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日本政府于本周二发布的一份报告称，国民缩短洗澡时间有助于减少日本不断增长的能源消耗量及温室气体的排放。

日本家庭的能耗量一直低于美国和欧洲，但近年来却急剧增长，1990年至2005年间就增长了44%。这也是政府的环境白皮书关注人们节能方式的重要原因。

白皮书指出，日本家庭不仅要学习西方人每天洗澡时间缩短一分钟的做法，盆浴时也要行动迅速。

Speedier family baths could help Japanese cut their burgeoning energy consumption and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, a government report said on Tuesday.

Japanese households consume less energy than their US and European counterparts, but consumption has been sharply increasing --jumping 44 percent between 1990 and 2005 -- a big reason the environment white paper zeroed in on ways for people to save energy.

Families should not only shorten their daily showers by a minute -- a common recommendation in the West -- but should try to take baths in quick succession, the report said.