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Japan plans to dispose of unused cloth masks that it has been keeping in storage since an unpopular free distribution program at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Japan is considering distributing unused cloth masks, dubbed "Abenomasks," to local governments after a large amount procured by former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's administration remained locked away accumulating storage costs, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno says.
Biden says will provide free cloth masks to low-income people The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden said Wednesday it will deliver more than 25 million free masks to communities still lacking affordable access to the basic protection against the coronavirus pandemic. In Japan last year, the government's distribution of two washable cloth face masks per household -- which earned the nickname "Abenomask," meaning "Abe's mask," after then Prime Minister Shinzo Abe -- backfired due to the masks' poor quality and slow delivery to the public. U.S. President Joe Biden delivers his inaugural...