聽說日本要收“單身稅”？為什么受傷的總是單身狗？

In fact, this is not the first time that Japanese government officials have proposed a bachelor tax. In 2004, a member of the Liberal Democratic Party suggested taxing single people to promote marriage, but the proposal ended up with nothing definite.

事實(shí)上，這并非日本政府官員第一次提出征收“單身稅”(Bachelor Tax)，早在2004年，日本自民黨就曾經(jīng)提出過向單身人士征稅的議案，意圖促進(jìn)單身男女盡快結(jié)婚，不過最后還是不了了之。

NHK's documentary highlights the dilemma facing Japan's economy due to the number of childless couples and an aging population. In Japanese society, more and more young people choose to live alone. These young people not only have no life partners, but also reject the idea of engaging in normal social life.

這部在日本社會(huì)引起熱議的紀(jì)錄片講述了日本陷入少子、高齡化帶來的經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展困境。目前的日本社會(huì)里越來越多的年青人選擇獨(dú)身生活，他們不僅沒有伴侶，且無法融入正常的社交生活。

With a higher unemployment rate and lower pensions, these young people are facing the threat of dying alone.

面臨高失率和養(yǎng)老金不足的威脅，這些年輕人對(duì)“無緣死”——一個(gè)人孤獨(dú)地死去而沒有任何親友發(fā)現(xiàn)的恐懼加深。

According to NHK's report, every year 32,000 Japanese people die alone. Japan's "Choose the Future Committee" estimates that if this situation continues, within 100 years the Japanese population will be less than half of what it is today.

根據(jù)NHK報(bào)道，日本每年都有32000人“無緣死”，如果這種情況繼續(xù)惡化，那么根據(jù)日本“選擇未來委員會(huì)”的測(cè)算，100年后日本人口將只剩下現(xiàn)在的一半不到了。

Is "being single" a factor that effects the economy? For Japan, the answer may be yes. But there is another voice saying that the increasing single group stimulates the development of emerging industries like the Internet, entertainment, film and television. The term "single economy" was created due to this phenomena.

單身真的會(huì)影響經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展嗎?對(duì)于日本來說，答案也許是肯定的。但也有另一種聲音認(rèn)為，單身的增多刺激了互聯(lián)網(wǎng)、娛樂、影視以及其他新興產(chǎn)業(yè)的出現(xiàn)和發(fā)展，“單身經(jīng)濟(jì)”一詞應(yīng)運(yùn)而生。

Alibaba released a report on "Empty Nester Youth in China" on May 3. The report shows that China has more than 50 million single "empty nester" young people.

5月3日，阿里巴巴發(fā)布了《中國空巢青年圖鑒》，數(shù)據(jù)顯示我國的單身空巢青年人數(shù)已經(jīng)超過5000萬。

This group consists of singles from 20 to 39 years old. They enjoy shopping online, eating take-away food and ordering on-site services. They watch movies and travel alone.

這群20到39歲之間的空巢青年，喜歡網(wǎng)購，經(jīng)常點(diǎn)外賣、線上預(yù)約服務(wù)。他們一個(gè)人看電影、一個(gè)人旅行。

"The singles usually have more disposable income and tend to focus more on self spending." According to the report "Marketing the single consumers - China 2017", released by British market consulting firm Mintel, 61% of the single consumers are interested in movies and TV shows, followed by travel (56%) and fitness (48%).

“單身人士通常擁有更多的可支配收入，傾向于關(guān)注自我和把錢花在自己身上。” 英國市場(chǎng)咨詢公司英敏特最新報(bào)告《針對(duì)單身消費(fèi)者的營銷——中國2017》顯示，六成(61%)單身消費(fèi)者最感興趣的領(lǐng)域是電影、電視劇，其次是旅行(56%)和運(yùn)動(dòng)健身(48%)。

"16% of China’s urban population now lives alone, according to the Boston Consulting Group. The trend has been accompanied by a profound change in people’s perceptions of remaining single: the concept is no longer stigmatized, singles “dine, travel and pursue activities by themselves".

波士頓集團(tuán)也在其報(bào)告中說：“如今中國16%的城市人口獨(dú)自一人生活。這種趨勢(shì)還伴隨著人們對(duì)于保持單身的觀念的巨大改變，單身觀念不再受鄙夷。這也意味著單身人士會(huì)‘自己就餐、自己旅游、自己從事各種活動(dòng)’”。

The Lex Papia Poppaea was introduced in 9 AD to encourage marriage. Penalties were imposed on those who were celibate and married people who had no children.

公元9年古羅馬頒布了《巴比亞波培亞法》，該法律對(duì)對(duì)公民的單身狀況進(jìn)行了相關(guān)規(guī)定，根據(jù)法律，獨(dú)身和已婚不育的夫婦，都需要受到懲罰。

In 1695, the English parliament passed The Marriage Duty Act or Registration Tax, which imposed a tax on childless couples, widowers and bachelors over the age of 25. It was primarily used as a revenue-raising mechanism for the war on France.

1695年，英國議會(huì)通過了“婚姻與注冊(cè)稅法”， 法律不僅規(guī)定了25歲以上的單身人士需要納稅，就連無子女的夫婦和喪偶個(gè)人也需要繳納稅款，主要目的用于征集英國對(duì)法戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的款項(xiàng)。