The price of raw material price increase instruments price Japanese music enthusiasts are "injured"

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, September 23rd, affected by raw materials such as metal and other raw materials and the joint depreciation of the yen. The price of Japanese instruments rose, making music lovers who love to play musical instruments "very injured".

According to the Japanese Broadcasting Association reported on the 21st, the price of raw materials such as silver, copper, wood, etc. has risen to push high instrument production costs for a period of time, so the price of related instruments has risen.

A musical instrument store in Chuanyue City, Saitama Prefecture sells about 3,000 instruments and accessories purchased from domestic and foreign. Yu Tianchuan, who is responsible for operating, said that the price of long -numbers and clariners such as long -numbers and clarinet has increased by 5%to 20%. Due to the cancellation of some activities such as epidemic prevention, the demand for musical instruments has been further decreased. Today, the monthly sales decreased by 40%before the outbreak of the new crown epidemic.

"Even the instruments that are easy to sell in the past have become slow -selling because of price increases. I think people are unwilling to buy new instruments now." He said.

Not only the instrument line, but the school bands of some schools in Japan are also facing the problem of instrument price increases.

Takayama Primary School Management Band in Sanying City, Tokyo is composed of 90 five -six grade students, and now rehearse for the school concert in November. The instruments used by the students are all provided by the school, and many of them are old, and some often can't even make sounds. The school expressed helplessness and concerns about the unable to change the instrument in a limited budget.

The principal Yoshimura said, "Many instruments are expensive, and it is difficult to afford the scope of school budgets, and it is even harder to increase the price". Can't do it. He was worried that band activities would be affected by this.

On September 19, pedestrians walked on the streets of Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Zhang Xiaoyu, a reporter from Xinhua News Agency)

The Ministry of General Affairs of Japan announced on September 20th that the core consumer price index (CPI) that removed fresh foods in August (CPI) increased by 2.8%compared with the same period last year, the largest increase since October 2014. Japan's core CPI has risen for 12 consecutive months; if the impact of the consumption tax rate has increased in 2014, the index increased in August the largest since September 1991.

What makes music enthusiasts "injured" evenly that there is no sign of stopping the price increase. From October, the prices of about 240 types of tube instruments such as saxophone and flutes such as Saxak and flutes have increased an average of 8%on average. The tube instruments produced by professional musicians will also increase their prices from next month, and some even rise more than 400,000 yen (about 19,600 yuan). (Qiao Ying)

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