After the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the globe, people in Japan were advised to wear masks in order to protect themselves from the respiratory illness. Now that mask rules have eased, people in the country feel like they've forgotten how to smile.
Smiling lessons are now available for people in Japan following three years of government recommendations that people wear masks.pandemic spread across the globe in 2020, people in the country were advised to wear masks in order to protect themselves from the respiratory illness.
Some have forgotten how to smile and feel the need to rehearse the facial expression, the paper says. The number of applicants rose by 4.5 times after media first reported in February 2023 the government would be dropping its recommendation to wear masks. "With mask wearing having become the norm, people have had fewer opportunities to smile, and more and more people have developed a complex about it," Keiko Kawano, a coach with the"smile education" company Egaoiku, told Asahi Shimbun.AdvertisementParticipants are given a hand mirror to check their progress and smiles, with some adjusting their facial expression until they are happy with the outcome of their natural smile.
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