts, literature, music, and films.
It’s not perfect but they’re somewhat self-aware

幸好有一代年輕的日本人正在挑戰(zhàn)傳統(tǒng)規(guī)范——在工作、社交等方面。我們在藝術(shù)、文學(xué)、音樂和電影里看到過很多。
雖然并不完美，但他們多少有些自我意識。

@tanweeralam1650
Yes... work culture needs drastic change in Japan. It’s almost 2025. Stop the old and wrong work culture. Also don’t force employees to work overtime.
In certain sectors... introduce 4-day work week, invest advanced R&D, let companies fail who can’t perform, and new companies rise. These are some of the solutions. AI can help Japan a lot.

是的……日本的職場文化需要徹底的改變。都快2025年了，他們應(yīng)該停止老舊錯(cuò)誤的職場文化，別逼員工加班。
在某些行業(yè)……引入4天工作制，投資先進(jìn)的研發(fā)，讓表現(xiàn)不佳的公司倒閉，新公司崛起，這些才是解決方案。人工智能能幫日本很多。

@meetit5949
I am a Japanese person currently living in Canada. When carefully observing Japan, there exists an extractive structure similar to countries like China, and many Japanese people don’t even question it.
This sadly supports the arguments made by Acemoglu in ‘Why nations fail.’
That’s why I fled from Japan.

我是一個(gè)目前生活在加拿大的日本人。仔細(xì)觀察日本，你會發(fā)現(xiàn)那里存在一種類似中國那樣的榨取性結(jié)構(gòu)，很多日本人甚至對此毫不質(zhì)疑。
這不幸地印證了阿西莫盧在《國家為什么會失敗》中的觀點(diǎn)。
這就是我逃離日本的原因。

@Matarika
日本人ですが、たとえ日本が衰退していこうとも安全に日々を過ごしていければ、これ以上の幸運(yùn)はないと考えています。しかし、私も日本の若者の一人として頑張っていかなければいけないのも事実ですね

我是個(gè)日本人，但即使日本在衰退，只要能安全地過好每一天，我覺得沒有比這更幸運(yùn)的事了。不過，作為日本的年輕人之一，我也得努力奮斗，這是事實(shí)。

@nmoriss
The best documentary on this sorted epoch of Japan’s history is called “Princes of the Yen. Exposes how Japanese demise was engineered from beyond its shores with every apparent mistake being premeditated. Just like the West today

關(guān)于日本這段復(fù)雜的歷史時(shí)期的最佳紀(jì)錄片是《日元的王子》，它揭露了海外是如何精心策劃日本的衰落的，每一個(gè)看似錯(cuò)誤的決定都是預(yù)謀好的，就像如今的西方一樣。

@dc-wp8oc
Government manipulation of economic markets always ends in disaster.
Japan's first major mistake was listening to the corrupt Federal Reserve cartel and following the road to serfdom, practiced in America today.

政府操控經(jīng)濟(jì)市場總是以災(zāi)難告終。
日本的第一個(gè)重大錯(cuò)誤是聽信了腐敗的聯(lián)邦儲備集團(tuán)，走上了如今美國正在實(shí)踐的通往奴役的道路。

@ADDH-zr1kw
Japan is one of the greatest countries in the world. I am from India, and I am a big fan of Japanese culture and Japanese technology. Lots of love and respect to the great country and the intelligent, hardworking people

日本是世界上最偉大的國家之一。我來自印度，我非常喜歡日本的文化和日本的科技，我對這個(gè)偉大的國家以及聰明勤奮的人民充滿愛與尊重！

@mikolajrozek5938
Calling closed borders a mistake is manipulation. Indeed, economy may not grow, however at least the population is not getting poorer due to influxes of cheap labour unable to assimilate.
We've made this mistake in Western Europe, and now economy was growing but we are poorer than 40 years ago.
Congratulations to Japan for avoiding at least this problem.
For the rest of their economy however, it does need some significant reforms.

