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Do Japanese people like to wear masks?

April 26, 2017Japanese Masks people wear

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Do Japanese people like to wear masks?

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• Hiroshi Kawane, professor Japanese Red Cross Hiroshima College of Nursing, Hatsukaichi City, Hiroshima, 738-0052, Japan It is pretty common for people in Japan to wear facemasks when they are ill or trying to protect themselves from cold or flu. The government has included the wearing of masks as a measure to be used by the general public for prevention of the swine flu. Readers of BMJ may wonder whether so many Japanese people really wear masks. Here are some examples. Geisha in Kyoto(http://www.jiji.com/jc/d2?p=sfv00101- 08044675&d=004soc), Shinkansen train in Tokyo Station(http://www.jiji.com/jc/d2?p=sfv00101- 08038584&d=004soc), Students on a school trip in Kyoto(http://www.jiji.com/jc/d2?p=sfv00101- 08044528&d=004soc), Students on a school trip in Kyoto(http://www.jiji.com/jc/d2?p=sfv00101- 08044519&d=004soc), Junior high school students in the Diet Building(http://www.jiji.com/jc/d2?p=sfv00101-08038305&d=004soc), Commuters in Kobe(http://www.jiji.com/jc/d2?p=sfv00101-08036771&d