Now you can put a price on a smile. People in Japan who have become accustomed to wearing a face mask have turned to the help of a professional — to learn to smile again. After the Japanese government ...

March 13 (UPI) --Many Japanese residents took a cautious approach on Monday to the government easing COVID-19 restrictions, choosing the keep wearing masks on the morning commute and in many public ...

TOKYO — What do COVID-19 masks and electric vehicles have in common? In Japan, maybe more than meets the eye. Both are sad symbols of the country's resistance to change. Long after the rest of the ...

TOKYO >> Japan on Monday dropped its request for people to wear masks after three years, but hardly anything changed in the country that has had an extremely high regard for their effectiveness at ...

TOKYO — Japan marked the end of an era Monday by declaring COVID-19 a disease on par with influenza, dealing an end to years of restrictive public measures designed to curb its spread. The ...