Notice anything?

什麼事嗎？

and  no i'm not referring to the man with the red shoes and the hot pink beard

不，我不是指那個穿著紅鞋和粉紅色鬍鬚的男人，

it is in fact that there  are so few people

實際上人很少

and this is halloween

，這是萬聖節，

i would say it's roughly a quarter of what you would  usually expect

我會說這大約是您通常期望的四分之一，

and everyone almost everyone

每個人幾乎每個人

is wearing a mask

戴著面具

welcome to japan's new normal

歡迎日本的新正常

2020  is the year of the pandemic of the coronavirus

2020年是冠狀病毒大流行的一年，

and everywhere around the world people are having to  deal with it

世界各地的人們都必鬚麵對這一問題， 日本 與

japan is no different

他們被封鎖

they've had they're locked down and a lot of people are doing  much more remote work

在一起並 沒有什麼不同 ，很多人做更多的遠程工作，

something they've never had to do in the past

這是他們過去從未需要做的事情，現在

there's a lot of unique  situations happening right now that are a first

有很多獨特的情況正在發生，這是 日本文化

for the japanese culture to deal with

第一 次要處理，

but they  are

但是

so in this video i'd like to talk to you about

在這個視頻中，我想和他們談談您將了解

what is this new normal

這種新常態 是

as the pandemic touches  every part of the japanese lifestyle

什麼， 因為流感大流行觸及了日本生活方式的每個方面，

what are they doing to adapt and to overcome this very difficult  challenge

他們正在採取哪些措施來適應並克服 目前正在影響著我們所有人的

that is affecting all of us right now

這一非常艱鉅的挑戰 ，

so if japanese work culture was going to  change

因此，如果日本的工作文化即將改變

very close behind that was going to be the restaurant culture as well

，那是將成為餐飲文化以及

because as much as  japanese people love to work they love to eat

，因為正如日本人民熱愛工作，他們喜歡吃

and when you would go out before you would usually get  something called an oshibori

，當你出去之前，你通常會得到一種叫做

and that's a hot wet towel usually that you get before your meal

oshibori， 這是一個濕毛巾熱敷通常是您在餐前讓

you  clean your hands and it's nice and sanitary

你清潔您的手，感覺很好，

but now because people are so frequently wearing masks  out

而且 很衛生， 但是現在因為人們經常

they're providing in restaurants mask cases

在餐廳裡 戴口罩， 所以他們

so you can store them until you leave

可以存放它們直到離開，

and a lot  of people aren't always using something like the disposable

而且很多人並不總是在使用像一次性用品那樣的東西， 因為 他們 經常

they'll use one like i have where it's  washable and reusable

在餐廳裡提供口罩 。我會使用像我這樣的產品，因為它

so having a case where you can put it away during the course your meal

具有 可洗和可重複使用的特點， 因此在用餐過程中可以將其收拾起來

is  really convenient

很方便，

not all measures that can fight back against the virus have to necessarily be  super high tech

並非所有可以抵抗病毒的措施都必須是超高科技

in fact one of the ones that they use now less so at restaurants

，實際上是其中之一現在，他們在餐館使用的餐廳 越來越 少，

but more at special  events public events things like that. Gyms..

而在特殊活動，公共活動中更多地 使用這種 東西。 Gyms ..

is a tracking list

是一個跟踪列表，

so if you go into a public event

因此，如果您參加一個公共活動

what they'll request that you do is actually write down your name your address

，他們將要求您實際寫上您的姓名 和 地址

and so if there were  an incident reported where somebody had contracted covid

，因此，如果有報導說某人 在該特殊活動中

at that special event

感染了合作性艾滋病 ，

they can then let any  of the participants know that that is the case

他們可以然後讓任何參與者知道是這種情況

and then you can go and have yourself tested

，然後您就可以去測試自己的

low-tech yes but quite effective and it does allow people to take a measure of security

