The past two decades have witnessed relentless declines in the Japanese birth rate, prompting a range of demographic concerns, from a lack of elderly care provision to long-term fiscal catastrophe.

过去的二十年里，日本的婴儿出生率持续下降，这引发了从老年人无保障条款到长期财政赤字一系列的人口统计学问题。

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But that's been largely thanks to a lack of long-term, reliable temperature records.

但是这很大程度上是由于缺乏长期可靠的温度记录。

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The lack of long-term data means this has become “a quasi-theological dispute”, says Robert Litan of the Kauffman Foundation, a charity that provided some funding for Mr Bhidé’s work.

考夫曼基金会（该慈善基金曾为拜德的研究提供过几次经费支持）的罗伯特.立坦认为缺乏长期的数据支持意味它已经成为一个“类似神学观点的争论”。

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And a recent government-sponsored report on equity markets found a lack of long-term decision-making by investors.

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This describes the common condition where people fail to act in pursuit of long-term goals due to a lack of self-discipline.

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"There's also a lack of long-term planning from the government, " said James Kamau, a university student.

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