因泡沫经济崩溃和长期经济停滞的影响,日本国民的生活水平在20世纪90年代前期就提高缓慢,90年代末到新世纪初又出现了持续下降的局面。就家庭的收入、消费水平而言,现已低于1990年的水平,可说是今不如昔。从国际比较看,日本国民的生活水平总体上在主要发达国家中处于中等偏下水平。因此,日本国民在生活方面缺乏与经济大国相称的富裕感和幸福感。 Due to the collapse of the bubble economy and the long-term economic stagnation, the living standards of Japanese nationals rose slowly in the early 1990s and continued to decline again in the late 1990s and early new century. As far as the income and consumption level of the family are concerned, it is now lower than the level in 1990, which is not as good as it used to be. From an international perspective, the living standards of Japanese nationals are generally at a lower-middle level among the major developed countries. As a result, Japanese nationals lack the sense of well-being and happiness that are commensurate with economic powers in their daily lives.