低技術含量，是的，但是相當有效，而且確實可以使人們採取安全措施

knowing that  when they've gone to this special event

，因為他們知道當他們參加此特殊活動時

you know that they're taking it seriously

您知道他們正在認真對待它

and if something  were to go wrong that there is a recourse for that

，如果出了問題，可以為此求助，

and hopefully afterwards you're still  protected

並希望此後您仍然受到保護

it wouldn't be a modern pandemic if there weren't an APP to battle the virus

，如果沒有用於抵抗病毒的APP，那將不是現代流行病

and japan  certainly has theirs

日本當然也有一個

Oddly named Cocoa given that cocoa is the ingredient that creates chocolate

奇怪的名字，可可粉，因為可可粉是製作出

which is both delicious and desirable

既美味又可口的

and Covid is everything the opposite of that

巧克力的原料， 而可維迪德

the naming  convention doesn't diminish its effectiveness

與命名約定並沒有降低其有效性 ，

it works by having each user register on the  application

相反， 通過使每個 可食用的 巧克力 都 有效

and then if any of those users were within one meter of each other

在該應用程序上註冊Ser ，然後如果這些用戶中的任何一個

in an excess  of 15 minutes and then contracted the virus

在15分鐘 內彼此之間相距一米之

all the people who are in that similar proximity to each other

內，然後感染了該病毒 ， 則將通知

will be notified

所有彼此相似的人在日式

the japanese bathroom or perhaps more specifically the japanese  toilet

浴室，或者也許是更具體地說，日式馬桶

has become a cultural trope worldwide

已成為世界性的文化名流

known for being super high tech and providing  you with the latest in technology

，以超高科技而聞名， 從適應性最強的坐浴盆

from the most accommodating bidet to perhaps talking you down  from the edge of a really bad experience at work

為您提供最新技術 ，或者從工作中真正糟糕的經歷的邊緣讓您失望，

but not always going high-tech is the solution  in japan here for the problem of the virus and  

但並不總是那麼高在日本，高科技是解決病毒問題的解決方案，

in fact it's going the reverse direction

事實上，它正朝著相反的方向發展

it's  getting more practical and removing some of these more complex amenities

，變得越來越實用，並刪除了一些更複雜的便利設施，

it's not complexity we need  it's a lack of it

這不是複雜性，我們需要的不是它的不足，因為

that prevents the spread so

它阻止了傳播，所以

when you go into the bathrooms here you actually notice  that things like the automatic hand dryers that used to be there before

當當您進入這裡的浴室時，您實際上會發現諸如以前裝在那裡的自動干手器之類的東西

are either covered up or  removed

被掩蓋或移走

and there's the expectation now that you would bring something like your own hand towel

了，現在期望您會帶上自己的毛巾 或紙巾之

or  paper towels

類的東西

i know this for a fact at my gym that you can no longer use the hand dryer

，我在健身房裡知道這一點，因為您再也無法使用乾手機了，

they've  gone more analog

它們變得更加類似

and it seems to be helping

，並且似乎正在幫助

traditional office work be repressed

壓制傳統的辦公室工作

people have had to work from home they've had to work remotely

人們不得不在家中工作，他們不得不在遠程工作

where you've seen actually the virus have an  accelerant effect then on other businesses  

，您實際上已經看到該病毒會產生促進作用，然後在 送貨服務模式中

is in the delivery service model

對其他企業產生了影響，

so before in  tokyo you used to see a few Uber Eats bicycles riding around

因此在東京之前，您曾經看到過一些Uber Eats自行車騎行大約

now they're absolutely ubiquitous

現在，它們絕對無處不在

it's hard to go out without tripping over them

，要不絆倒就很難走出去，

and it's not just Uber Eats now

不僅是Uber Eats，現在

it's kfc it's  mcdonald's

是肯德基，還是麥當勞，

it's all these different chains

這是所有這些不同的連鎖店，

so interesting to note where in some cases  it has repressed certain types of businesses

