Japan is one of the most famous countries in the world that are keen to wear formal clothes, and every editor (WeChat: nbdnews) often sees these pictures in reports about Japan:
On the subway in Tokyo, people dressed in formal clothes
In the subway, people in formal clothes can be seen everywhere
On the first working day of 2016, dressed business people from all walks of life prayed for blessings
According to a 2014 report by Japan's New Overseas Chinese Daily, Japan was included in the top five in a ranking of people around the world who are enthusiastic about wearing suits. Indeed, in Japan, not only office workers wear formal clothes, but even some school uniforms are similar to formal clothes. People in suits can be seen everywhere in the streets and subways of Japan.
Freshmen at the University of Tokyo attend the entrance ceremony in formal attire
How much do Japanese people love suits that have little personality to speak of? The answer is obviously no, but it is inextricably linked to Japan's cultural traditions. People who wear suits will give others more down-to-earth and reliable feelings than people in casual clothes, and their families will also think that they are "full of vitality". Therefore, in Japan, a habit has been formed in society that personal discomfort and like it or not need to "give way".
Therefore, we can see the above scene, whether it is in winter or summer, the suit has become the "standard" of the Japanese.
If it is hot, the suit can also be thrown
If it is too hot, the suit is "reliable" and I am afraid that I will have to take it off. According to the News Network of Russia's "Satellite" on May 2, Japan has implemented the "Cool Business" campaign, and Japanese office workers and civil servants can work without ties and wearing suits and jackets from May 2.
Every editor (WeChat: nbdnews) noticed that this "cool business" campaign has been promoted since 2005 and has been more than 10 years old. The temperature at which the air conditioner is now running is now set at 28 degrees, so workers can go to work light.
Image source: Oriental IC
Initially, the campaign began on June 1 of that year and continued until September 31 of that year. However, starting in 2011, japan began to conserve electricity after the Failure of the Japan Nuclear Power Plant after the March 11 earthquake and the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident, and the campaign began to last from May 1 to October 31. But from this year the event ends at the end of September, as there are few days of hot weather in the second month of autumn.
"Super Cool Business Dress" began in 2011, and from June 1 to September 31, 2011, staff not only did not wear ties and suit jackets, but even casual shoes, Hawaiian shirts and Polo shirts were also "unbanned".
Cool exercise, more for the environment
Every editor (WeChat: nbdnews) noticed that the slogan at the beginning of the cool business movement was "comfortable, healthy and beautiful", which is obviously more comfortable and beautiful for office workers, and at the same time, it has also changed the "stereotyped" workplace culture in Japan for a long time. However, for the Japanese government, the most important thing is not whether the employees are comfortable, healthy and beautiful, but the increasingly severe resource constraints and environmental pressures.
Due to limited resources, natural disasters such as earthquakes often occur, which makes Japan, which is already tight on power resources, even more embarrassing. After the 2011 earthquake and the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident, the development of nuclear power plants in Japan has also been somewhat limited, accompanied by a renewed strain on Japan's power resources, which has since increased the corresponding thermal power generation, but this has led to another problem, that is, carbon dioxide emissions have also increased.
In recent years, Japan's carbon dioxide emissions have shown a trend of increasing year by year, according to the Japanese J-CAST website reported in 2014, in 2013, Japan's carbon dioxide emissions due to energy consumption were 1.224 billion tons, reaching a record high. This figure is 101 million tons higher than in 2010. But in 2014, energy-related CARBON dioxide emissions fell by 3.6 percent.
Photographed in 2012 in the central area of Nanae-cho, Fukushima Prefecture
The shortage of electricity, the urgent need to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, and the impact of disasters such as earthquakes on resources for a long time have forced Japan to explore energy conservation and emission reduction in more aspects, and the "Cool Business Campaign" launched by Japan is one of them. By reducing the load on the air conditioner to combat global warming, setting the office air conditioner to 28 degrees Celsius, and incidentally "loosening" the shackles for employees, it can be said that it is a lot of work.
Some argue that it is impossible to solve Japan's energy problems solely by relying on the "cool business movement." However, from another point of view, this is a means of calling attention to the national energy problems of people from all walks of life in Japan. While awakening and raising people's awareness of energy conservation, it has also laid the foundation for the subsequent introduction of other energy-saving and environmental protection actions. In these aspects, we may wish to learn more from Japan.
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