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 ...

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.

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 ...

We explore how this helmet, reminiscent of a Predator mask, functions. The French Battle-Lab Terre laboratory is conducting tests on the futuristic Ronin helmet from the Japanese company Devtac ...

Face masks may also remind wearers not to touch their faces after ... There are also patterns reflecting modern Japanese landscapes and culture, and quirky ones with ninjas, sumo wrestlers, cosmic ...