Koike isn’t the only politician making a fashion statement with her protective facewear. Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga Yoshihide has worn masks with designs by Japan’s indigenous Ainu people ...

Japanese people have taken to wearing face masks during the pandemic, but the main reason for doing so has more to do with going along with others than preventing the coronavirus from spreading ...

Early in the pandemic, experts agreed that it was this compliance that helped Japan curb the spread of the virus. The issue now is convincing people it's okay to take their masks off. Last month ...

U.S. President Donald Trump has made it a point of not wearing a face mask in public, but in Japan politicians and ... for some people to want to make a fashion statement,” said Defense Minister ...