Death masks are also known to have been crafted in Japan to venerate deceased individuals, including literary giant Natsume Soseki (1867-1916), Gondo added. Gondo went to study in Italy as a young ...

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They research team focused on a specific detail that had previously gone unnoticed: the perforated ears of the mask.

People in Japan are being urged to wear masks, as doctors fight the worst epidemic of “walking pneumonia” seen for more than 20 years. Nearly 6,000 cases of the condition, officially known as ...

To combat the spread of the disease, experts from five Japanese medical associations, including the Japanese Respiratory Society, have strongly encouraged a return to mask wearing and improved ...

Medical experts have strongly encouraged a return to mask ... in death. A number of patients are confirmed to be carrying antibiotic-resistant strains of the disease, said the Japanese Ministry ...