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This is Ayumi, 36 years-old living in

我是步美，36歲，住在這裡。

Tokyo and she's just waking up for work.

東京，她才剛起床上班。

Oh, and that's her two-year-old son Hiro-Kun!

哦，那是她兩歲的兒子廣坤!

They live in a 3-LDK apartment

他們住在一個3-LDK的公寓裡

together with her husband, but he's away

和她的丈夫在一起，但他不在家

during the weekdays. It's called Tanshin-Funin

平日的時候。 這就是所謂的 "田心福寧"。

in Japanese, which means married

夫妻

partner living separately from the

分居伴侶

family for work.

家庭為工作。

It's fairly common in Japan. Since he's

這在日本相當普遍。 因為他是

not around, Ayumi's mother comes by

不在的時候，步美的媽媽來了。

every morning to help out.

每天早上來幫忙。

Hiro-Kun is quite active so she helps

浩君是個很活躍的人，所以她會幫忙

watch him, while Ayumi cooks and gets

看著他，而步美做飯，並得到。

ready for the day.

準備好了的一天。

The first thing she does is prepare for

她做的第一件事就是準備

Hiro-kun's breakfast. She feels it's

浩君的早餐。她覺得這是

important for her son to have a balanced

她的兒子有一個平衡的生活很重要。

Japanese-style meal

日式餐

every day, but doesn't have the time in

每天都有，但沒時間

the morning to prepare all the dishes,

早上準備所有的菜。

so she does a lot of the meal-prep

所以她做了很多飯菜的準備工作

whenever she has free time.

只要她有空閒時間。

Now, while Hiro-kun's slowly works on his

現在，當廣坤的慢慢地研究他的時候

breakfast with grandma; Ayumi prepares a

和奶奶一起吃早飯，步美準備了一份

typical Japanese Bento-box for his lunch.

典型的日本便當盒作為他的午餐。

Wow! That looks delicious!

譁！看起來很好吃！

Oh no, I think her son is getting fussy!

哦，不，我覺得她兒子越來越挑剔了!

Oh! Ayumi is making a Kyaraben, it's short

哦，步美在做Kyaraben，很短的。

for Character Bento and it's very common

角色便當，這是很常見的。

in Japan

在日本

to prepare for kids, so they can have fun

為孩子們準備的，讓他們能玩得開心。

during their lunch-time.

在他們的午餐時間。

After breakfast, she helps Hiro-kun

吃完早餐後，她幫著浩君

practice reading Hiragana.

練習讀平假名。

Finally! She gets time to get herself

終於！她終於有時間讓自己

ready.

準備好了。

It only takes Ayumi five minutes to

步美只需要5分鐘

get ready, since she took a bath the

準備好了，因為她洗了個澡

night before.

前一天晚上。

I think that's a Day In The Life series

我想這是 "生活中的一天 "系列。

women's record!

女子紀錄

And for her breakfast, she's having a banana smoothie!

而她的早餐，她要吃香蕉冰沙!

Nice! That's a pin given to only city-

厲害！那是隻有城市才有的胸針...

council members.

理事會成員，

Before work, she takes her son to nursery school.

下班前，她帶著兒子去幼兒園。

In Tokyo,

在東京

getting your child enrolled in a nursery

讓您的孩子入托

school can be as competitive as getting

學校的競爭可謂是如火如荼

into university,

進入大學。

but, dual working parents have a slight advantage.

但是，雙職工父母略佔優勢。

So, Ayumi lives fairly close to her office,

所以，步美住的地方離公司相當近。

sometimes even taking her bicycle but

有時甚至騎著自行車，但

today,

今天。

she's decided to take the bus. The ride

她決定坐公車。 這趟車

itself is less than 20 minutes,

本身不到20分鐘。

relatively-short compared to most

短於大多數

Jjapanese-salaryman commutes.

