中英對照讀新聞》In high-tech Japan, cash is still king 在高科技的日本，現金消費仍是王道
Once a pioneer in cashless transactions, Japan is now lagging behind as the world’s biggest economies increasingly embrace electronic payments － because its ageing population still prefers physical money.
在全球各大經濟體如今逐漸擁抱電子支付之際，曾開創無現金交易的日本已落居人後，因為其人口老化的社會仍偏愛實體金錢。
Four out of five purchases are still made with cash in Japan. But in South Korea, some 90 percent of transactions are digital, while Sweden aims to be a cashless society as early as 2023.
日本每5筆消費中，有4筆仍以現金交易。但在南韓，已有90%的交易數位化；瑞典則最快在2023年，就可望成為無現金社會。
In Japan, where crime and counterfeiting is virtually non-existent so people feel more comfortable carrying cash, consumer response has been sluggish.
在犯罪和偽造幾乎不存在、人們對於攜帶現金感到自在的日本，消費者對於無現金化顯得意興闌珊。
At Katsuyuki Hasegawa’s bike repair shop customers are invited to settle their bills using PayPay － a tie-up between Softbank and Yahoo. But only two or three people a week are using the service.
在長谷川勝之（譯音）的腳踏車修理店，雖鼓勵顧客使用由軟體銀行與雅虎合資推出的行動支付PayPay，但每週只有2至3人會使用這項服務。
"We get lots of old people who like to chat while getting out their money. They don’t need quick transactions," says Hasegawa. "Personally, I prefer cash. With PayPay, you don’t keep track of your money."(AFP)
40歲長谷川說：「我們有很多老人家喜歡在掏錢時閒聊，他們並不需要迅速的交易。我本身也更喜歡用現金，用PayPay就沒辦法掌握自己的錢。」（法新社）
英倫翻譯社轉自https://features.ltn.com.tw/english/article/paper/1338522
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