The government has indicated that “the wearing of masks will be at the discretion of individuals from March 13,” and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and the Japan Aviation Association have successively updated their guidelines, which will remove the “mask request” from public transportation such as trains, planes, buses, and cabs. Announcements requesting the wearing of masks will no longer be made in trains, airplanes, buses, taxis, and other public transportation facilities.
On the other hand, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) recommends wearing a mask when visiting or seeing a doctor at a medical facility or using crowded public transportation to “prevent the spread of infection to others.
Although pollen continues to affect us seasonally, we may not wear masks at all on some days, so we may need individually packaged masks that are easy to use in “emergencies,” such as on crowded trains, and that are not damaged even if left in a bag. In the past, masks were purchased in boxes of several dozen, but now, it is likely that individually packaged masks will become necessary.
Therefore, this paper introduces a selection of masks from Amazon.co.jp’s mask category that are made in Japan and individually packaged.
The ranking trends show that while there is a certain degree of preference for domestically produced products, there is also a preference for products that are “thin and easy to breathe,” “three-dimensional and less likely to affect makeup,” and “colorful bodies and straps that are easy to match with one’s clothes.
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