把關(guān)閉國門稱為錯(cuò)誤是一種誤導(dǎo)。確實(shí)，經(jīng)濟(jì)可能不會增長，但至少不會因?yàn)榇罅繜o法融入的廉價(jià)勞動(dòng)力的涌入而讓國民變窮。
西歐犯了這個(gè)錯(cuò)誤，現(xiàn)在我們的經(jīng)濟(jì)雖然增長了，但我們比四十年前更窮了。
祝賀日本至少避開了這個(gè)問題。
不過，他們的經(jīng)濟(jì)其他方面確實(shí)需要進(jìn)行大幅改革。

@RecordToDeathToBoredom
Japan... Has always been really good at one thing; progressing at a skill trade. However, that is all. They aren't very good at leading themselves because Japan doesn't allow for growing true leadership. Youtubers can run for mayor or whatever. Why is it not someone who has actually led a team, for starters? Why is it that the threshold for making it in is "popularity"? Of course, it's a voting system. But given how much Japan values hard work, it just baffles me how they keep making the craziest decisions when it comes to politics. It feels like they're a total joke.
From the video, it seems that they just allocate money and don't necessarily try to do anything productive with it. Then there are companies. Those companies really piss me off. You hear it all the time. No overtime pay, expected to work overtime, shamed if don't, company is your life, and wage is not adequate. I've seen stories on reddit of how foreigners are treated. It's so stupid how these companies can think of such diabolical schemes, yet when it comes to doing any good, brain empty.

日本……一直以來特別擅長一件事：提升技藝水平。然而，僅此而已。他們不擅長自我領(lǐng)導(dǎo)，因?yàn)槿毡静粫o真正的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)力以成長空間。YouTuber都能競選市長什么的，為什么不先找個(gè)真正帶過團(tuán)隊(duì)的人？為啥入選的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)是“人氣”？當(dāng)然，這就是投票制度。但考慮到日本有多重視努力工作，他們在政治上老是做出最離譜的決定實(shí)在讓我費(fèi)解，感覺完全是個(gè)笑話。
從視頻來看，他們似乎只管撥款，卻未必想用這些錢做點(diǎn)實(shí)事。更可氣的是那些公司——簡直令人發(fā)指！天天都能聽到這些：沒有加班費(fèi)卻必須加班，不加班還要被羞辱，公司就是你的人生，工資還低得可憐。我在Reddit上看過外國人遭遇的種種，這些公司設(shè)計(jì)起壓榨手段來詭計(jì)多端，可一到干正事就腦袋空空如也。

@User-actSpacing
In Japan, talking about money in the family is a taboo. They need to fix that first and foremost!! How can you make economy great when you cannot freely discuss about wages, income and expenditures etc? You can’t! You can’t ignore stuff in private and rely on businesses to fix it.

在日本，在家里談錢是個(gè)禁忌。他們得先把這點(diǎn)改了！如果不能自由地討論工資、收入和開支之類的事，怎么能讓經(jīng)濟(jì)好起來？不可能！你不能私下忽視這些，而靠企業(yè)來解決。

@101noz101
Japanese government needs to incentivize their local population to have kids through reduce taxation and stimulus. Else you will have continue to have a very small working force propping up the increasing larger retired population.

日本政府亟需通過減稅和刺激政策鼓勵(lì)國民生育，否則勞動(dòng)力持續(xù)萎縮的局面將難以支撐日益龐大的退休人群。

@pantsgaming759
The best part is when you warn Canada and Australia this will happen to them. Australia has the worse economy thanks to useless oversize government. We have a housing ponzi scheme and mining as a side hustle. Difference is we have record breaking population growth because the government decided that the housing ponzi scheme must continue.

最精彩的是你警告加拿大和澳大利亞，他們也會遇到這種事。澳大利亞經(jīng)濟(jì)爛透了，全怪臃腫無能的政府。我們有房地產(chǎn)龐氏騙局，礦業(yè)只是副業(yè)。不同的是我們的人口增長破了紀(jì)錄，因?yàn)檎疀Q定房地產(chǎn)騙局必須繼續(xù)維持下去。

@albertflorian9491
I don't agree with the point that investments in the rural infrastructure are false. I have been to japan a few years ago after not being there for twenty years. My family is from Shizuoka province. The difference was enormous and very sad to observe. All the shops and malls I knew from my childhood were closed, the little towns very practically dead. the young all have left for the big cities. You have to address the urban-rural gap as a government, that's not mere clientele politics.

