COVID mask rules eased in Japan

COVID mask rules eased in Japan

Tourists wear masks as they walk around a popular tourist spot near Kiyomizu-dera Temple in Kyoto on March 13, 2023, despite Japan's easing of its COVID-19 guidelines on mask-wearing the same day, with the decision to wear them now left up to individual choice.

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