日本人的工資工上下班。

So Ayumi works as a Kugikaigiin,

所以步美是做菊木人的。

in English a city-council member for

市議員

Minato ku in Tokyo. Confusingly, the term

東京的 "港區"。令人困惑的是，"港區 "一詞

'ku' in English means ward, a subdivision

'ku'在英語中的意思是ward，subdivision（區）。

of a city. Yet in Tokyo, all of the

的城市。然而在東京，所有的

23 wards, like

23個病房，如

Minato-ku are classified as cities, since

港區被列為城市，因為港區是一個城市。

they're equally-independent and governed

同床異夢

like a city.

像一座城市。

Even with their own mayor! So I'm just in

即使是他們自己的市長！ 所以我只是在

front of the city hall and Ayumi should be

市政廳門前，步美應該是。

arriving in just a little bit.

抵達只是一點點。

Oh there she is!

哦，她在那裡！

Let's go see how she's doing.

我們去看看她怎麼樣了。

Good morning!

早上好！

What time did you sleep last night?

你昨晚幾點睡的？

It's super hot today, right?

今天超熱吧？

So Ayumi has been working as a city council member

所以步美一直在做市議員的工作。

for over five-years and this

五年多來，這

is her second term. There are 34

是她的第二個任期。有34個

council members in Minato city, directly

港市議員，直接

elected by citizens every four years.

每四年由公民選舉產生。

City council members decide on matters

市議會成員決定事項

such as budgets, ordinance and deliberate

諸如預算、法令和慎重的決定。

and decide on municipal policies,

並決定市政政策。

all the while working closely with the

同時與

mayor. This term 13 out of 34 members are

市長。本屆34名成員中有13名是

women, one of the highest representation

婦女，是代表率最高的國家之一

of women council members

女議員的比例

in Japan. In fact, only 10.2 percent of

在日本。事實上，只有10.2%的

Japan's diet members are women, the

日本的減肥成員是女性，。

lowest in the G20.

在20國集團中最低。

Oh, it looks like our intern is patiently

哦，看來我們的實習生正在耐心地。

waiting at her door.

在她家門口等著。

This is Ayumi's office, a very typical-style

這是步美的辦公室，很有代表性的風格。

Japanese office.

日本辦事處。

Open-island style desk-setup with

開放式島式辦公桌--配置有

no cubicle, so that everyone can easily

無隔間，讓大家可以輕鬆

communicate with one another.

互相交流。

Oh! Another intern has arrived.

哦，又有一個實習生來了。

So why did you decide to become a city council member?

那你為什麼決定當市議員？

As an intern for a Japanese politician,

作為一個日本政治家的實習生。

it's important to always be available

人在江湖，身不由己

when needed.

在需要的時候。

In this case, they stand at the edge of

在這種情況下，他們站在邊緣的。

the desk ready and waiting for Ayumi's

桌子上準備好了，等待步美的到來。

next instruction.

下一個指令。

How old are you?

你多大了？

Oh you're a college student.

哦，你是一個大學生。

Which university do you go to?

你上的是哪所大學？

What are you gonna do now?

你現在要做什麼？

As a council member, one of their jobs is

作為理事會成員，他們的工作之一是

to discover useful services that the

發現有用的服務。

the city can offer to its residents.

城市能提供給居民的。

Today, she's meeting with a company who

今天，她要去見一家公司，這家公司是

provides short-term childcare services,

提供短期托兒服務；

with the company's hopes to offer the

與公司希望提供的

service to the city.

為城市服務。

In Japan, it's crucial after the meeting

在日本，會議結束後的關鍵是

to see your clients off, and even more

為你的客戶送行，甚至更

important to wait until they're no longer visible,

重要的是要等到它們不再可見。

before you leave.

在你離開之前。

Just after her meeting, she decides to go

剛開完會，她就決定去

to the city assembly-hall to practice

到市議會大廳練習

her speech for the next council meeting.

她在下次理事會會議上的發言。

She usually doesn't practice, but since

她平時不練功，但自從

they installed the plastic panel for

他們安裝了塑料板，用於

the Coronavirus recently, she wanted to see

最近，她想看看冠狀病毒。

how it would be like to speak.

這將是怎樣的說話。

Oh cool! That's her seat.

