Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga Yoshihide has worn masks with designs by Japan’s indigenous Ainu people, while Okinawa governor Tamaki Denny opts for masks handmade from traditional Okinawan cloth.

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 ...

After almost three years of strict COVID-19 rules, traditional cheering ... be able to cheer while wearing masks,” NPB General Secretary Atsushi Ihara told Japan’s Kyodo News recently.