前英国驻日本大使Sir Hugh Cortazzi认为,虽然目前日本的经济因日元持续升值而处于低迷状态,但即使日后日元有显著的下跌,日本也应寻找对策改革其高价格体制。这种结构的形成一部分是由于服务业实施极端的反竞争管制,而另外的原因则在于为维系高涨的生活成本而支付的高工资。这一 Sir Hugh Cortazzi, the former British Ambassador to Japan, said that although Japan’s economy is currently in a downturn due to the continuous appreciation of the yen, Japan should find a way to reform its high-price system even if there is a significant fall in the yen in the future. This structure has been shaped in part by the extreme anti-competitive regulation exercised by the service sector, and another reason for the high wages paid to sustain the high cost of living. This one