"This feeling that people are seeing me — like ... a deeply healing gift to disappear into this character — to take off one mask and put on another." Her performance as that character helped ...

A company employee in his 50s who lives in Saitama Prefecture decided not to wear a mask. “At izakaya, where everybody talks loudly, people take off their masks,” he said. “But why do they ...

“I have watched some live streams on YouTube or Instagram where people take off their masks, and I’ve seen how quickly the comments can turn from positive to negative,” the student said.