 | TOKYO -- Just when it looked like Japanese residents looked ready to pull down their masks and show their faces to the world, a bout of deja vu hit the country.
A new wave of COVID-19 infections -- the eighth such surge -- washed over the land. If that wasn't enough, the annual flu season is expected to coincide with it.
So the masks stayed on, but that's not the only reason. In contrast to countries that have moved away from masks, Japan never legally enforced their use. A major factor is that peer pressure and public scrutiny hold sway over people's actions.
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