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Even before the pandemic, donning a mask in Japan was normal for many during hay fever season and around exams due to concern about getting ill for a key life event.
By Anton Bridge and Tom Bateman TOKYO (Reuters) - In one of Keiko Kawano's recent classes, more than a dozen Tokyo art school students held mirrors to...
In one of Keiko Kawano's recent classes, more than a dozen Tokyo art school students held mirrors to their faces, stretching the sides of their mouths upward with their fingers: they were practising how to smile.
Japanese are embracing unusual trends and are paying for smile instructors as masks come off.
It's not something most people would think to pay for but Kawano's services as a smile instructor are seeing a surge in demand in Japan, where mask-wearing was near universal during pandemic