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Japanese largely keep wearing masks on first day of ‘freedom’
Most Japanese commuters continued wearing face masks on March 13, the day the central government ended its three-year request for protective measure against COVID-19. At JR Shinagawa Station in ...
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Surging volume of littered face masks puts more plastic in oceans
The growing mask pollution problem is also evident in western Japan. In late May, an Asahi Shimbun reporter saw white face masks washed ashore, along with littered plastic bottles and plastic bags ...