谁在丧失?——从叶真中显Lost Care看少子老龄化

Who is losing?——The low birth rate and aging dilemma reflected inLost Careby Aki Hamanaka

日本作家叶真中显的长篇推理小说Lost Care是一部关于丧失之痛和老龄之困的作品,它揭开了日本护理保险制度的种种问题,批判了社会制度存在的漏洞,同时提醒人们关注日渐严重的少子老龄化问题。同处东亚的中国,实际上也面临着同样的、甚至在未来更为严峻的局势。在应对少子老龄化的领域,日本既有超前经验,又是前车之鉴。在这一点上,小说Lost Care为我们提供了深刻的启示。

Lost Care,a long inferential novel written by the Japanese writer Aki Hamanaka,is about the pain of loss and the aging dilemma. The novel unveils various problems of the insurance system of caring in Japan,criticizes the loopholes in the social system,and in the meanwhile,reminds readers to pay attention to the increasingly serious problem of aging and the low birth rate. Located in East Asia as Japan,China is also facing the same and even more severe situation in the future. Japan experienced the low birth rate and aging dilemma earlier than China,and accumulated lessons and experiences in this field. The novelLost Careprovides us intensive enlightenment in this regard.