{"id":1970914,"date":"2023-07-12T15:03:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T19:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/japanese-take-classes-to-relearn-how-to-smile-after-years-of-masking\/"},"modified":"2023-07-12T15:03:34","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T19:03:34","slug":"japanese-take-classes-to-relearn-how-to-smile-after-years-of-masking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/japanese-take-classes-to-relearn-how-to-smile-after-years-of-masking\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese take smile relearning classes after years of masking."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjapanese-take-classes-to-relearn-how-to-smile-after-years-of-masking%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1970914&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<h2>Japanese Citizens Relearn the Art of Smiling<\/h2>\n<p>Amidst years of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/japanese-take-classes-to-relearn-how-to-smile-after-years-of-masking\/\" title=\"Japanese take smile relearning classes after years of masking.\">strict government pandemic policies<\/a>, Japanese citizens are now enrolling in classes to rediscover the joy of smiling.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I believe they&#8217;ve forgotten,&#8221; Keiko Kawano, a former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/developing-attorney-sidney-powell-weve-got-pictures-of-check-stubs-paid-to-people-to-ballot-harvest-audio\/\" title=\"DEVELOPING: Attorney Sidney Powell: We've Got Pictures of Check Stubs Paid to People to Ballot Harvest (Audio)\">radio host<\/a> who runs the smiling classes in Tokyo, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC\/status\/1679070846923448320?s=20\">said<\/a>. &#8220;Because they were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-spike-in-florida-coronavirus-cases-despite-no-mask-mandate\/\" title=\"No Spike in Florida Coronavirus Cases Despite No Mask Mandate\">wearing masks<\/a>, chances or opportunities to smile declined.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Videos <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC\/status\/1679070846923448320?s=20\">online<\/a> showcase students holding up mirrors and using their hands to shape their faces into smiles.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I hadn&#8217;t used my facial muscles much during COVID, so it&#8217;s good exercise,&#8221; expressed Himawari Yoshida, a 20-year-old student attending the class.<\/p>\n<p>Kawano teaches students the proper use of facial muscles and encourages them to practice smiling in front of mirrors and with video software.<\/p>\n<p>These classes come after years of near-universal masking in Japan, even though the government never <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-delta-variant-impacting-majority-of-new-covid-19-cases\/\" title=\"Psaki: Delta variant impacting \u2018majority\u2019 of new COVID-19 cases\">imposed mask mandates<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Japan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelandleisure.com\/japan-drop-covid-tesing-vaccination-may-7376772\">lifted<\/a> its COVID-19 border restrictions in May, making it one of the last countries to do so.<\/p>\n<h3>Slow Progress in the United States<\/h3>\n<p>Democrats in the United States were also <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/poll-majority-of-democrats-finally-say-covid-pandemic-is-over\/\">reluctant<\/a> to ease their views on the pandemic. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/devin-nunes-to-newsmax-trump-wants-to-win-back-the-house-senate-before-wh\/\" title=\"Devin Nunes to Newsmax: Trump Wants to Win Back the House, Senate, Before WH\">recent poll revealed<\/a> that a majority of Democrats finally believe the pandemic is over.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japanese citizens are signing up for smile retraining classes after enduring strict pandemic measures. Keiko Kawano, a former radio host who organizes these classes in Tokyo, believes people have forgotten how to smile due to constant mask-wearing. 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