所以有趣的是要指出在某些情況下它壓制了某些類型的企業， 而在另

but in others they're now absolutely booming as a  result of it

一些情況下 他們現在絕對是蓬勃發展的結果，

perhaps more than hot

也許比炎熱的

japanese summer is really really humid

日本夏天還真潮濕，

it's brutal

這是殘酷

you're sweating  the moment you step outside

的，當您 走出家門時 您流汗了，

and it was really a challenge for me

這是殘酷的 ，而 當我初次來到加利福尼亞時

when i first came from living  in vancouver

，這對我來說確實是一個挑戰 我是從溫哥華生活

where for the two months of the year where we get good weather

的，一年中兩個月天氣

it's perfect temperature  it's perfect humidity

很好，溫度很理想，濕度

it's a challenge

很好，這是一個挑戰，

but last summer it was so notable that when you walked around everyone was wearing one of these

但是去年夏天，當您到處走動的時候，每個人都穿著其中之一

and i thought that was particularly cool for the fact  that it's one thing when it's cool to wear one of these

，我認為那是非常重要的。特別酷的是，穿一件這樣的衣服是一件很酷的事情，這

and it's not such a discomfort

並不是一件不舒服的

but that kind of humidity to still see people going out and wearing masks and protecting each other was really really significant

事情，但是那種濕潤 的感覺 仍然能讓人們外出並戴口罩並互相保護 ，這在日本人中 確實非常重要。

you have in the japanese culture already this sense that when you're sick  you should wear a mask

這種文化已經讓您感到不適，如果您生病了，應該戴口罩 ， 如果您在辦公室，如果您在學校，

you see it all the time

應該一直戴著口罩

if you're at an office if you're at a school and  so i think people were willing to take this upon themselves

，所以我想人們願意自己 戴這個口罩 ， 但是在

but whereas before it was i'm going  to protect you from the fact that i have a cold

此 之前，我是要保護您免受感冒 的困擾，

now it could run both ways

因為這可能同時影響著

i'm going to protect myself and protect others

我自己和他人的保護，

so an underlying cultural strength that certainly has had a  significant impact on the spread of the virus

因此潛在的文化力量無疑對性格產生了重大影響病毒的廣告 如果該病毒已經教給我們任何東西，那麼

If the virus has taught us anything it's the incredible  resilience of humankind

當原始環境和聚集地受到威脅時，他們

when challenged to find  a new place to drink together

面臨挑戰以尋找新的飲酒場所的挑戰時，

when their original  locales and gathering spots have been threatened

這是人類不可思議的韌性，

i am of course talking about the zoom nomikai or zoom drinking party

我當然是在談論變焦nomikai或變焦飲酒聚會

that people are now doing  where a lot of people of course use that for remote work

人們現在正在做的事情中，當然有很多人將其用於遠程工作，

many people as well are using it to  meet up with friends that they haven't been able to see so often

很多人也正在使用它與朋友見面，

because of social distancing

由於社交距離

and from birthday parties to business parties you name it people are meeting up online

以及從生日聚會到商務活動 ，他們很少見面 您命名的聚會人們在網上聚會 並 在過去一年

and making use of that technology in a social way

中以社交方式使用該技術，

over the past year you've seen japan take so  many different precautions

您已經看到日本採取了許多不同的預防措施，

from the increase  in the number of masks that are being worn

從戴上口罩的數量增加到

to the  availability of alcoholic gels

酒精飲料的供應凝膠

to so many people sheltering in place doing the sort of remote  work that they've never done before

這麼多人就地避難做排序的遠程工作，他們從來沒有做過前，

could you definitively say whether these precautions have  led to some of the lowest death rates in the world for covet 19

你能肯定地說，這些措施是否導致了一些最低死亡為貪圖19 很難

it's difficult to say it's hard to  say there's a lot of contributing factors there

世界利率 說這是很難說有很多有誘發因素的

but you could say with certainty that it has  given people some sense of community and security  

，但你可以肯定地說，它給人們的社區和一些安全感

and that we're all in this together

，並且我們在這一起

which i  would say is quite a traditionally japanese virtue

，我可以說 ，即使 是一個相當傳統的日本憑藉

value even

值

and whatever comes in the  coming months

要來的在未來幾個月

that will continue this feeling like we're gonna get through this

一樣，我們正在通過該談婚論嫁，將繼續這種感覺

and we're gonna  get through this together

和我們一起度過這次

thanks for watching

感謝收看 你

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