Since 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic has led to a global increase in the number of people wearing masks to limit the spread of illness. Now, new research co-authored by MIT scholars suggests that ...

[1.] Some places have recently enacted restrictions on wearing masks in public. They generally stem from three related rationales: People's wearing masks makes it harder for the police to identify ...

Most commuters exiting Tokyo’s main train station in the morning were wearing masks as they headed to work. So were people on the streets. During a televised budget committee meeting at ...

In May, public broadcaster NHK conducted a poll that said 55% of Japanese people are still wearing masks as often as they were when the government guidance was in place, with just 8% not wearing a ...