日本人秀浪漫 大胆喊出我爱你

Love really takes to the air in Tokyo once a year, when dozens of Japanese shout out their ardor for spouses, partners -- and even themselves -- at an event that's also broadcast on national television.
每年的这个时候，东京的空气里都洋溢着爱的气息，很多日本人会在这一天勇敢地喊出他们对配偶、伴侣甚至对自己的爱。这一活动还会在全国电视台播出。

Japanese have traditionally valued modesty and reticence over outspokenness, but Kiyotaka Yamana, a Tokyo resident who started the "Love Message Yelling Event" after his marriage failed, said that didn't mean they were unromantic.
日本人传统上更注重含蓄内敛，不够直率，但东京居民山名清贵说，这并不意味着日本人不懂浪漫。山名清贵在婚姻破裂后发起了这项名为“喊出你的爱”的活动。

"The dominant image of Japanese men is of overworked businessmen, but I wanted to tell people around world that Japanese men are actually very romantic," Yamana said.
山名说：“日本男性给人的主要印象就是‘工作狂’，不过我想告诉全世界的人们，日本男性其实非常浪漫。”

The event, which precedes "Love Your Wife Day" on January 31, took place at the Hibiya Park in central Tokyo, co-hosted by a citizen group dedicated to devoted husbands.
这一活动于1月31日“爱妻日”前一天在东京市中心的日比谷公园举行，由一个爱妻协会民间组织共同举办。

Most of the 30 or so participants took to the stage, yelling "I love you" or "Let me be with you."
当天共有约30人参与了这一活动，其中大部分人都走上台，大声喊出“我爱你”或“我要和你在一起”等爱的宣言。

Some of declarations reflected the gloomy economic situation: one husband, his voice choked up with tears, thanked his wife for staying with him although he lost his job more than a year ago.
其中有一些宣言和严峻的经济形势有关。一名男子一年多前失业，他流着泪哽咽着感谢妻子这段时间以来对他不离不弃。

The increased economic clout of women and changing social attitudes toward marriage, which is no longer seen as necessary for either gender, have kept an increasing number of Japanese single.
近年来日本单身人士的数量持续上升，这一方面是因为女性的经济能力增强，另一方面是因为社会对婚姻的态度发生了变化，认为婚姻无论对于男性还是女性来说，都不再是一个必然的选择。