Japan's decision to relax its mask guidelines this week marks a significant transition for a country where people have universally embraced the face coverings since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

dust masks which met the N95 standard and other types, even the “Abenomasks” made of gauze distributed to every household in Japan by the central government. Given that non-woven masks and ...

Kosho Kato, 63, of Tokyo’s Shinagawa Ward, took a flight to China for a different type of business ... but he visited 10 drug stores in Japan to buy face masks and alcohol disinfectant spray.

An curved arrow pointing right. A factory in Japan has been inundated with requests for President-elect Trump rubber masks following his US election victory. Ogawa Studio used to produce around 45 ...