Why You will be Forced to Always Wear Masks in Japan

This year is again a very hot summer in Japan! But if you walk on the streets of Japan, you will see something very surprising. Almost everyone has masks on.

With temperatures reaching as high as 40 degrees Celsius on some days,
why don’t most Japanese people remove their masks? Even the government has issued a notice that it is okay to take them off when outside to avoid heat strokes. This is a problem not just for the Japanese, but for anyone who is planning on coming to Japan someday in the near future.

So today, I will first take a look at the current Japanese perceptions of masks by looking at some survey data. Next, I would like to discuss the reasons for continuing to wear the mask and its disadvantages. Lastly, I will also share how Japan is struggling a lot to try to solve this situation.

By watching this video till the end, you will be surprised at how much you can learn about the characteristics of Japanese people from just talking about masks, and how wearing them forever can be harmful to the youth.

After watching this video, please let me know in the comments about how masks are treated in your country, and how you think Japan should try and solve this problem.

However before I start, I do want to make it very clear that I am not here to say that we should never use masks and that it doesn’t have any benefits. My point is that we need to properly choose when and where to put masks on, for them to actually do more good than harm.

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[Timecodes]
0:00 Let's START!
02:15 What Japanese Think About Masks
04:37 Why Japanese Won’t Take Off Their Masks
12:04 Disadvantages of Continuing to Wear Masks
16:31 Is There a Solution?

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