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Face masks, once easily attained at every convenience store and drugstore in Japan, are now basically mythical objects worth their weight in gold—if you’re really lucky you can even get a toilet paper ...
Even before media first uttered the word “coronavirus”, Japan by-and-large was already in love with using face masks. Whether to prevent the spread of regular illnesses like the flu, block ...
Whether being worn, piled up in trash bins, or scattered as litter in gutters and city streets, one of the most enduring symbols of the COVID-19 era is the billions of disposable face masks that ...
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In Japan, it's sometimes said that the eyes speak as much as the mouth. Perhaps the proverbial phrase captures the essence of the nation’s affinity for face masks, a relationship that can be traced ...