Small and medium-sized firms " don't have that luxury" , admits Mr Hagiwara.

Hagiwara先生承认，中小型企业“没那么奢侈”。

It's not like people have any extra spending money, Fumio Hagiwara says.

“人们没有任何额外的支出资金，” Fumio Hagiwara说道。

Covid-19 is a headwind for revenues, but a tailwind " in terms of culture" , says Hagiwara Shinichi, boss of Mitsui Foods, a big wholesaler.

大型批发商三井食品的老板夏原新一表示，冠状病毒是财政收入的逆风，但“在文化方面”却是顺风。

" It's not like people have any extra spending money, " Fumio Hagiwara says. Japan is the only developed economy where wages have dropped year after year.

“人们没有任何额外的支出资金，” Fumio Hagiwara 说道。日本是唯一一个工资逐年下降的发达国家。