China News Service, November 6th. According to a report by the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK) on the 6th, recently, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan released survey results showing that the country’s consumer spending in September 2020 decreased by 10.2% from the same period in 2019. The analysis said, The reason for this result may be the decrease in the number of people eating out.
Data map: The streets of Tokyo, Japan under the epidemic.
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According to reports, the subject of this investigation is the amount spent on consumption by households with more than two people.
The report pointed out that the reason for the sharp drop in this data year-on-year has a lot to do with the reduction of people eating out due to the continuous spread of the new crown epidemic.
In addition, since Japan raised its consumption tax from 8% to 10% in October 2019, the consumption of the people had surged in September 2019 before the tax increase, which also led to a larger decline in this data.