日本邮政控股公司周五宣布，1月1日全国投递的新年贺卡（年賀状）约为3.63亿张，创历史最低纪录，这是连续第17年下降，仅相当于去年的74%。转向数字通信和最近邮资上调是下降的主要因素。
年賀状是日本人向朋友和商业熟人发送的传统贺年明信片，上面印有抽奖号码，中奖者可获得旅行票或电子设备等奖品。然而，在这个数字时代，许多人认为寄送实体明信片已过时，更倾向于通过电子邮件发送问候、使用社交网络服务应用，甚至附上视频剪辑。
据日本邮政称，下降趋势还受到最近邮资上涨的影响。为了吸引年轻一代，该公司与谷歌合作，在其网站上推出生成式AI服务，用于创建新年贺卡。
这一趋势反映了日本社会更广泛的变化，传统纸质习俗正让位于数字替代品。虽然年賀状数量下降可能影响邮政业务，但像AI这样的创新代表了以新形式保留传统的努力。
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