PARIS – Forget what you have heard about the hard-working Japanese salaryman: since the early 1990’s, the Japanese have drastically slackened their work habits. Indeed, Tokyo University economist Fumio Hayashi has demonstrated that the main reason behind Japan’s 20 years of stagnation has been the decrease in the quantity of work performed by the Japanese.
巴黎——忘掉你所听说过的工作勤勉的日本工薪族：从20世纪初开始，日本人的工作习惯已经彻底松懈。实际上，东京大学经济学家林文夫已经证实，主要是日本人工作量的下降导致了20年的经济停滞。