哦，酷！這是她的座位。

All council members are assigned their

所有理事會成員都被分配到他們的

own seat in the hall.

自己的座位在大廳裡。

It even has their name on it!

上面甚至有他們的名字！

So nobody uses the assembly hall right now?

所以現在沒有人使用集會大廳？

Finally! Lunchtime!

終於到了！ 午餐時間到了！

As a Japanese Politician, her schedule is filled from

作為日本的政治家，她的日程安排從上到下都是滿滿的。

morning till evening.

從早到晚。

So much so, that she can barely take a 30-

以至於她幾乎不能接受一個30-

minute lunch.

分鐘的午餐。

She often takes lunch at the city hall

她經常在市政府吃午飯

public cafeteria, located in the building.

公共食堂，位於大樓內。

Prices are quite reasonable so you'll

價格相當合理，所以你會

find even residents visiting city hall

連居民都來了

eating here.

在這裡吃飯。

Tanuki Soba! Great choice!

丹月蕎麥麵！選得好！

Wow, the food here is quite reasonably- priced and

哇，這裡的食物是相當合理的，價格和。

check out this view; it's pretty amazing.

檢查出這個觀點;這是相當驚人的。

And a little secret for all of you;

還有一個小祕密要告訴大家。

anyone can actually come here.

任何人都可以真正來到這裡。

Do you three eat together every day?

你們三個每天都在一起吃飯嗎？

In between meetings she must diligently

在會議間隙，她必須勤奮地

follow up on paperwork, as her time is limited.

由於她的時間有限，所以要跟進文件工作。

Oh! She's using a Hanko,

哦，她用的是Hanko。

an official Japanese stamp.

日本官方印章。

So the Hanko-stamp system is embedded

所以，漢高印記系統是嵌入了

deeply in Japanese government procedures

深諳日本官場之道

and sign-off documents.

和簽收文件。

It's equivalent of an official signature in western

意思是說，相當於西方的官籤

culture. Basically, any official documents

文化。 基本上，任何公文

in Japan require Hanko stamp for approval.

在日本，需要蓋上漢高的印章才能獲得準許。

But, just this year Japan's

但是，就在今年日本的

state minister has been pushing to remove

宰相

many of the Hanko-stamp procedures

眾多的漢高印章程序

from government documents. But who knows?

從政府的文件中。但誰知道呢？

This plan still needs to get hunkered off.

這個計劃還是要搞一搞。

That's a staff member from the city

那是市裡的工作人員

council office.

理事會辦公室。

As a council-member, Ayumi often works with the office

作為議員，步美經常與辦公室合作。

to discuss council operations.

討論理事會的運作。

So, in addition to meeting with people

所以，除了與人見面

from the outside, she's also responsible

從外面看，她還負責

for handling internal administrative tasks.

用於處理內部行政工作。

Since the Olympics were cancelled in Tokyo,

由於東京奧運會取消了。

is there a lot of things that you need

是否有很多東西你需要

to take care of?

照顧？

They constructed a fence to block out

他們建造了一個柵欄來阻擋

the ocean section used for the race,

比賽使用的海區。

so people couldn't get in.

所以人們無法進入。

But, since the Olympics were canceled they had to take

但是，由於奧運會被取消了，他們不得不採取了

it down.

它下來。

Now, if the Olympics proceed next year;

現在，如果明年奧運會進行。

the city will have to rebuild all of the

該市將不得不重建所有的。

infrastructure, costing additional

基礎設施，費用增加

taxpayer money.

納稅人的錢。

So it looks like they're going to be

所以，看起來他們將是。

working for a little bit.

工作了一點。

Let's take advantage of this time and explore the

讓我們趁著這段時間，探討一下。

place.

的地方。

So we're on the first-floor lobby area

所以我們在一樓的大廳區

right now, and it looks like there's some

現在，它看起來像有一些。

open-meeting tables so if you wanted to

開放式會議桌，所以如果你想參加的話

meet someone, you can actually meet them here.

遇到一個人，其實你可以在這裡遇到他們。

And just right in front of our office, it

而就在我們的辦公室前面，它是。

looks like they have some mailboxes for

看起來他們有一些郵箱的

all the people on this floor.

