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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cloth face masks, often cobbled together as a makeshift alternative when stocks of surgical masks run low, and sometimes worn as a fashion statement ... every household in Japan by the central ...