CNN News：日本的人均自動售貨機個數(shù)多于美國

Spinning the globe for our next story, we're taking you to the island nation of Japan. With 126.7 million people living there, the country has less than 40 percent of the population size of the U.S., and yet Japan has 5 million vending machines, compared to America's 7 million. So, significantly more machines per person in Japan.

下一則新聞我們?nèi)ヌ剿魇澜纾覀儗Т蠹仪巴鶏u國日本。日本有1.267億人口，比美國人口的40%還要少，但是日本有500萬個自動售貨機，而美國有700萬個。顯然，日本的人均自動售貨機個數(shù)多于美國。

We're touring the country now to show you the impacts this has on Japan's economy and its way of life.

我們將在日本游覽，向大家展示自動售貨機對日本經(jīng)濟及生活方式所產(chǎn)生的影響。

WILL RIPLEY, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: There's one on almost every corner. They line side streets, train stations. Vending machines are an essential part of life in Japan. You could almost go an entire day fueled on stuff from them.

CNN國際記者威爾·雷普利：基本上每個角落都有一臺自動售貨機。這些機器遍布街道和火車站。自動售貨機是日本生活必不可少的一部分。通過自動售貨機出售的商品補充能量，你可以堅持一整天。

Let's begin with breakfast.They have premium banana. Low sugar banana.

我們先來說早餐。自動售貨機出售昂貴的香蕉。低糖香蕉。

Definitely need coffee.

一定需要咖啡。

Red means hot. Blue means cold.

紅色表示“熱”。藍色表示“冷”。

One of my absolute favorite things about Japan. Hot coffee in a can.

我最喜歡日本的其中一個原因是，他們有罐裝的熱咖啡。

A hot lunch too. Not your ordinary cup of noodle. This machine sells oden, a savory stew.

當(dāng)然自動售貨機還提供熱騰騰的午餐。并不是普通的杯面。這臺機器出售關(guān)東煮，這是一道美味的燉菜。

Fish balls, or beef tendon, fish balls.

有魚丸和牛腱。

Hmm, I can see why this is popular in the winter times. The can is so warm and it tastes good.

嗯，我可以理解這在冬天備受歡迎的原因了。不僅是熱騰騰的，而且味道不錯。

Vending machines work around the clock, so they don't require people at the cash register. And you can buy what you want, when you want. No matter what you drink, there's a good chance the vending machine was made here, near Nagoya.

自動售貨機全天24小時提供服務(wù)，不需要收銀人員。而且人們可以隨時買到他們想吃的食物。無論你想喝什么，你都有可能在名古屋附近的這臺自動售貨機找到。

Fuji Electric counts about 20 beverage companies as clients. The machines come in different sizes and colors. But they're all pretty much the same inside.

富士電機的客戶包括約20家飲料企業(yè)。雖然自動售貨機的型號和顏色不同，但是出售的商品差不多一樣。

"That gives us efficiency," says factory manager Mitsuhiro Saka. "We used manufacture machines in large quantities. But it's become smaller."

工廠經(jīng)理阪光博表示，“這確保了我們的效率。我們用制造機器進行大量生產(chǎn)。不過現(xiàn)在越來越小。”

There are 5 million vending machines in Japan, according to the latest figures from the manufacturers association. That's one machine for every 25 people, said to be the highest concentration in the world. But those figures have actually declined a bit over the last decade in part from rising competition. It's still a very big business.

據(jù)制造商協(xié)會公布的最新數(shù)據(jù)，日本有500萬臺自動售貨機。這意味著平均25個人就有一臺自動售貨機，這被認為是全世界集中程度最高的。但是由于日趨激烈的競爭，這一數(shù)字在過去10年有所下降。不過這仍然是一個非常龐大的產(chǎn)業(yè)。

Vending machines sold more than $42 billion worth of goods in 2015, keeping all that cash safe is a serious concern, even in a low crime nation like Japan. So, we can't show you the money collection components inside the door. But I did learn how they make my coffee hot.

2015年，自動售貨機出售的商品價值超過420億美元，保證現(xiàn)金安全是一個嚴(yán)肅的問題，即使在犯罪率低的日本也一樣。所以我們不能給大家展示自動售貨機存放現(xiàn)金的地方。不過我知道如何給咖啡加熱。

"We develop a hybrid system," explains Saka. "That uses exhaust heat created by the cooling chamber to warm up your drink to 55 degrees Celsius, all the while saving energy."

阪解釋說，“我們開發(fā)了一個混合系統(tǒng)。利用冷卻室產(chǎn)生的廢熱將咖啡加熱到55攝氏度，這樣還能節(jié)省能源。”

But now, 24-hour convenience stores the Japanese called konbinis compete with vending machines for customers and beverage makers face a struggle securing new locations.

不過，現(xiàn)在日本24小時營業(yè)的便利店正在同自動售貨機爭搶顧客，同時飲料制造商也面臨挑戰(zhàn)，因為他們要確保新的地點。

For operators like Ichiro Yonoi (ph), the challenge is still to refill machines with the bestselling products. He tells us he's been doing this for 12 years. He handles about 3,500 cans a day.

對野井一郎這樣的運營者來說，他們還面臨著給自動售貨機補充暢銷商品的挑戰(zhàn)。他告訴我們，這份工作他已經(jīng)做了12年。他每天要處理約3500個罐裝商品。

Technology could make his job easier. Smart vending machines connected to the Internet are able to collect sales data, even notify the repairman when they break down, another evolution for an every day object that's evolving, along with modern life in Japan.

技術(shù)的創(chuàng)新可以簡化他的工作。聯(lián)網(wǎng)的智能自動售貨機可以收集銷售數(shù)據(jù)，甚至還能在出現(xiàn)故障時通知維修工人，這是自動售貨機這個日常必需品伴隨日本現(xiàn)代生活展開的另一個進化。