本樓層所有的人。

Wow! This office is stacked with papers!

哇！這間辦公室堆滿了文件！

Like many businesses in Japan,

和日本的很多企業一樣。

a Japanese-government office is still

駐日公館

very much paper-based.

非常多的紙質。

In fact, Suga, Japan's new Prime Minister

事實上，日本新任首相須賀?

as of this year, is proposing to digitize

從今年開始，擬將數字

much of Japan's government services,

日本的大部分政府服務。

even ordering the creation of a digital agency.

甚至下令成立數字機構。

But again, much of this still

但同樣，這其中的很多內容還是

needs to be budgeted and passed to the

需要編入預算，並傳遞給

national diet for approval.

國人的飲食，以備審批。

So just right here it looks like they

所以就在這裡，它看起來像他們

have all the cups and plates.

有所有的杯子和盤子。

But, I'm kind of curious to see what's

但是，我有點好奇，想看看是什麼？

behind these doors.

在這些門後。

Let's see. Oh wow! A sink!

讓我看看哦，哇！一個水槽！

Who would have thunk?

誰會想到呢？

Now it's time to get the party started.

現在是時候開始聚會了。

As a city council member, she spends a

作為一名市議員，她花了

lot of time meeting people,

很多時間見人。

gathering information and hearing

採風

problems from residents.

居民提出的問題。

So much so, Ayumi is often out of the office.

以至於步美經常不在辦公室。

What's there?

那是什麼？

So Ayumi belongs to the Tokyo branch of

所以步美是東京分部的

the Democratic Party for the people.

民主黨為人民。

And today she has an appointment at the

今天她有個約會

party headquarters.

黨總部。

She's supposed to drop off a list of

她應該把一份名單丟給我。

supporters, but the truth is

的支持者，但事實是

she could probably do this by email.

她也許可以通過電子郵件來做這件事。

The real reason she's here is to discuss

她來這裡的真正原因是為了討論...

internal party matters that don't

黨內事務不

necessarily get discussed during general

通俗地說

party meetings.

黨的會議。

As a Japanese politician it's always important to understand

作為日本的政治家，總是要了解的。

what's happening behind the scenes.

幕後發生了什麼。

Now, she's gonna visit one of the

現在，她要去拜訪其中一個...

officials in the Sangiin,

官員在桑吉林。

in English, House of Councillors, which is

在英文中，House of Councillors，即是

the Upper House of Japan's national diet.

日本國民飲食的上院。

He also belongs to the same party, just on

他也屬於同一黨派，只是在。

the national level.

在國家一級，

She's visiting him to also hear his

她去看他，也是想聽聽他的

thoughts on recent party matters.

對近期黨務工作的思考。

She says it's critical for her to always gather

她說，對她來說，關鍵是要時刻收集

information from different sources in

不同來源的資訊

order to make the best decisions.

以便做出最佳決策。

So where are you going now?

那你現在要去哪裡？

By the way, she's wearing a bright blue

對了，她穿著一件亮藍色的衣服

dress today, which is her campaign color.

今天的衣服，這是她的競選顏色。

In Japan, many politicians embrace a

在日本，許多政治家都擁護

theme color,

主題色。

usually something bright, like a strong

爽朗

red or green.

紅色或綠色。

Damn! It's such an open office back there!

媽的！後面的辦公室真開放啊!

Very typical in Japan for

在日本是非常典型的

government offices to be open like this to the public.

政府辦公室要這樣向公眾開放。

As a mother herself, one of her goals is to improve

作為一個母親，她的目標之一是改善她的生活。

the lives of her community

她的社區生活

members by making it easier to raise children.

成員，使其更容易撫養子女。

In order for her to do that, she

為了讓她做到這一點，她

regularly hosts hearing-sessions with

定期舉辦聽證會，與

parents in the community.

社區的父母。

Oh! It seems like she's giving feedback

哦，她好像是在反饋意見

about the support Minato city offers,

關於港灣市的支援。