我不同意“投資農(nóng)村基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施是個(gè)錯(cuò)誤”的觀點(diǎn)。幾年前我回了日本，我已經(jīng)二十年沒有回去。我家來自靜岡縣，我發(fā)現(xiàn)那里變化巨大，看了很傷心。小時(shí)候熟悉的商店和商場都關(guān)了，小鎮(zhèn)幾乎死氣沉沉，輕人都跑去大城市了。政府得解決城鄉(xiāng)差距，這不是單純的拉攏選民。

@samhodson6470
My first time to Japan was summer 1989. Because my trip was a college graduation gift from my parents, I had no clue about the economic problems. I stayed with host families...it was a two month visit...I volunteered in Sendai at a high school. I went back one other time to visit friends that I made but I never knew about any financial struggles. This video is very good and informative.

我第一次去日本是1989年的夏天，因?yàn)槟鞘歉改附o我的大學(xué)畢業(yè)的禮物，我完全不知道經(jīng)濟(jì)問題。我住在寄宿家庭……待了兩個(gè)月……在仙臺的一所高中做志愿者。后來又回去了一次，看望認(rèn)識的朋友，但從沒察覺到什么經(jīng)濟(jì)困難。這個(gè)視頻很棒，信息量很大。

@ninersnation3298
Imagine Japan is a real country. They would be a prosperous country. Unfortunately, after WW2, Japan cannot get out of the strict country of USA.

想象日本是個(gè)真正的國家，他們會很繁榮?？上Ф?zhàn)后，日本擺脫不了美國的嚴(yán)格控制。

@pwgearedturbofan2348
Japan's immigration policy is not a mistake. Protecting their society, and culture, is more important than making a number get bigger. The last thing Japan needs is more social strife, and minority grievance politics, like the West has. They also don't need a big increase in terrorist attacks, shootings, stabbings, sexual assault, bombings, and gangs, again, like the West has.

日本的移民政策不是錯(cuò)誤，因?yàn)楸Ｗo(hù)他們的社會和文化比讓數(shù)字變大更重要。日本最不需要的是像西方那樣的社會沖突和少數(shù)族群的怨氣政治，他們也不需要恐怖襲擊、槍擊、刺傷、性侵、爆炸和激增的幫派，而這些西方都有。

@morisoba2550
Japanese here. I think there are only a few other developed countries that are doing much better than Japan. And as far as working hours are concerned, they are no different from those in the US, Government debt is not really a problem in Japan because of its huge external assets. Such lists go on and on ...

我是日本人，我覺得只有少數(shù)發(fā)達(dá)國家比日本做得好得多。就工作時(shí)間來說，日本和美國沒啥區(qū)別。日本的政府債務(wù)不是大問題，因?yàn)樗芯揞~海外資產(chǎn)。諸如此類的例子還有很多……

@PwningGerZ
Such a wrong take in many points! It was like watching a neoliberal capitalist wet dream about how neoliberalism is superior to any economic system. Just another dime-a-dozen Japan video.

這個(gè)觀點(diǎn)簡直漏洞百出！整段論述活脫脫就是新自由主義者的意淫——鼓吹新自由主義經(jīng)濟(jì)體系如何優(yōu)越。不過又是千篇一律的日本題材爛視頻罷了。

@trobertday1390
I'd be interested to know if the Japanese blame the Plaza Accords for the economic disaster or the government's misguided policies in response to the Accord's effects.

我想知道日本人是怪《廣場協(xié)議》導(dǎo)致經(jīng)濟(jì)災(zāi)難，還是怪政府應(yīng)對協(xié)議影響的錯(cuò)誤政策。

@dwyanewade528
Great video man! especally i like last phrases, it's really true that if some stragegy work in past, this doesn't mean that it will work in present or in future.In my country many people think about Japan as a example of perfect economy, but when i ask some persons - can you tell me one Japanese company, which was founded in last 30 years and became world famous, people say something like Toyota, Sony or Honda...

視頻很棒！尤其喜歡最后幾句話，過去有效的策略不代表現(xiàn)在或未來也行，真的是這樣。我國有很多人覺得日本是完美經(jīng)濟(jì)的榜樣，但我問他們：你能說出過去三十年創(chuàng)立且全球知名的日本公司嗎？他們就說豐田、索尼或本田之類……

@cassandraharada3331
economic growth isn't everything. Japanese people know a lot about living and being human. I'm super tired of people giving so much weight to economic growth. Also, we really don't want immigrants to come in and make the country "Multicultural" as we've seen how that worked in europe!

