Japan's decision to relax its mask guidelines this week marks a significant transition for a country where people have universally embraced the face coverings since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Foreboding depictions of this Japanese ghost ... interest in noh by not only documenting its fearsome characters, but also clearly indicating the actors beneath the masks to the point of creating ...

Game designers in Japan, in fact, have been using gesture ... from Kodansha Creators’ Lab. Players wear a noh mask to hide their facial expressions, and are tasked with conveying an object ...

(Noh is a classical Japanese performance art dating back to the 14th century, where performers wear masks and costumes to sing and dance on stage.) "Banyan Tree Higashiyama Kyoto is more than just ...