經(jīng)濟(jì)增長不是一切。日本人很懂得如何生活和做人，我真的受夠了人們把經(jīng)濟(jì)增長看得那么重。還有，我們真的不希望移民進(jìn)來讓國家變成“多元文化”，歐洲的例子已經(jīng)夠清楚了！

@marthas9255
Growth isn't always something good. You can't see the stability and relatively equal quality of life they have? You don't have abandoned neighbourhoods or rotting slums in Japan like there is in neoliberalist USA. Their economy has challenges but it is far from awful. Managing those problems is far better than finding use in keeping high numbers of your population in painful poverty. Model of infinite growth isn't sustainable, even worse when it is fast and consistent growth - extract every tiny bit of value to the bone and the faster you extract the sooner you get to the breaking point. Last time this was done was how capitalists found themselves in the gallows at the hands of fascists and communists. Correct criticisms but the emotions are too american-centric.

增長不總是好事。你看不到日本的穩(wěn)定和相對平等的生活質(zhì)量嗎？日本沒有像新自由主義的美國那樣的廢棄社區(qū)或腐爛的貧民窟。雖然他們的經(jīng)濟(jì)面臨挑戰(zhàn)，但遠(yuǎn)談不上糟糕。管理這些問題比讓大量人口陷于痛苦的貧困強(qiáng)多了。無限增長的模式不可持續(xù)，尤其是快速且持續(xù)的增長——把每一點(diǎn)價(jià)值榨干，越快榨干越早崩潰。上次這么干的時(shí)候，資本家都被法西斯和共產(chǎn)主義者送上了絞刑架。雖然你的批評有道理，但情緒太以美國為中心了。

@DiLiNiTi
Yes yes, the economy isn’t innovative. But Japan is an incredible place to live. Too much innovation destroys culture, and economy isn’t everything.
If the people are truly at wits end about how things are, let them speak for themselves.

是的，日本的經(jīng)濟(jì)不夠創(chuàng)新，但日本是個(gè)絕佳的居住地。過度創(chuàng)新會破壞文化，經(jīng)濟(jì)不是一切。
如果民眾真的對現(xiàn)狀束手無策，那讓他們自己來說吧。

@davidmmm
This perspective on Japan’s economy feels like a classic Western—particularly Anglo-American—analysis, obsessed with GDP增長和“stagnation” while ignoring broader societal outcomes. Yes, Japan has faced economic challenges since the 1990s, but calling it a “disaster” is overly simplistic. Japan remains one of the safest, cleanest, and most stable nations globally, with low poverty, excellent healthcare, and high life expectancy. Meanwhile, countries like the U.S., often held as economic models, grapple with deep inequality, high poverty, and systemic insecurity. Perhaps it’s time to move beyond growth-centric metrics and recognize that quality of life isn’t just about money or endless economic expansion

這種對日本經(jīng)濟(jì)的解讀，儼然是典型的西方——尤其是英美視角——的思維定式，執(zhí)著于GDP增長與"停滯"的敘事，卻忽視了更廣泛的社會發(fā)展成果。誠然，日本自1990年代以來確實(shí)面臨經(jīng)濟(jì)挑戰(zhàn)，但簡單將其定性為"災(zāi)難"實(shí)在有失偏頗。如今的日本依然是全球最安全、最潔凈、最穩(wěn)定的國家之一：那里貧困率低、醫(yī)療體系完善、人均壽命領(lǐng)先。而被奉為經(jīng)濟(jì)楷模的美國等國家，卻深陷貧富分化、貧困率高企、系統(tǒng)性社會危機(jī)等困境?；蛟S我們早該超越"增長至上"的評判標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，認(rèn)識到生活質(zhì)量絕非僅由金錢或無止境的經(jīng)濟(jì)擴(kuò)張所定義。

@ayanverma5746
Japan doesn't need to be humiliated by usa. They should never signed that 1985 accord also they need to keep strong army to counter bullies like us

日本不用被美國羞辱，他們絕不該簽1985年的協(xié)議，他們還得保持強(qiáng)大的軍隊(duì)來對抗像美國這樣的霸凌者。